Posted on 02/05/2019 3:10:14 PM PST by jazusamo
A Democratic Connecticut state legislator introduced a bill on Monday that would raise the tax on ammunition in the state by 50 percent, prompting an immediate condemnation by the National Rifle Association (NRA) and concerns from legal observers that the legislation would be unconstitutional.
In a video uploaded to Twitter, Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, a freshman legislator from Hartford, said that a companion bill was being introduced in the state Senate by fellow freshman Democrat Will Haskell. (Haskell, at age 22, became Connecticut's youngest-ever elected legislator last year.)
"Currently, ammunition is taxed at the same rate as other products, but we want to increase it by 50 percent, because we see it as a prevention measure," Gilchrest says in the video. "For example, if someone were to buy a 50 cartridge box of ammunition, which goes for about $10, it would increase the price to $15."
Gilchrest goes on to explain that military and law enforcement members would be exempted from the tax, although those exemptions do not appear in an initial draft of the bill posted to the Connecticut state legislature's website.
"We see this as a public health measure, similar to what we've done in the state of Connecticut with increasing the tax on cigarettes," Gilchrest said. "When we increase that tax, we've seen a reduction in use."
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Then they go on to complain about reduced tax revenue and look elsewhere for it.
Bump!
You can never trust a government to handle money.
Fixed it!
How is this different from a poll tax, a tax created to discourage the exercise of a basic Constitutional right?
Sure sounds like a sure infringement.
How long will the American people put up with this RAT BS?
Glad to see this... They made their beds, now sleep in it!
The good people of Connecticut better nip this one in the bud. Or in the future, they will rue the day that they did not.
Which is unconstitutional as it is a violation of the 14th amendment's equal protection clause.
Where do the youth gangs get their bullets? Do they buy them legally somewhere?
Some creatures are mire equal than others.
Disconnecticut.
“I figured there was a vagina involved in this.”
And a pussy.
I understand that, but at this point in time, the Constitution is not being adhered to. The Socialists [Democrats] invoke it only when it suits their goals. And to help them and hurt their enemies [us].
You can’t ban the guns because of the second amendment but the second amendment says nothing about the ammunition which is, in essence, the currency of gun activity. We’ve seen communities ask “how can we stop spree killers from causing so much violence at schools, concerts, churches, etc. while still respecting the gun owner’s right to own guns?”
The answer is to go after the ammo. Personally, I would want to make it cost prohibitive to buy exploding bullets and full-jacketed bullets that slice right through organs and bodies.
Why do buyers choose a Honda over a Mercedes? The answer is cost. If a Mercedes cost the same as an Accord, everyone would buy the Mercedes. In the same way, if you make the deadliest bullets the most expensive, some buyers will opt for the more cost-effective option.
No bill is going to prevent the next school shooting or the next whack-o from being able to shoot up a crowd but if you arm the shooter with fewer or less-damaging bullets, maybe the death toll from these events drops from the 20s to the 10s or single digits.
I know a lot of RKBA people will be upset with this but I would rather see the cost of ammo rise, particularly on the deadliest bullets, than more Leftist attempts to ban guns or watch more shooters open fire with a high kill rate because buying effective ammo was so cheap to get.
I don’t know the details of this particular bill and so often the devil is in the details but I am not against the concept of raising the tax on ammunition although I’d prefer the market itself raise the cost on the deadliest ammo.
So they truly are hypocrites. What a shock.
OK to have ammo they just want more tax revenue. Another shock.
A moron outing himself. If the present sales tax on "other products" is say 8 percent increasing it by 50 percent(he really meant to 50% but was too stupid to express himself correctly) would make it 12 percent.($11.20) He on the other hand wants a 50 percent tax and is too intellectually challenged to figure out how to explain it.
Turning libs loose with money is like giving your car keys to a drunk.Talking to one is like debating a stoner.
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