Posted on 09/20/2018 2:36:31 PM PDT by Simon Green
A Wayne County Commissioner on Tuesday unveiled a plan for new limits, taxes, mental screening and background checks on the sale of ammunition.
District 6 Commissioner Reggie Reg Davis, a radio host who entered politics after his brother was fatally shot, announced the multi-pronged proposal at a press conference held at his familys mausoleum space.
In addition to calling on more controls nationally, the measure would mandate local regulations that would include a mental illness and background check certified by law enforcement prior to each bullet sale with police handling the transfer.
Were up against some state and federal laws. Even if it takes me going to lobby in D.C., and I expect it will, we need to make these changes, Davis, a Democrat, told The Detroit Free Press.
Besides a limit on sales and the expanded checks, Davis plans to include a special tax on the sale of ammunition to pay for the measure. Previous taxes on bullets in Seattle, Washington, and Cook County, Illinois have resulted in lengthy court challenges from retailers and Second Amendment groups.
Davis plans to submit the fleshed out proposal to commissioners next month and says he considers it a model that can be replicated nationwide. Well known in the community, he is the founder of CeaseFire Youth Initiative, a group that us
Wayne County,MI is home of the City of Detroit and Inkster, both homes to majority African American citizens. Detroit is 82.7% and Inkster is 71.2 % .
Does one have to take a class to learn to be this stupid?
Wonder how that compares to south Chicago?
how does that compare to South Chicago....
You will be able to buy all the bullets you want. At $25 each.
That won’t see the light of day in the Michigan Legislature.
“...at a press conference held at his familys mausoleum space.”
Classy.
What about crossing county lines or just ordering online?
Make doing so a felony offense. After all its for the children.
These people are insane.
No that law will take effect Jan. 1st 2019, if the Kali DOJ can figure out how to license everybody.
Right now only ammo sellers have to be licensed. I buy all the ammo I want here in Kali. Also, ammo is cash and carry atm. No ID at all.
“Right now only ammo sellers have to be licensed. I buy all the ammo I want here in Kali. Also, ammo is cash and carry atm. No ID at all.”
You may be correct on the implementation, but I know that you can no longer buy ammo outside the state. I used to purchase my ammo from a place in Nevada and have it sent UPS. You can no longer do that. And it is now unlawful to “import” ammunition into CA.
I have found that most ammo in CA is overpriced.
Agreed on that.
Im going to look into buying reloads at LAX Ammo. We shoot there often and see their reloads are at a decent price.
But suppose the police only have one bullet to sell. Do they conduct a lottery, or what?
Interfering with legal commerce?
Or you can just drive 10 miles to the Detroit city limits an buy them over the counter. Or are they going to try to ban buying a legal item, perfectly legally, outside the city limits?
I’ve been buying mine @ Ammo Supply Whse. In Pahrump, NV. They have rock bottom prices. The only problem now is how to get the stuff.
I don’t see this solving the root issues of low IQ, high time preference, poor future time orientation, and low impulse control in the primary Detroit demographic for shootings.
This is both a restraint of trade and a RICO violation (extortion).
Ok, I won’t go to Wayne County to buy Bullets. I’ll go to my local shooting range in Hillsborough County.
Correct Yoda-speak: “Strong with this one, the stupidity is.”
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