Posted on 11/16/2008 12:49:03 PM PST by Gary Johnson in 2012
Beginning the day after Thanksgiving, South Carolina residents will have a 48-hour period when they can purchase guns, shotguns, and rifles tax-free.
The first annual Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday in the state is set to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 28 and continue through 11:59 p.m. Nov. 29.
The sales tax holiday, approved by the South Carolina General Assembly in June, will permit the purchase of fixed-cartridge handguns, shotguns, and rifles without state and local sales and use taxes.
According to the South Carolina Department of Revenue, only purchases of fixed-cartridge handguns, shotguns and rifle will be tax-free.
Sales of items such as ammunition, black powder, holsters, archery supplies, antique guns and collectible guns will continue to be taxed.
The tax break represents a boon for gun enthusiasts as well as gun sellers and pawn shops, coming as it does during what are traditionally two of the two busiest shopping days of the year.
But the holiday, initially vetoed by Gov. Mark Sanford, has been met with criticism by some groups that support gun control.
Skip Gilmer, owner of Ammo Plus on Pleasantburg Road in Anderson, is looking forward to what the tax holiday will mean for his business.
“Obviously, the tax-free weekend will be an incentive for buyers, and we are looking forward to seeing a bit more foot traffic over the weekend of Nov. 28 and 29,” Gilmer said.
Gun Owners of America, an advocacy group for Second Amendment rights, said the sale of tax-free guns is in no way a departure from the idea behind responsible gun ownership.
“To suggest that selling guns tax free for a day or two is irresponsible shows a low regard for the right every American has to self-defense,” said Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America.
But Scott Vogel, spokesman for Freedom States Alliance, a national advocacy group against gun violence, said the tax-free sale of guns comes at a time when purchasing a gun should not be made easier.
“The tax-free gun weekend is little more than a gimmick to get people to buy more guns at a time when we should be making it harder, not easier, to buy them,” Vogel said in a telephone interview Friday. “We wouldn’t support a tax-free weekend on tobacco. Why would we support a tax-free weekend on guns?”
Ping!
Bless you down there....
to bad your N.Carolina cousins took the Obama route.
I thought there was some First Amendment thing which makes the sale of newspapers not subject to sales tax. If I have that correct - and I may not - then it would seem that the sale of firearms should not be subject to sales taxes either.
someone should have an "Obama is a Marxist" sale at the same time. Just think of the business you'd get -- a 10% off and no tax??
newspapers are taxed in some states.
Well, you know..tah heels...
(ducking)
Maybe the state will give me a tax break on my Christmas shopping.
“fixed-cartridge handguns, shotguns and rifles”
What a deal...not.
In the old days, South Carolina did not require a permit to purchase a handgun [only a permit to carry].
Will South Carolina FFL dealers sell a handgun to a person with an out-of-state driver's license?
If so, is there any requirement that they report the sale to your home state?
I think I’d really like to live down there.
“I think I’d really like to live down there” [South Carolina]
Y’all come!
Oh, and BTW I would like to see this moonbat Vogel carry his protest into a gun store on no-tax day and shout, “You people are evil! How dare you buy guns this way! I’m reporting this to the Obama gun czar right now!” (flips open cell phone).
Now that would be fun to watch......
;^)
God bless ..... South Carolina!
Or SUV's, Big Macs, etc...... The demonization begins.
Yeah, I had to pay tax on it, but I still have no regrets. The way he is selling guns, he might've been out of stock by the tax holiday.
You know,, I bet more people have had their lives destroyed by cameras (think of all the propaganda films made in the last 50 years, hit pieces, pornography, snuff films and just plain lies and distortions) than have been destroyed by firearms.
In fact,, that would have to be the case.
Propaganda films and newscasts hit millions more people every day than do bullets.
Because of the irresponsibility of unsafe news reporters, unsafe camera men and women, I demand a 5 day waiting period and extensive training about the dangers of lies, distortions of truth and propaganda before any newscaster be aloud to pick up a microphone or step in front of a camera or operate one. If even one life can be saved,, is it not worth it!
I am not trying to advocate censorship! I support fully the first amendment. I just believe it is time for some common sense speech laws!
Scott Vogel admits that taxation is a method of making it more difficult for citizens to purchase things! !!!!
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