... Harborview Medical Center treated 253 victims of gun violence in 2014 at a cost of $17 million, $12 million of that borne by the taxpayers ... so it is right to double tax the honest citizens who own guns to help defray those costs ...
Posted on 08/09/2015 7:53:43 PM PDT by Zakeet
There isn’t a far-left issue that the Seattle City Council hasn’t passed or considered passing. So you just knew that they would get around to screwing gun owners in some novel and inventive way.
How about a $25 tax on every firearm sold? Add to that a 5 cent tax on every cartridge and you have the typical liberal assault on law-abiding gun owners.
But that’s only part of the package. There’s also a provision to require gun owners to report the theft or loss of any firearm within 24 hours.
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The tax is expected to bring $300-500,000 a year to city coffers
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... Harborview Medical Center treated 253 victims of gun violence in 2014 at a cost of $17 million, $12 million of that borne by the taxpayers ... so it is right to double tax the honest citizens who own guns to help defray those costs ...
Always a new tax. It shouldn’t be difficult to get this struck down.
Isn’t Obamacare supposed to pay everybody’s medical bills? And what’s to stop people from driving out of Seattle to buy guns & ammo? And what about the internet? Hmmm?
A court challenge will use the state’s gun law preemption provision to end this liberal nonsense.
Yea, taxing the law abiding will reduce crime.
How about a $25 tax on every firearm sold? Add to that a 5 cent tax on every cartridge
I see gun shops going out of business in Seattle.
I guess it never dawned on these greedy liberal dildoes to maybe tax only those who use guns to commit “violence”.
More infringement on our rights.
How about a $25 add’l tax on every crime committed by a criminal of robbery, rape, assault, theft, burglary, car theft, etc?
That makes more sense.
These people are nuts.
I think that’s the purpose.
Is it legal to tax a Constitutional Right?
There’s only a half-dozen left - for a city of ~600,000. They’ve all moved to the ‘burbs already.
This is a straightforward violation of human rights.
Oh, oh, oh, How about a 100% tax on any registered Democrat? After all if higher taxes don’t hurt people and the benefits received are so great they shouldn’t mind at all.
Good, I hope they prosper.
I’m sure the criminals who steal guns will march right down and pay it.
Its a sure thing that the city’s gang bangers and other street thugs,will be lnimg up on the street in the Seattle rain to pay these fees.
I see a profitable business opportunity selling guns and ammo just outside the city limits....
That’s nuts. Gun dealers inside the city limits will lose tons of business.
I think the 5 gun dealers left in Seattle will just move outside the city. The city will get $0.
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