Posted on Aug 11, 2015
Seattle to tax guns and bullets. Is this an option to slow down gun violence which will work?
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Is this the answer to help eliminate gun violence, or is it for raising money for the city coffers? You decide!
The City Council unanimously passed a special tax on Monday, and Mayor Ed Murray signaled his support for the measure. The new law will impose a $25 tax on guns and a 5-cent tax on bullets sold within the city limits. Lawmakers called it a "gun violence tax" because proceeds would be used for prevention and research programs to reduce gun violence in Seattle.
The law is based on a similar $25 gun tax that passed in Cook County, Illinois, in 2013. The Seattle budget office estimates the law will raise $300,000 to $500,000 a year.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/11/news/economy/seattle-gun-tax/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool&iid=obnetwork
The City Council unanimously passed a special tax on Monday, and Mayor Ed Murray signaled his support for the measure. The new law will impose a $25 tax on guns and a 5-cent tax on bullets sold within the city limits. Lawmakers called it a "gun violence tax" because proceeds would be used for prevention and research programs to reduce gun violence in Seattle.
The law is based on a similar $25 gun tax that passed in Cook County, Illinois, in 2013. The Seattle budget office estimates the law will raise $300,000 to $500,000 a year.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/11/news/economy/seattle-gun-tax/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool&iid=obnetwork
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No, it just means gun shops will move right outside of the Seattle tax zone. Also, criminals don't think "hmmm, don't want to shoot that guy, bullets and guns cost too much." This is just another piece of feel good legislation that does nothing but hurt law abiding citizens.
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SGT (Join to see) What!? You're trying to tell me that criminals (who often obtain their weapons illegally, not in a store that would be taxed anyways) don't consider the cost of their ammunition and explosives when carrying out their crimes?
No way! ;)
No way! ;)
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In a word, NO!!! Just more politically correct socialist tax-whoring and gun-grabbing. Bloody Seattle grunge hippies.
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If the tax is high enough, only the rich will have guns. Read up on the states and communities with lax gun laws and crime. I always love the fact that those that find ways to try to limit access to firearms have extensive protection paid for by my taxes. Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation and the death rate is huge. No taxes aren't the answer.
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