Posted on 10/21/2021 9:36:41 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
CHICAGO -- The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Cook County taxes on guns and ammunition violate the state constitution because they "directly burden a law-abiding citizen's" second amendment right to buy the items for self-defense.
Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis wrote in a 6-0 decision that the taxes violate the constitution's uniformity clause. She noted revenue from the tax isn't directed toward funds or programs to curb the costs of gun violence or reduce the violence.
Illinois' largest county approved the $25 tax on the retail purchase of a firearm within the county in 2012. In 2015, Cook County approved a tax ranging from 1 cent to 5 cents per cartridge of ammunition. Any person who doesn't pay the tax faces fines starting at $1,000.
A gun rights organization, Guns Save Life, sued, saying the tax violated the second amendment.
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Yeah!
Too funny. How can they tax illegal weapons? If. they could figure out a way, they would.
Chicago should tax shooting people when not self defense.
Imagine the revenues that would pour in.
LOL. Whatever they can do to raise a buck, the gubmint will do.
Maybe if there was some money in it for them they could actually catch some perps.
The fact that this was a unanimous decision is amazing, especially for HELLINOIS.
Somedays I think we should ban science fiction.
We’ve got the Democrats using 1984 as a how to guide.
And Chicago and California are using Judge Dredd and Robocop as a guide to cultivate gang warfare and general crime.
Additionally, they could not even prove what the tax will fund or what programs that will “help” the community. It was just another cash grab.
Yeah, but how do you determine that when thousands of your police officers quit because you force them to take a vaccine they don’t want.
Given the clear reasoning, one could also say the stamp tax on select fire and other ‘weapons’ is also burdensome - not to mention a clear infringement.
Fantastic. So how do I get my money back?
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