Posted on 02/29/2020 8:02:47 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
Thursday, a public hearing was held at the Capitol over a proposal to tax ammunition by an additional 35%.
Nearly 50 people signed up to testify on this issue, and many spoke out against the proposal.
“I feel this just goes too far. They just keep nibbling and taking away, taking away,” said Skip Roberts of Higganum.
Recently retired, Roberts said he’s on a fixed income. He owns a gun to keep his family safe and estimates a day of practice at the range will cost him and his wife close to $100 more if the ammunition excise tax is approved.
“If they really want to prevent violence they would enforce the laws on the books now,” said Roberts.
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“I think we’re traveling down a very dangerous slope if we’re trying to punish somebody exercising their second amendment rights by raising the cost of something to make it unobtainable,” added Sen. Kevin Witkos, (R) Canton.
Gilchrest said her aim is not to deter people from legally owning a gun. She pointed to a congressional report that showed gun violence cost Connecticut taxpayers over $1 billion in 2019. She said that amounted to $333 a person. She argued that putting money toward prevention would save all taxpayers in the long run.
She was peppered with questions about why she seemed to be targeting gun owners instead of all taxpayers.
“Most criminal acts actually take place with a firearm which was once legally purchased. And so, yes law-abiding gun owners should pay a little more,” she answered.
“This is an important and creative piece of legislation that helps us do something that we haven’t been able to do for,” said Susan Vogel, a member of the Connecticut chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
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These people cannot be reasoned with and must be destroyed at the ballot box.
When the ballot box doesn’t work, the ammo box does.
Only 35%? What lame nazis.
Seattle/Tacoma did it; 2 cents per .22 and 5 cents for anything larger/center fire. Gun shops moved out of town.
How is this any different from a poll tax? Both are taxes on exercising a basic right.
Re: Gun shops moved out of town.
So they got what they wanted.
The draconian anti 2A laws imposed after Newtown was the last straw that drove me out of Ct. Taxes and regulation make the state an expensive sh*t hole. Ct specializes in targeting taxes and regulations against potential Republican voters. This is a very short sighted policy. When Republicans and companies flee the state, we take billions in tax revenue with us.
Actually just outside city limits.
Forget the soapbox, jury box and ballot box; get the ammo box.
Seeing as this new tax infringes on the 2A, why not put a tax on voting as well? Call it a “poll tax”.
Oh, wait. The Supreme Court has already ruled that to be unconstitutional.
I propose a 50% excise tax on sex toys and rolling paper.
“Actually just outside city limits.”
Everyone laughed at the liberal maniac city council.
The brilliance of targeted taxes is that you single out a minority and hit them. The majority doesn’t care because it doesn’t affect them. However, everybody belongs in some sort of minority classification be it a behavior or purchasing pattern.
So if you wanted to put a tax of XX dollars on everybody in the state they might very well vote you down. But if you hit every group that’s a minority in some fashion with that XX dollars targeted tax, eventually everyone is paying the amount of tax that they would have rejected had it been applied to everyone at the same time.
On a side note: The Seattle CC put a “Fat Tax” on soft drinks in the city. Folks went outside the city to buy them - CC lost big tax money on that; wanted to stop obesity in kids.
The intention of the gun grabbers is to make life miserable for gun owners. It’s got nothing to do with public safety. And if they can raise revenue in the process, all the better! Curbing violence is a hoax they need to be called out on at every opportunity.
NH is not too far away and I predict this will spur more people into making the trip and buying in large quantities.
How about this freak, Murphy and Stolen Valor Blumenthal
3 despicable pos sub humans
A group I was with sued Ca Fish&Game because they blew off our delisting petition. We sued again on process and won. The judge ruled that CDFG had to consider our petition. They said OK, considered it for about four minutes and denied it again.
The end.
The forgotten message is:
Public input is meaningless.
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