Posted on 05/15/2016 11:44:38 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
When the Seattle City Council passed a gun and ammunition tax last year, Council President Tim Burgess predicted it would raise between $300,000 and $500,000 to be used on "gun violence" education and prevention efforts, but on Friday the city was refusing to disclose how much revenue the program produced during the first quarter of 2016, according to MyNorthwest.com.
Coincidentally, a separate but concurrent inquiry by TheGunMag.com, a publication owned by the Second Amendment Foundation, also got the silent treatment from the city on its gun tax revenue. SAF is suing the city along with the National Rifle Association and National Shooting Sports Foundation, to overturn the tax on the grounds that it violates the state’s 33-year-old preemption statute (see links below).
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During his Friday monologue, KIRO’s Monson speculated that the city is reluctant to reveal its first quarter gun tax revenue because it falls far short of expectations.
“I’m guessing because it is an embarrassingly small amount of money,” he said on air.
The city’s reluctance to disclose its first quarter gun tax revenue could lead to further speculation that the tax was actually aimed at simply chasing firearms dealers out of the city. Critics might consider that discriminatory.
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[[“I’m guessing because it is an embarrassingly small amount of money,” ]]
Bingo !
True Social Justice demands making fun of LibTards...Especialy based on the outcomes of their policies...
Taxes on guns and ammo like $15 minimum wage does nothing but chase businesses out of the city.
The end result is lower tax revenue.
What good is chasing gun shops out of the city? People will simply leave the city limits to buy these products.
Will this stop criminals from getting guns? Anyone who says yes is either a fool or a lier. (A Liberal is either or both)
I still buy ammo at Sportco just south of the sports stadiums. They have had a 15% sale on all ammo - the sign has been there forever. I’m guessing since the tax hike. So while it doesn’t quite cover the nickel per ROUND(!) tax, it helps, and still cheaper than other places.
If probably has a secondary even worse effect. If you tax me enough, and cheese me off enough that I decide to drive out past city limits to purchase ammo... Well, since I’m out there I’m going to buy anything else I may need at stores outside the city limits and outside the city tax - make it worth my time and effort. I wonder if there has been a noticeable dip in other revenue?
Good point.
Big cities tend to tax everything more than smaller cities to satisfy their ever growing need for other people’s money.
At some point it has to be worth your while to travel to where things are cheaper only because the taxes have become ridiculous.
You may hurt their feelings thereby causing them to wet their Pampers.
Tell that to Philadelphia residents.
The new Mayor is banking on his campaign promise, Soda Tax for Pre-K. An additional 3 cents per oz of any drink containing sugar, ‘to fund education for a change’.
It’ll only hurt the small businesses inside the city, and people who can’t easily buy the stuff outside.
But it is Philly, they are 99.8% lock step with anything/anybody with D.
Attend a Tacoma gun show and BLOAT.
Problem solved.
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