Was the Congress Granted the Constitutional Authority to Regulate Firearms Through its Taxing Power?
| On February 24, 2003, Diane Feinstein and the usual suspects in the United States Senate introduced the "Anti-Terrorism Military Sniper Weapon Reclassification Act of 2003 (S 429 IS)." The stated purpose of the legislation is "to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to regulate certain 50 caliber sniper weapons in the same manner as machine guns and other firearms..." The operative words in this proposed legislation is the phrase "to regulate." This bill, which amends the so-called "National" Firearms Act, is just another usurpation of power because Congress is constitutionally prohibited from using its taxing power to directly regulate anything, including firearms. |
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