Seattle one vote away from tax on gun and ammunition sales (5 cents per round tax!!!!)

komonews.com ^ | Aug 5, 2015 at 5:19 PM PDT | Kristen Drew

[Red in Blue PA]

"I feel outraged, actually, and not really as a gun owner or gun dealer but as a citizen of Seattle," said Sergey Solyanik, the owner of Precise Shooter.

Solyanik attended the Council's Education & Governance Committee meeting on Wednesday morning, where members voted to send the bill to the full council.

Under the gun violence tax, dealers would pay $25 for every firearm sold then $0.02 for every .22 caliber round and $0.05 for the rest of ammunition.

"It's obvious what they're trying to do -- damage and hurt the local businesses under the guise of doing something to protect or raise money to fight gun violence," said gun owner Ian Birmingham.

[Red in Blue PA]

F these people.

[Red in Blue PA]

Embarrassing. My Apologies.

Mods, can we change the title to:

Seattle one vote away from tax on gun and ammunition sales

[Ray76]

No wonder I was so confused! ;)

[Texas Eagle]

Even the statue of Lenin is walking out on Seattle it's so disgusted.

[17th Miss Regt]

Requiring the paying of a tax to vote in elections was outlawed as an infringement on the right to vote. The same approach should be taken here. Requiring the paying of a tax to own a firearm should be outlawed as an infringement on the right to keep and bear arms.

[Ray76]

Seattle has a statue of Lenin?

[laplata]

Is that statue of Lenin in Seattle? WTH

[Red in Blue PA]

Simply WOW!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Lenin,_Seattle

[Texas Eagle]

Yes. It’s an area called Fremont.

[Red in Blue PA]

This hurts the poor the most.

But why should I be surprised. All liberal policies hurt the poor the most.

[laplata]

“Yes. It’s an area called Fremont”.

I’m no longer surprised about anything.

[ForYourChildren]

When does she go to jail?

[Vigilanteman]

All three conservatives in Seattle will just drive outside the city limits to do their guns and ammo shopping.

[Ray76]

If I lived there....

[Texas Eagle]

...you’d deny it?

[RetiredTexasVet]

Probably should put one of the statues at every entrance to Seattle, just to welcome clueless visitors and warn off survivors of the Russian Gulag.

[Ray76]

I’d leave

[Texas Eagle]

Ah. That was my next guess.

[SgtHooper]

Start reloading.

[aposiopetic]

IF (big IF) you have no choice but to buy ammo in Seattle, and IF you really need, say, 200 rounds in a pinch, parting with the extra 10 bucks is regrettable but maybe better than being without.