David Hogg

Media darling David Hogg will soon be a year older than he was when a long gunman went on a shooting rampage at the high school he attended. Sadly, he’s not a lick wiser than he was back then.

This is lamentable not only for the 18-year-old Hogg — who continues to make an ass of himself publicly — but for the Left in general, which despite his vapidity has accepted him as a de factor spokesman for all things liberals, and especially gun control.

His latest brainstorm has been to call for a federal tax on firearms and ammunition.

Congress ought to create a federal tax on gun sales to fund gun violence research. — David Hogg (@davidhogg111) November 28, 2018

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As Victor Morton of the Washington Times notes:

Reaction to his tweet fell along predictable party lines. One commenter sarcastically said “Stop making sense David, the Kochs hate that,” while another urged him to run for Congress (something he has publicly said he might do).

So what’s wrong with Hogg’s idea? The principal problem is that it’s not his. Nor is it a new thought. Such a law has been on the books for nearly a century. According to the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action: