Alabama Gun Tax Holiday: Not If Democrats Have a SAYU

 Left-wing journalist and self-described “disturbed editorial cartoonist” for Alabama’s AL.com, JD Crowe, recently wrote a piece so indicative of Constitutional ignorance that I felt the need to make fun of him, publicly. His piece (of trash), entitled “Bullets for breakfast? Alabama proposes ammo tax holiday while still taxing groceries,” is exactly the type of emotionally devious drivel used to sway those seen by leftist elites as easily manipulated, or useful idiots. The article even begins with the tagline, “Let them eat bullets. – Alabama GOP lawmakers, probably,” a deliberate double entendre undoubtedly meant to stoke fear and demonize political opposition, much like the fascist and Nazi rhetoric they’ve thrown at us for years. 

I’ll begin by saying that these aren’t just words on paper. This is a dog whistle, and it is a dangerous one at that. People like JD Crowe present these opinions as witty, even humorous, but the true intent and results of this irresponsible and dishonest bully pulpit are to create further division and publicly charge those they disagree with. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t like them, and the fact that they don’t like me is a source of pride. The difference is that I don’t have to lie, create false equivalencies, or use hyperbole to refute their position, and I certainly don’t need to call upon an army of man buns, invaders, or transformers to do my bidding. If you think I’m wrong, you’ve already forgotten about Charlie Kirk. 

We all know the left is disproportionately responsible for political violence, including mass shootings, and that their disingenuous outrage and contempt for American gun rights are only fueled by their incessant thirst for power through subjugation. To be fair, many of those whom conservatives view as allies in the fight to restore our Second Amendment are anything but, and I think people are starting to understand that the real fight is not between Republicans and Democrats, but the haves and have-nots. Just ask yourself why President Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is challenging the Big Beautiful Lawsuit and defending the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) while simultaneously claiming reverence and loyalty to the Second Amendment.

Before I careen off track, let me get back to addressing Mr. Crowe’s (pardon me for assuming your gender) attempt to equivocate. Americans pay taxes on just about everything, and if you look closely, we pay them more than once. We pay taxes when we make money, and when we spend the money we’ve already been taxed on. We pay property tax forever, or at least as long as we want to keep our homes. Do we really own the property at that point? I believe that concept is called rent. The point is that we pay taxes on essentials and nonessentials every day, but consumer products are not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights, other than firearms, that is. 

So why am I on my soapbox today? The federal government and the states have all but buried the Second Amendment, rendering it a privilege. Every gun law, regulation, rule, statute, ordinance, restriction, or tax, no matter what obscure term is used to spit in our face and call us stupid, is nothing more than an infringement. If that rings familiar, that’s because it’s precisely what is forbidden in the Second Amendment. If you want to argue that it is not, let’s apply tax stamps, registration schemes, rosters, and all manner of these same controls to speech and expression, then sit back and bet on how long it takes for liberals to scream bloody murder over their blue hair dye. 

HB 360 proposes a sales tax exemption beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the last Friday in August and ending at midnight on the following Sunday. That’s two days in an entire year as a concession for the significant erosion of our gun rights. I don’t mean to seem unappreciative, but that’s the truth, no matter how it sounds. As minuscule as it is, however, it is enough to incite the left, who would see firearms entirely banned and confiscated. Don’t worry, they can’t, and if they could, they would have already.