U.S. citizens ditch passports in record numbers due to high taxes

Re:U.S. citizens ditch passports in record numbers due to hi... by koenigdavidmj on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @07:02PM (#5677635)

For those who are so inclined you are not permitted to possess or purchase a firearm if you have renounced US citizenship.

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Re:U.S. citizens ditch passports in record numbers due to hi... by scott_karana on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @07:48PM (#5677870)

That sounds likely enough, but do you have a source?

edit: nevermind, it's in 18 U.S.C. § 922 : US Code - Section 922

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Re:U.S. citizens ditch passports in record numbers due to hi... by koenigdavidmj on Thursday May 09, 2013 @01:44AM (#5679001)

I only knew it because that is one of the questions that you answer on a Form 4473 (the form used for background checks at gun stores). There is a whole list of questions to which you must answer in the negative, and that was one of them.

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Re:U.S. citizens ditch passports in record numbers due to hi... by rosser on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @08:08PM (#5677972)

Link, with anchor, to the specific clause: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/922#d_7

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Re:U.S. citizens ditch passports in record numbers due to hi... by dllthomas on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @10:29PM (#5678423)

... presuming you're in the US.

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