Turn in a gun, get a tax break.

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Gun owners would receive tax breaks for voluntarily turning in high-powered assault rifles under new legislation proposed Monday. The Support Assault Firearm Elimination and Education of our (SAFER) Streets Act expected to be reintroduced next week by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) would provide gun owners with an incentive to turn in their firearms to local police departments.

Waste of money most likely.

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“Assault weapons are not about hunting, or even self-defense,” DeLauro said. “There is no reason on earth, other than to kill as many people as possible in as short a time as possible, that anyone needs a gun designed for a battlefield.”

DeLauro probably thinks her constituents are idiots. I own several AR's that were previously classified by the feds as assault weapons. I know that they can be an excellent choice for defense or hunting in some cases.

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The legislation would provide up to $2,000 in tax credits for gun owners who voluntarily hand over assault weapons to their local police departments.

I wonder if I could turn in the stripped lower receiver (about $200) and get the two grand tax break. I could then go to the gun store and buy another stripped lower and reassemble the rifle.

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She said the bill would help “get more assault weapons off the streets."

I doubt she has ever seen an assault weapon on the street. :) People bored with their guns might collect them from out of the gun cabinet or under the mattress and turn them in.



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