So I sell a gun at auction or to a dealer for $1700.00. I paid $2200.00 for it but that happened years ago and I can't prove it. What will the IRS do, assume I paid nothing for it and add $1700.00 to my taxable income? That should go over big. Come on, John, tell me how you think this will play out if nothing is done to delete this paragraph from the legislation. We're back to my old analogy about buying a lawnmower at a yard sale and selling it for more money than I paid for it ten years later. Are the dems going to tax us on the profit? Is this country going to put up with such crap?