Sin taxes?

The federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau released a report on the amount of taxes collected for 2009 on the so called sin taxes. The "sin taxes" listed in the report are: alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and ammunition. I don't recall any of these items being listed in the bible as being sins. I realize that there are religions that consider drinking alcohol a sin, I find that a little curious considering that wine (an alcohol)is listed as being consumed numerous times in the bible. In fact Jesus turned water into wine; if it was a sin Jesus would not have done that.

I am particularly interested in the fact that firearms and ammo are included in the category of sin taxes. Why is a tool, yes I said tool, that would help you provide food as well as security for your family, included on the list? With alcohol and tobacco you could become so addicted to them that they become your god, which is a sin. However, I have yet to find anyone that is or has become addicted to firearms. Sure there are liberals that would claim that there are some, if not all, gun owners that are addicted to firearms. I think that this is part of the whole stigmatism of firearms that has caused such fear of them. To quote Sigmund Freud "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Maybe that is the problem with those people involved in adding them to the "sin tax" list and creating a histaria over them.