Take the first $12,000 and contribute to a Roth IRA for this year and next. This can also serve as an emergency fund. Also, capital gains taxes on a primary residence should be a non-factor unless you have some serious gains.
Your property taxes are based on taxable value not market value. Market value can go up however far, but taxable value is capped every year. Take another look.
This is some very good advice. Take a 9mm to a pumpkin some time. When you have sufficiently put a few holes in it, switch to 357 and behold the carnage.
No, but...
If the options were this or a UBC 4473, then yes I would, especially if it abolished the 4473.
Practically speaking, is there much difference in this proposal for purchasing than a carry permit is for possessing? As we are all a testament to, we prefer a carry permit to no carry...
Ask yourself this: why is it necessary to record the gun's serial number as part of a background check? Do details about the gun have one iota of relevance as to whether an individual is permitted to own a gun? It is, of course, about more than that.
I would rather have the OPTION to buy something at an high price than having no option to buy at the normal price. I suspect most of you complainers would as well. I would rather pay $5/gal of gas and get all I want than try to get $3 gas out of a dry pump.
Here's a thought: what happens when I have to do a background check for my own firearm that they're "grandfathering" and I don't pass? But they said nobody is going to take my gun away...