Posted on 04/30/2019 4:47:44 PM PDT by Twotone
The House on Monday gave final legislative approval to a bill that would allow states to use more money they receive from federal excise taxes on guns and ammunition to upgrade and create public shooting ranges.
HR 1222, the “Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act,” was co-sponsored by Republican Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah and Democratic Rep. Ron Kind of Wisconsin.
House passage followed last month’s Senate approval of the bill, according to TheBlaze. In the Senate, the bill was sponsored by Sens. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, and Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican.
The bill, which has been proposed in the past but had never been approved by both houses of Congress, now goes to the White House.
The bill gives states a new impetus to invest in public shooting ranges. Under current law, states wanting to use excise taxes on guns and ammunition authorized by the Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937 have to chip in 25 percent of the cost for target range creation or upgrades, according to TheBlaze.
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It reads like a way to raise taxes on guns and ammunition.
Article says funding comes from the sale of guns and ammo. That means taxes on those sales go to these projects. Sounds to me like the Dems want to raise taxes on guns and ammo dramatically. Higher ammo taxes mean people generally shoot less.
We’ll see.
Gov’t funding means gov’t access to records of those using the facility or buying product.
Bennett vote is a blind squirrel finding an acorn.
Bingo!
The Democrat-run States (like Colorado) plan to raise exorbitant taxes on guns and ammunition. But they will never spend any of it on projects to build ranges. "Delayed indefinitely by environmental impact studies and community hearings".
It is civilian disarmament through taxation. That is why the Democrats supported it. The Republicans who supported it are the usual suckers.
Perhaps. I’ve read that the law regarding police shooting ranges is that if they were built using any Federal money and allow rifle shooting, that they are obligated to allow the public to use them. The caveat was that you be prepared to feel less than welcome.
Yea. The 200 yard outdoor Police Range near me changed their public hours from Saturday 10am - 5pm to Thursday 9am - 11am a few years back. No one has ever gone their since.
It’s for the best though, the cops are far less competent than your average 20 year old with an SKS.
Last range I was on was in Texas,
owned by the county, and classes
and help were provided by the
sheriff’s department.
Texas....
We’ve got a range here ( OR coast) that took forever to get approved and sited. It will be 600 yards when completed. Still, I’ll just go find a spot in the dunes or the woods.
Another Trojan horse! Veto it, Mr President...
Just a back door way to tax ammo and guns right out of reach. Bad bill!
I go to the CMP Range in Talledega fairly often. It’s Gubmint funded, no police affiliation and it’s amazing!!
Gubment funded just means P-R taxes coming back home. Again, this is the South. I’d expect an environment respectful of armed civilians.
Boob bait for Bubba.
Democrats and Bush League Republicans throwing a bone to make them look less fascist.
Nope. It just uses the existing Pittman Robertson taxes that have been in place for 40 years.
Maybe Pittman Robertson is unconstitutional. I don't think anyone has challenged it.
In terms of pubic ranges—in Kansas it is an unknown concept. Really pathetic. But that paucity of facilities in no way induces me to get the gobament involved.
My long arms have 0 rounds down them since moving to Kansas though sidearms still get a workout.
Wow. Just checked the numbers on public/ private lands in the Ststes. Kansas is 49 th. Oregon is wide open for shooting on public land.
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