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   🇺🇲 watson :dealwithit: (watson@freeatlantis.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 21:19:34 JST 🇺🇲 watson :dealwithit:

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   8) While the insanity of the situation can almost be humorous, gun owners should look at #California not as a bubble but as an example of what can happen when one party controls a state. Don't forget, California was a Republican stronghold state until the 90s but now serves as a template and testing ground for gun control policy nationwide. /end/
   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/california-abruptly-changes-solar-roofing-bill-gun-tax

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     6) What's even more telling of the lawmakers' attitudes in California is this excerpt from the proposed legislation: "Existing law imposes various taxes, including taxes on the privilege of engaging in certain activities." It's obvious here that California intends to treat the 2nd Amendment like a privilege, to be taxed and taken away from those that are unworthy, or cannot afford it, instead of a constitutional right.

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     7) @AsmRodriguez52 @SenatorLeyva
     As my representatives in the CA legislature, I am requesting you oppose AB1227 (Levine) as it is yet another racist, classist attack on CA citizens’ access to our #2A Rights. I expect you to find ways to remove barriers to RIGHTS, not place them.
     https://twitter.com/Triggerology_FT/status/1522785080338354176

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     5) Interestingly, a similar bill, AB-1223, was introduced by the same author, California state legislator Marc Levine, but failed to pass in February. This is another attempt to pass a failed gun tax by gutting and amending a solar roofing bill.

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     🇺🇲 watson :dealwithit: (watson@freeatlantis.com)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 21:19:37 JST 🇺🇲 watson :dealwithit:

     4) The bill itself calls for an excise tax of 10% on handguns and 11% on long guns, ammunition, or precursor parts. #California would then deposit the tax collected from the bill into a so-called Gun Violence Prevention, Healing, and Recovery Fund. These funds are cover for liberal states to tax gun owners and fund their opposition research, which in turn supports more gun control laws. It's like an authoritarian Uroboros.