bearingarms.com By Tom Knighton
I’ve talked a bit about the proposal in the Georgia state Senate to create a sales tax holiday for firearm-related products. This is a huge thing and I’m a supporter of it.
However, I also understand that while the proposal makes a lot of sense, it’s also kind of a middle finger to anti-gunners throughout the state. This is one of the things I like about it, if I’m being honest.
Sure, with the timing of when the holiday will fall, there will be benefits for hunting, but I’m not sure how significant that will be.
Yet a bill in the Georgia General Assembly, there are a couple of alternate bills that’s not just an easier sell but might ultimately be better in the long run for the state.
Lawmakers are looking at multiple proposals that would give a tax break on gun safety equipment and gun safety classes.
So, how do you incentivize gun safety? And how can you help people get the tools or knowledge to prevent accidental gun deaths?
One is SB 340, the legislation sponsored by Sen. Kirkpatrick, R-Marietta.
It would make gun safes and safety equipment tax-free all year.
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In the house, a similar proposal is working its way through committee. HB 971 would create a tax credit for purchasing gun safes or gun safety classes.
Now, let’s understand that both of these measures could co-exist with the sales tax holiday, so I’m hoping that they all pass. As such, I might be wrong calling them “alternate bills” since I don’t actually see them competing. All of these are independent and non-contradictory, really.
These two, however, are going to be easier sells.
More specifically, these are far more difficult to justify opposition to.
Actual safety is something no one is going to argue against. Making it easier for people to get gun safes is a good thing and has garnered bipartisan support in other states. This should be able to pass relatively easily because anti-gunners are going to be hard-pressed to justify opposing efforts to make gun safes easier to obtain…
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