After 18 Years, It is Time to Pass Fair Tax Act

In 1909, the 16^th Amendment proposed to be added to the US Constitution:

“The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on income, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.”

It passed Congress in 1913 with the required two-thirds majority vote. It was signed by President William H. Taft and processed for ratification by the State governments. The amendment was ratified by 42 states at a time when there were 48 states in the Union. The income tax was nothing new. The use of income tax was passed as the Revenue Act of 1861 in order to fund the Civil War on income exceeding $800 that was subject to a 3% flat tax. 

Dry-Fire Causes Damage: Myth or Fact?

In tradition, the practice of dry firing was taboo, a cardinal sin. However, in every function test of a military firearm – dry firing is part of the function test.

So is it a myth passed down by generations, or based upon fact?

I would like to settle this argument with logic and science …

The answer, to make this article shorter, is it depends on the firearm. Most modern firearms are not damaged, unless performed thousands of times over and over when dry firing.