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  • Connecticut Dem introduces 50 percent tax on ammunition, calling it 'public health measure'

    02/05/2019 3:10:14 PM PST · by jazusamo · 113 replies
    Fox News ^ | February 5, 2019 | Gregg Re
    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...