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California Gun Owners face $0.10 Tax on each round of ammo.
California Waterfowl Association ^ | 5/3/3 | Varmint Al

Posted on 05/03/2003 10:00:41 AM PDT by Varmint Al

CA Gun Owners.. Help Defeat this!!

Ten Cent Ammo Tax on Every Piece of Ammunition
AB 992 was voted on by the Assembly Public Safety Committee on April 8th and passed 5 to 2! The next committee hearing is scheduled for April 29th in the Assembly Health Committee. Your letters of opposition are needed NOW!, Click here for a sample letter, committee list, and more.


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; california; gun; tax; thechildren
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To: golder
Maybe I wasn't clear. I live in CA and NOW pay sales tax even when using the Internet if the company has an outlet in CA. This occurs even if I place an order from a store that is outside of CA. The last thing ammo dealers would do is to violate a CA law. Their license would be revoked by the BATF or worse. Gun and ammo dealers have to be squeaky clean on all their business dealings.
41 posted on 05/03/2003 12:49:33 PM PDT by Varmint Al
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To: Varmint Al
Remember the "Stamp Act"? In 1765 the British Parliament imposed a tax on every sheet of paper someone used. It was an attempt by the British to impose a tax the purpose of which was to suppress the free speech rights of the American people by imposing an onerous tax on newspapers, legal documents, and so forth. This bill in California is an attempt to suppress the right to keep and bear arms by imposing an onerous tax on each bullet. The Stamp Act was one event of several the combined together made us so mad that we kicked the British out of America for good. This does not bode well for California liberals. I can imagine that there are chickens being plucked and pots of tar being warmed up even as you read this.
42 posted on 05/03/2003 1:02:08 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: Varmint Al
Is it time Yet? Now???

Where will Kalifornians draw the line?

43 posted on 05/03/2003 1:13:23 PM PDT by wcbtinman (Metus improbos compescit, non clementia. (Fear, not kindness, restrains the wicked.))
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To: wcbtinman

We are working on this. Over 10,000 signatures so far. It is not easy to root them out when they are everywhere.

 

There is hope for California. Let's help the effort.
Recall Petitions are Now AVAILABLE!

RECALL GRAY DAVIS!
Due to energy problems, the spending binge, and the liberal Democrat governor in California, the light at the end of tunnel has been turned off.

44 posted on 05/03/2003 1:21:02 PM PDT by Varmint Al
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To: wcbtinman
Why not just take a twice a year trip across the stateline to Arizona or Nevada,stock up,and avoid the tax that way?
45 posted on 05/03/2003 1:21:24 PM PDT by Riverman94610
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To: Varmint Al
Are California police departments exempt from this fee?
46 posted on 05/03/2003 1:23:44 PM PDT by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: boris
Thanks for the Ammo link. They have the new 17 HRM ammo and with a pretty good price.
47 posted on 05/03/2003 1:46:15 PM PDT by Varmint Al
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To: Varmint Al
Correction. Over 100,000 signatures so far.
On the RecallGrayDavis.org patition.

Sorry about the error.

48 posted on 05/03/2003 1:50:38 PM PDT by Varmint Al
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To: Varmint Al
Gun and ammo dealers have to be squeaky clean on all their business dealings.

Al, Al, you are more than right! My point is, nobody will buy ammo or related item in the late great state of California. We all know and respect the impeccable reputation of California arms dealers. If the brainless California bureaucrats install a 10 cent per round tax, they will loose the revenue they collect now.

49 posted on 05/03/2003 2:04:13 PM PDT by golder
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To: Tailback
May be all gone already: was checking the usual sources for milsurp 7.62 NATO last night: all gone. Danish M2,gone.
50 posted on 05/03/2003 2:11:57 PM PDT by RocketWolf
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To: RightWhale; Travis McGee
What about the $10 brick of 22 ammo?

Kiss it goodbye.

You fellas in California better get organized down there or you better start packing you sh!+ for a better place.

You folks in California are halfway to Aztlan.

51 posted on 05/03/2003 2:17:50 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Justice is the one thing you should always find. Saddle up your boys and draw a hardline.)
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To: Varmint Al
Do like they have with cigarettes in the northeast,go to another state and buy in bulk.
52 posted on 05/03/2003 3:02:15 PM PDT by INSENSITIVE GUY
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To: Varmint Al
The people of Baghdad have more firearms freedom than the Democratic People's Republik of Kaliforniastan.
53 posted on 05/03/2003 3:10:29 PM PDT by Sparta (Use Bashir Al-Assad for target practice)
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To: INSENSITIVE GUY
"...go to another state and buy in bulk"

Can't. They have customs inspectors at the state border crossings, but since that would be unconstitutional, they call them "agricultural inspection stations" instead. They would nail you with the tax there.

54 posted on 05/03/2003 3:40:19 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: xusafflyer
Tax all you want California. We're leaving this state for good. Keep pushing all the people that have money out of the state.

Good for you! From my perspective (not in California, I hasten to add), that is the only solution to a continuing series of problems vis-a-vis gun ownership in that state.

Of course, one's personal circumstances may preclude this solution but I cannot see things ever getting any better in what used to be a wonderful state. The liberals are likely to stay in charge and continue to turn the screws on the good and decent people.

55 posted on 05/03/2003 3:44:34 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: xusafflyer
Tax all you want California. We're leaving this state for good. Keep pushing all the people that have money out of the state.

Philadelphia is facing such a problem. People are leaving in droves.

56 posted on 05/03/2003 3:55:09 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse
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To: RocketWolf
All production was being diverted for the war in Iraq. Look for the market to get flooded with .308 and .223 within 2 years. IMI will start shipping to the states again soon also. M2 will be another problem, the CMP needs to come up with some sort of arrangement to have somebody make M2 cheaply with good quality. (unlike that new Olymic Greek garbage)
57 posted on 05/03/2003 4:01:26 PM PDT by Tailback
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To: FreedomCalls
They don't need to add that exception, as the states have no power to tax the federal government, or to impose 'fees' on it. Individuals are a different matter, though. Just to be clear about this measure (which will almost certainly pass), it does not tax any public agencies, but does except current, active duty LEO's from having to pay the tax personally. But, it's still an evolving piece of work, and that's subject to change.
58 posted on 05/03/2003 5:32:17 PM PDT by absalom01
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To: CurlyDave
I'd would seriously consider a career in blackmarket ammo if they charged 10 cents a round. Ammo Runners would be the hit of the decade.
59 posted on 05/03/2003 6:20:53 PM PDT by PatrioticAmerican ("hatemonger")
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To: big ern

BLOAT!

And don't forget to cache and take names!

60 posted on 05/03/2003 7:12:26 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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