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If we doubled it, if we just went to $400, you could sell only half as many and not lose a penny in revenue. If we tripled it, you might actually discourage some sales of silencers. Wouldn’t that be a good thing…
This legislation will remove the $200 “sin tax” and paperwork requirements that deter law-abiding Americans from purchasing short-barreled shotguns.
States that are hostile to the firearm industry and Second Amendment freedoms have abused their ability to levy taxes on the sale of firearms and ammunition as a ‘sin tax.’
Second Amendment Foundation and its partners contend that the state’s 6.5% excise tax on the retail sale of any firearm, firearm precursor part, or ammunition is unconstitutional in that it impermissibly singles out the exercise of a constitutional right…
Trump correctly points out that tariffs, at one time, served as the principal source of federal government revenue.
Under the Supreme Court’s recent Bruen ruling, any law that burdens the right to bear arms could face constitutional scrutiny, raising questions about whether this tax could ultimately hold up in court.
California’s firearms excise tax is a blatant and egregious attack on the rights of Californians and a calculated maneuver to dismantle the Second Amendment.
This 11 percent tax is unconstitutional because it literally taxes conduct protected by the Second Amendment. There is no evidence such a tax was ever applied at the time of the Founding era…
When the City of Seattle adopted a special tax on firearms and ammunition in the summer of 2015 proponents projected an annual revenue of between $300,000 and $500,000.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recently announced that the agency was distributing $1.3 billion to fund shooting range construction and improvement, and hunter education.
The Tax Stamp Revenue Transfer for Wildlife and Recreation Act would strategically allocate these taxes to both support wildlife conservation and recreation and expedite ATF processing.
They are intending to follow the example of those who provoked the War for Independence by imposing the Intolerable Acts.
On 12 November 2019, the Tacoma City Council passed its controversial tax on guns and ammunition. The tax is based on a similar tax in Seattle.
Tacoma Washington is following the lead of Seattle. They are considering a tax on guns and ammunition.
This is an idea that should be taken seriously across all states so that citizens may have an opportunity to affordably exercise their Second Amendment rights while supporting local firearm shops.
The City of Seattle revealed that its revenue from a so-called “gun violence tax” was far below projections when the tax was hastily adopted in 2015.
It’s a slap in the face to the WA. Legislature. In 1983, lawmakers adopted the state’s preemption act, which squarely put all firearms regulation under authority of the Legislature..
In an attempt to address the ongoing budget problem in Illinois, Sen. Hutchinson decided to tax Illinois residents’ Second Amendment rights, and by extension, their right to safety
SB009 started as a simple question of creating new taxes, a question too easily answered “yes” in this state. It is now more than that. Much more.
Today Americans for Tax Reform released more evidence of Hillary Clinton’s long held desire to impose new and higher gun taxes…..
It has come to our attention that a number of manufacturers & importers of guns & ammo are unaware of excise tax liability imposed on their business use of firearms & ammunition.
Last Sunday, ABC This Week host, and former Clinton White House Communications Director, George Stephanopoulos questioned Hillary Clinton about her support for gun control.
Hillary Clinton was given an opportunity to disavow her endorsement of a 25 percent national retail sales tax on guns. She refused to do so.
An idea first endorsed by Hillary Clinton in 1993, steep gun taxes have now taken hold in Cook County, Ill. the city of Seattle, and now a U.S. territory.
State Rep. Melissa Agard-Sargent (D-Madison) wants Australian-style gun control in Wisconsin and she’s introduced a bill to make that happen.
This legislation would also void the currently standing firearm and ammunition sales tax in the City of Chicago.
Are you ready to accept an underhanded approach to funding the whims of politicians by giving unelected bureaucrats the power to stop or slow gun sales in NH???
Seattle, Wa. passed an ordinance that imposes a $25 tax on every gun sold in the city, & 5 cents on each round of ammunition. Not only is the law senseless, it’s patently illegal…
Cook County Board of Commissioners has proposed Ordinance 15-6469, a proposal to impose a tax on ammunition, similar to proposals reported on in the past.
Mississippi will celebrate its second annual “Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday” this Friday, September 4, through Sunday, September 6.
