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…
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Cook County Board of Commissioners Proposes Tax on Your Constitutional Rights
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.
Second Annual Sales Tax Holiday on Firearms, Ammunition & Hunting Supplies in Miss.
Mississippi will celebrate its second annual “Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday” this Friday, September 4, through Sunday, September 6.
Smoke and Mirrors: Seattle Sales Tax
Last week, the NRA, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), firearms retailers, and private gun owners filed a lawsuit against the City of Seattle, alleging.
Washington: Seattle City Council Unanimously Passes Anti-Gun Ordinances
On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed two anti-gun ordinances.
Seattle City Council Committee Advances Legislation to Tax Gun Owners
This week the Education and Governance Committee of the Seattle City Council unanimously advanced legislation to implement a $25 tax on firearms and a $0.05 per round tax on ammunition sold at…
Seattle: City Council Committee to Hear Multiple Proposed Anti-Gun Ordinances
Recently, Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess proposed two anti-gun ordinances and has scheduled them to be heard in the Education and Governance Committee today, Wednesday, July 15.
Seattle City Council President & Democrat, Tim Burgess, Wants Poll Tax on Guns
NSSF will vigorously oppose this misguided attempt to blame the lawful and regulated commerce in firearms and ammunition products for the violent acts of criminal…
Proposed Seattle Gun Tax is Bad Policy and Bad Law
Counter to Washington state law, Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess has announced plans for a local ordinance that would impose new taxes on firearms and ammunition sold within city limits.
Federal Bill Seeks to Use Your Taxes to Bribe States to Require Gun Licenses
It’s bad enough that anti-gun members of Congress want to enact federal legislation to impose the elitist views of their coastal enclaves on the entire country.
Gun Club Tax Prohibition Passes The Florida Legislature
The language in this bill, once and for all, EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS the collection of sales tax on Gun Club membership fees…
Taxes on Gun Owners Subject of Florida House Finance & Tax Committee Hearing
In 2010 we became aware that the Department of Revenue had started targeting gun clubs for the collection of sales tax on club membership dues as an admission tax…
Mississippi: Governor Signs NRA-Backed Bills into Law
Mississippi Governor signed into law, legislation creating an annual sales tax-free weekend for individual purchase of firearms, ammunition, archery equipment and certain hunting supplies…
Taxing Firearms to Double-Down on Failed Government Policies
When it comes to federal gun control, the failure to overcome a filibuster in the Senate earlier this year hurt the gun control’s momentum, at least until the next election cycle…
Latest Gun Grabber Taxation Scheme Wants Gun Owners to Pay for Victims of Violence
Anti gun advocates, LUCINDA M. FINLEY and JOHN G. CULHANE recently wrote an opinion piece promoting that people exercising their constitutional right to keep and bear arms be made to pay a tax…
California to Focus on More Gun Control, Next Week
On Monday, the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation will hear testimony pertaining to Assembly Bill 760 (Dickinson) that seeks to impose a sales tax of .05 cents per ammunition components …
Registration and Gun Tax Bill Would Dismantle Gun Ownership in Rhode Island
House Bill 5573, sponsored by Democrat representatives, would require all firearms in the state of Rhode Island to be registered – both pistols and long guns…
Colorado Democrats Unveil a List of Gun Ban Schemes
Democrat House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, Senate President John Morse and their friends from the anti-gun lobby unmasked their gun control agenda before a packed media audience…
Massachusetts: Governor Wants to Personally Victimize Law-Abiding Gun Owners
Governor Deval Patrick (D) and anti-gun legislators in the Massachusetts General Court have wasted no time this legislative session trying to victimize and disarm law-abiding residents…
$25-A-Gun Sales Tax Approved In Chicago Area
We at JPFO have a novel counter-proposal. Rather than taxing the law-abiding citizens of Chicago who purchase their firearms legally…
Partial Retreat On Cook County IL Violence Tax Only A Start
Wednesday’s partial retreat by Cook County, Ill., board President Toni Preckwinkle on her proposed “violence tax” is a good start…
Bullet Tax Proposal Robs Chicago Sportsmen
Cook County, Illinois Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle is proposing a so-called “violence tax” in her budget plan for the County…
CCRKBA Pans Proposed ‘Violence Tax’ On Guns, Ammo In Cook County
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms criticized a proposed “violence tax” on firearms and ammunition sold in Chicago and surrounding Cook County suburbs as a means of closing a multi-million-dollar budget gap…
Connecticut Towns Collected $1.5M from Unsuspecting Gun Permit Applicants
DESPP changed the permit process without authorization from our state legislators who represent the citizens of Connecticut. This amounts to a de facto tax on the right to bear arms.
Illinois Ammunition Tax May Be Voted On Soon
State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) has introduced a bill that would levy a 2% “Sin Tax” on retail ammunition sales in Illinois.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Launches New Attack On Your Gun Rights
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called for the Illinois General Assembly to pass a $65 per handgun fee to be levied against every law-abiding gun owner in Illinois – INCLUDING YOU.
Firearms Industry Excise Tax Obligations Up 8 Percent
The Department of the Treasury indicates that firearm and ammunition manufacturers reported tax liabilities of $110.1 million…
South Carolina “Second Amendment” Sales Tax Holiday is Nov. 28 – 29
Such holidays have been implemented to benefit distributors and purchasers of firearms, ammunition, and other outdoor sporting goods…
Firearms Industry Applauds Landslide Passage of Excise Tax Improvement Legislation in U.S. Senate
This legislation corrects a inequity in the Internal Revenue Code by permitting firearm and ammunition manufacturers to pay the federal excise tax on a quarterly basis, just as other industries…
Firearms & Ammunition Excise Tax Figures Released
Firearm and ammunition manufacturers paid $101.7 million in excise taxes in the first calendar quarter of 2010, down 7.38 percent over the same time period reported in 2009…