In Washington State I’m pretty sure that a Marlin .22 is an “assault weapon”. It has the tube fed magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammo.
I wonder, with the tube magazine being a permanent feature of the rifle - will the gun tax be $200 plus an additional $200 for the magazine?
Also - this “tax” (on stuff folks already own) - is this a one-time feature or an annual thing? I’m guessing a one-time thing.
That will soon morph into an annual (and $300 tax next year.)
In Washington State I’m pretty sure that a Marlin .22 is an “assault weapon”. It has the tube fed magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammo.
I wonder, with the tube magazine being a permanent feature of the rifle - will the gun tax be $200 plus an additional $200 for the magazine?
Also - this “tax” (on stuff folks already own) - is this a one-time feature or an annual thing? I’m guessing a one-time thing.
That will soon morph into an annual (and $300 tax next year.) Any semiauto that is not an antique or inoperable is an "assault" weapon accoring to
ballot initiative 1639. Yes, of course that includes ordinary .22's.
The NFA tax is a one time thing and it has never been adjusted for inflation (yet). 200 bucks was a lot of money in 1934. It's worth less now, but if we were talking about some other right there would be a chorus of TeamD voices reminding everyone that it's still a lot of money to poor people, especially black ones.