{"id":10447,"date":"2013-08-27T10:15:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T17:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10447"},"modified":"2013-08-27T10:15:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T17:15:39","slug":"the-chris-rock-firearms-safety-act-fox-news-freaks-out-over-bill-to-tax-guns-ammo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10447","title":{"rendered":"The Chris Rock Firearms Safety Act: Fox News Freaks Out Over Bill To Tax Guns, Ammo"},"content":{"rendered":"

As one might expect from the network that preaches unfettered access to every type of assault weapon imaginable, the NRA-theists at Fox News have gone ballistic<\/a> over a proposal to raise taxes on certain weapons and ammunition.<\/p>\n

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Fox published an article with a headline declaring that a Democratic bill would “trigger huge new taxes.”<\/em> on guns and ammo. While noting that the deficit reducing bill would “generate $600 million per year, which would be used to fund law-enforcement and gun violence prevention,”<\/em> the article also quoted anti-gun safety lobbyist, Alan Gottlieb, saying that the bill is “nothing more than confiscatory taxation.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Studies show that raising taxes on guns and ammo can be an effective means of curtailing crime and firearms assaults. But the best argument for increased levies came from internationally respected sociologist and comedian, Chris Rock:<\/p>\n