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Lawmakers in Georgia removed a $38 million tax exemption for jet fuel from tax-cut legislation on Thursday in a move that will punish Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines.
Republicans vowed to remove the exemption after the airline cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Georgia's Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle (R), who is also running for governor, had threatened to kill any tax legislation that benefits Delta after the company's decision to end a discount program for NRA members.
[...] "I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with @NRA," Angle tweeted earlier this week.
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(Score: 0, Troll) by jmorris on Saturday March 03 2018, @06:14AM (9 children)
Do you get Earth TV on your world? The Democrats have weaponized every single lever of power they could get their hands on, government, corporate and cultural. They are now attacking one of the most fundamental human rights. Yes, they should be resisted by all means available. Defending the Constitution against all threats, foreign and domestic, IS their first job, it is their most important job.
You Democreeps are about to learn a painful lesson. Americans are forgiving, we are patient, we are slow to anger. But we are getting pissed. You have walked into a trap. You blither on about "National conversations" about issues, assuming it is going to be the usual you dictate and we listen sort of thing. Well lets have this "National conversation about guns", NOW. Now that 150 Congresscritters have stupidly signed onto a fresh "Assault weapons ban". In an election year. With a Republican controlled Congress. With the National Rifle Association at record strength. Lets DO THIS.
You think your unAmerican, European ideas about seizing weapons are popular, that the 2nd Amendment is an embarrasing anachronism. You fools willfully ignored reality as State after State passed Castle Doctrine, Stand Your Ground and Concealed Carry laws and crime rates went down, the "Dodge City" scenarios you assure everyone would occur pointedly didn't happen. You kept ignoring what was happening on the ground out here in flyover country as States moved on to Constitutional Carry. The Heller Decision was just an anomaly you could sweep away with a single SCOTUS appointment. None of that matters, goad one more kid into a rampage in a gun free shooting gallery, this time in a major media market with carefully trained drama queens ready to flood the TV and this time it will work! We will surrender our rights "for the children."
Wanna know what happens now? You lose. The "Gun Free Zone" signs come down, teachers / coaches are trained to carry in enough schools the experiment will be run. When the schools that keep the signs keep getting shooters and the ones without don't and also don't suffer ill effects it goes universal in a couple of years. Just like sportsball stadiums, airports and other places that would be targets of mass shooters. Of the 150 who co-sponsored a gun grab, 10+% go down to defeat in November, their support of gun banning is blamed and the "gun issue" goes back on the radioactive list for a decade. And with no fresh supply of dead children to grandstand on it stays a settled issue.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Saturday March 03 2018, @06:26AM (2 children)
Funny that you think I'm a Democrat. Even funnier that you say all that after TRUMP suggested grabbing the guns first, "due process" later. (Yes, unlike Obama, TRUMP is actually coming for your guns) Also funny that you think I am against the 2nd amendment.
OTOH, the NRA jumped the shark when it started giving awards out to people for things other than gun rights support or advocacy.
Looks like I pressed a button and your knee jerked so hard you broke your nose. You should get that looked at.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 03 2018, @11:20AM (1 child)
To be fair, Trump wants due process [twitter.com] for those accused of domestic violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by dry on Saturday March 03 2018, @04:40PM
Where does the Constitution give the power to the government to limit firearm ownership to "accused of domestic violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment." Not even convicted, just accused.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 03 2018, @06:58AM
I would say the same thing about the NRA. It would be one thing if they actually advocated things like marksmanship, gun safety, and sporting. You know, like they used to do. But instead they've gone off the deep end. No laws restricting any kind of guns, any place, anywhere, any time, at all. If they were like they were 50 years ago, and were for things like background checks and perfectly reasonable restrictions, people would be more sympathetic and willing to work together and compromise. But after a good solid 30 years of nothing but WHAARRRLLLGAARBLLL from the NRA, people are pissed and have finally had enough and it's basically come down to "fuck those guys".
Then there's a the whole thing where the R in the NRA basically stands for Republican, and they are advocating and lobbying and using scare tactics for things that have absolutely nothing to do with guns. The latest example is them giving an award to Ajit Pai, which is disgusting. Which is why there's also a large number of guns owners (myself included) who are also firmly in the "fuck the NRA" crowd. And we're pissed because we're more than likely going to get caught up in the blowback despite not supporting in the NRA in any way (fun fact: less than 10% of gun owners are members of the NRA).
This has been coming for a long time, and the Florida school shooting was just the tipping point. But it's snowballing. Stick a fork in it, the NRA is done. The brand is toxic now, and anyone associating themselves with the NRA is going to get killed at the pools (not literally) when their term is up. Maybe if the NRA took a clue when George H.W. Bush resigned his membership over 20 years ago(!), things would be different now.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday March 03 2018, @07:16AM
"Only"? You quite reasonably protest.
Yes: "only"
Because three hundred eighteen million Americans are NOT members
What the NRA has that the lucidly sane people do not: organization
Not yet anyway
But those kids in Florida are changing that
Some forward thinking chap is seeking one hundred million dollars on GoFundMe to be spent lobbying for gun control legislation
I gave him thirty-five bucks. I'll give him more when I get paid which will be soon because I finished my project today
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 03 2018, @08:41AM (2 children)
Having said that, I reevaluated the situation and think that Georgia can indeed legally attack Delta in this way. They're not singling Delta out for penalty (like levying a fine or dropping a contract with Delta), but rather deciding not to grant a boon that they haven't yet granted (a proposed tax break fails to materialize).
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 03 2018, @03:11PM (1 child)
Disagree. It is the job of representatives at all levels of government to safeguard their constituent's rights. The Second Amendment is actually one of the important ones.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 03 2018, @03:21PM
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 03 2018, @03:08PM
Unfortunately, you are probably wasting your breath, jmorris. Or, typing effort, as the case may be. The progressives don't understand what you're saying. They don't want to understand, and they won't understand. They understand one thing, and one thing only: The Narrative.