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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: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 03 2018, @03:22PM (3 children)
The 2nd amendment isn't an individual right, it's a collective right. It's the amendment that guarantees the national guard has access to weaponry, not so that jack offs can have penis enhancers. Nowhere in the 2nd amendment does it say that you or I have a right to semi-automatic rifles with large magazines. And arguably, the 2nd amendment was never ratified as there's two different versions differing by a comma.
What's more, the right to keep and bear arms has already been infringed upon. There's all sorts of weapons that we're not allowed to have, things like rocket launchers and grenades which were just as unimaginable when the 2nd amendment was debated as firearms that could shoot multiple rounds per minute and didn't require packing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 03 2018, @08:41PM (1 child)
SCOTUS ruled in Heller and McDonald that the right is an individual one.
And about your other statements, read a book. Find out why the Second Amendment exists.
(Score: 2) by number11 on Monday March 05 2018, @05:18AM
Like the SCOTUS has never screwed up before. However, you're right that it's the law, until they change it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 04 2018, @12:49AM
How is "the right of the people" not clear? It does not need to reference specific weapons or ammo. It is absolutely an individual right, and the notion that the founders simply forgot to give the national guard the power to have weaponry and had to create an amendment for it is just insane.
We're already violating the Constitution, so let's do it some more. No, we should roll back the other violations.