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[–] brother_tempus 2 points 4 points (+6|-2) ago 

Regulations and taxation are just alternate forms of prohibition which can create a black market depending of the severity of such, the size of legitate demand , and lastly tie size ( in dollars ) of the market

Prohibition does not work and so logically neither does regulation and taxation

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[–] cli-che-guevara ago 

Your first statement is right. Severity of taxation is very important on whether a parallel marketplace develops.

But your conclusion is logically fallacious due to it's over simplification. Your first statement shows there is a gradient of severity, but your conclusion is a rule that ignores your own assertion of a vector.

Prohibition does not work if there is a market place willing to risk the punishment for operation. Someone will be willing to make money off of unlawfully supplying a restricted good or supplying a highly taxed item below the taxed value and keeping the difference. Alcohol prohibition through Constitutional regulation is a great example.

Moderate taxation, where the risks of operating a black market don't outweigh the rewards, is still a partial prohibitional taxation. These cases go against your simplified rule. Regulation and taxation can be used to change trends in usage of a good or service as long as they are implemented in a way to not incentivize the creation of a second, parallel market. A good example is tobacco use. Regulation of advertisement and slowly increasing costs due to taxation have effectively shrunk the legal marketplace domestically.

That being said, I think forcing gun owners to license their firearms is just as unconstitutional as voter ID laws. In both cases the government is adding a cost restriction on a Constitutionally given right.

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[–] Orthum 10 points -10 points (+0|-10) ago 

Okay sure dumbass. You learn that in right wing nutjob school? Come on get the tinfoil hat off, taxation is legal, and civilization needs police, because I don't want a crazy fuckhead like you running around deceiding you don't like niggers and jews and starting to go off shooting people.

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[–] brother_tempus 2 points 4 points (+6|-2) ago 

Okay sure dumbass.

ahh name calling, the hallmark of the intellectually impotent whose lack of ability compels him to attack the messenger because they cannot refute the message

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[–] Truly 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

You are reading entirely too much into his statement and acting like a moron.

He is saying that taxing a specific object leads to some size black market... he isn't speaking about taxation in general, just as an effect on guns.