House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) has proposed two pieces of legislation aiming to incorporate more accountability measures for the firearm industry.
According to NBC News, the two bills seek to create penalties for gun manufacturers that sell “weapons of war” to civilian customers. The two measures focus on imposing tax increases and the creation of a criminal tracking system.
The first measure, the Firearm Industry Fairness Act would “impose a 20% tax on the total revenue earned by manufacturers who produce assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”
The Democratic lawmaker explained that the money generated from the newly-imposed tax would be utilized for “gun violence prevention efforts and to support shooting victims.”
The second piece of legislation, which is the Firearm Industry Crime and Trafficking Accountability Act
✎ EditSign, per the news outlet “would require every company that manufactures guns to create a system that tracks crimes committed with firearms they’ve sold, using data collected by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.”
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I certainly agree with you Stephan; as I have said many times on your website.
These weapons are designed to kill people. If you want one, that almost certainly means you shouldn’t have one.