Will Obama nationalize gun manufacturers like Truman the steel mills?

healthmyths

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A growing number of firearm and firearm-related companies have stated they will no longer sell items to states, counties, cities and municipalities that restrict their citizens' rights to own them.

According to The Police Loophole, 34 companies have joined in publicly stating that governments who seek to restrict 2nd Amendment rights will themselves be restricted from purchasing the items they seek to limit or ban.
Extreme Firepower Inc., located in Inwood, WV has had a longstanding policy that states:

"The Federal Government and several states have enacted gun control laws that restrict the public from owning and possessing certain types of firearms...If a product that we manufacture is not legal for a private citizen to own in a jurisdiction, we will not sell that product to a law-enforcement agency in that jurisdiction."
Firearms Companies Restricting Sales To GOVERNMENT Agencies In Areas That Restrict Gun Rights | CNS News

So will Obama "nationalize" gun makers as a "National-Emergency grounds"???

President Harry S Truman ordered the Secretary of Commerce on April 8, 1952, to seize and operate most of the country’s steel mills for the ostensible purpose of maintaining production of critical munitions.
Instead, Truman rested his seizure order on legally vague national-emergency grounds, citing his inherent powers as president and as commander-in-chief of the armed forces.2 Afterward, he and his official spokesman sought clumsily “to transform the steel crisis from a particular labor dispute into a broader battle against ‘big business,’” a rendering that had little resonance.3

Truman’s Attempt to Seize the Steel Industry: Newsroom: The Independent Institute
 
He may try, but It would never fly.

Well the funny part about it is to keep the gun makers working on Govt. arms, there will have to be layoffs!
The gun makers will have ONLY government approved guns to be manufactured and that means far fewer guns made!

Again another cost factor the ignorant Obama et.al. are exhibiting!
 
How about a better idea.

Hold gun makers responsible when their products are used in crimes.
 
He may try, but It would never fly.

Well the funny part about it is to keep the gun makers working on Govt. arms, there will have to be layoffs!
The gun makers will have ONLY government approved guns to be manufactured and that means far fewer guns made!

Again another cost factor the ignorant Obama et.al. are exhibiting!

What would really be funny is if you ever showed a touch of reality. When did "will Obama do ...?" become something they "are exhibiting"? You do realize this all a fantasy you've concocted in your own head, don't you? :cuckoo:
 
How about a better idea.

Hold gun makers responsible when their products are used in crimes.

What?.......
This makes no sense at all.

Do we hold auto makers responsible for people who get into accidents...

I can't believe I'm even responding to something so ridiculous... :cuckoo:
 
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He may try, but It would never fly.

Well the funny part about it is to keep the gun makers working on Govt. arms, there will have to be layoffs!
The gun makers will have ONLY government approved guns to be manufactured and that means far fewer guns made!

Again another cost factor the ignorant Obama et.al. are exhibiting!

What would really be funny is if you ever showed a touch of reality. When did "will Obama do ...?" become something they "are exhibiting"? You do realize this all a fantasy you've concocted in your own head, don't you? :cuckoo:

Well let me explain to you as I would a 6th grader...
If Obama nationalizes gun makers for "the national defense", and the govt. is the only one using guns, there will be no other guns made only for the govt.
The majority of workers currently making guns will not be needed, therefore laid off.
Do you follow so far?
So unemployed workers get benefits. This means the govt. will not only have to pay salaries for remaining gun making employees but unemployment for the laid off.

NOW see if you (unlike Obama who hates capitalism much less understands!) can follow this:
Gun makers today make profits. They also have people that work for them that they pay an additional 10% in payroll taxes that currently goes right into the govt.
SO if there are NO profits there will be no income taxes to pay. Where will the govt. get the lost income tax revenue?
If there are NO employee payroll taxes paid into the govt. where will the govt. get the lost payroll tax revenue?

Please explain where this lost tax revenue would come from... the filthy wealthy???
 
Well the funny part about it is to keep the gun makers working on Govt. arms, there will have to be layoffs!
The gun makers will have ONLY government approved guns to be manufactured and that means far fewer guns made!

Again another cost factor the ignorant Obama et.al. are exhibiting!

What would really be funny is if you ever showed a touch of reality. When did "will Obama do ...?" become something they "are exhibiting"? You do realize this all a fantasy you've concocted in your own head, don't you? :cuckoo:

Well let me explain to you as I would a 6th grader...
If Obama nationalizes gun makers for "the national defense", and the govt. is the only one using guns, there will be no other guns made only for the govt.
The majority of workers currently making guns will not be needed, therefore laid off.
Do you follow so far?
So unemployed workers get benefits. This means the govt. will not only have to pay salaries for remaining gun making employees but unemployment for the laid off.

NOW see if you (unlike Obama who hates capitalism much less understands!) can follow this:
Gun makers today make profits. They also have people that work for them that they pay an additional 10% in payroll taxes that currently goes right into the govt.
SO if there are NO profits there will be no income taxes to pay. Where will the govt. get the lost income tax revenue?
If there are NO employee payroll taxes paid into the govt. where will the govt. get the lost payroll tax revenue?

Please explain where this lost tax revenue would come from... the filthy wealthy???

You're the sixth grader(giving you the benefit of the doubt here). What don't you get about "fantasy concocted in your own head"? You make up situations and treat them as if they had validity in the real world. The industry isn't going to be nationalized. Obama doesn't hate capitalism. Therefore, your whole tax scenario is fantasy. My analysis stands. :cuckoo:
 

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