The freshman representative wants to attack ammunition the same way legislators have attacked cigarettes. (Photo: Jillian Gilchrest Twitter/Screenshot)
A freshman state representative in Connecticut introduced a bill this week that would raise the tax rate on ammunition in the state to 50 percent.
Representative Jillian Gilchrest announced the proposal on Twitter, explaining that her legislation would raise the price of a $10 box of ammunition to $15. She hopes the tax hike will reduce crime in the state by limiting the “use” of ammunition.
“We see this as a public health measure similar to what we’ve done in the state of Connecticut with increasing the tax on cigarettes,” Gilchrest said. “When we increase that tax we’ve seen a reduction in use. And so we want to continue Connecticut’s legacy of being a leader on preventing and addressing gun violence and we see this as another step forward in that direction.”
I’ve introduced HB 5700, a 50% tax increase on ammunition. It doesn’t apply to military or law enforcement. I’m hearing push back about the need to protect one’s home… but how much ammunition does someone really need to do that? #gunsense #enough pic.twitter.com/NZjkWBrpjC
— Jillian Gilchrest (@Jilchrest) February 4, 2019
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Research by the RAND Corporation, a non-partisan thinktank, concluded that taxes on firearms and ammunition will produce vastly different results to those levied on cigarettes and other similar products. According to their report, there is currently “little empirical evidence to indicate how taxation would influence firearm-related outcomes, such as violent crime or suicides.”
In addition, firearms and ammunition can be used for a wide variety of purposes, most of which are non-criminal and some of which are even life-saving. Gilchrest fails to address these other reasons to purchase ammunition. Instead, she doubled down on her original claims in a response to the National Rifle Association.
Every day, hundreds of Americans are killed with guns. @NRA, I’m interested in preventing gun violence. If increasing the tax on ammunition can prevent just one death, it’s worth it. #Enough #GunSense https://t.co/mrtktIxnaT
— Jillian Gilchrest (@Jilchrest) February 5, 2019
Gilchrest’s proposal also caught the attention of the NRA’s Colion Noir. Noir points out in a video that Gilchrest’s tax increase will have the greatest impact on poorer Americans who need a means of self-defense the most.
Noir observes that Gilchrest and other gun-control advocates want to “talk about gun safety, gun safety, gun safety,” and yet, they want to tax “the means of people to use their firearms more efficiently and more safely.”
“What do you think is going to happen when you make it more expensive to shoot?” he asks.
Gilchrest’s bill, HB-5700, has been referred to the Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding, which is controlled by Democrats. No hearing has been set.
Concerned citizens can reach Gilchrest at [email protected] or (860) 240-8585.
how many die in the state by abortion every day? week?month? year?
WAY more than by all gun deaths…by a factor of ten or more in all likelihood…
and don’t give me the ‘bunch of cells’ BS argument…it would be life if found anywhere but on Earth…ask any scientist
Just remember, don’t think for a second this democrat cares about any victim. She cares about money and any and every way to tax you to get it. I mean who is going to believe anyone who tells them ‘We want to save you by taking the tools you use to save yourself’.
Yea. I know there is a large group of stupid people in the U. S.
“I’m hearing push back about the need to protect one’s home… but how much ammunition does someone really need to do that?”
Maybe you should find out the answer to that question BEFORE you propose legislation. And ammo is not just for home protection and if you increase the price people will practice less, become less comfortable/familiar with their firearm and likely cause more accidents.
You really suck.
THE ELLENSBURG SHERIFF OF KITTITAS COUNTY WAS ADVICE BY ONE OF THE RESIDENT THAT THE “USE” OF AMMO LITTERING AROUND THE STATE OF WASHINTONG HAS TO BE ADDRESS BY IMPLEMENTING A STATE WIDE “PERMIT TO STORE AMMONUTIONS” WHEN YOU APPLY FOR CONCEAL PISTOL PERMIT. TO HELP THE PROBLEM OF AMMO LITTER ARUND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. THANK YOU SHERIFF GENE DANA…
So this legislator believes this is the criminal mindset:
“Damn! I was going to buy $20 worth of munition and shoot up a school and kill teachers and students! But it would now cost me $30. Who can afford those prices! Guess I’ll go get a job, maybe go back to school. It’s just not worth being a mass killer anymore!
Don’t get me wrong… I am certainly pro 2A. But let’s get the facts straight. A 50% tax increase, even though absurd, is not the same as a 50% tax rate!
This ignorant legislator tells us that “if one life is saved” her 50% ammo tax will be worth it. So she must be pro-gun because thousands of lives are saved each year by people prepared to defend themselves, while the likelihood of her tax saving a life is zero. She will also be responsible for restricting vital practice, which can create unprepared gun owners who may harm themselves or others. Other legislators, regardless of their political party, should steer clear of this unconscious voter mistake.
Every time I see another one of these little girly-girl libs with their idiotic ideas I cringe! These nitwits just don’t get that penalizing us law abiding people who follow laws and rules will accomplish nothing!!!!
Another typical young fkn idiot lib who thinks taking guns and ammo away from people who follow the laws and rules is going to help change something!!!??! These morons need to wake up and get with reality, same with that little nitwit from New York!!
It should work like CT. Insane gas tax prevents car accidents.
WHY DON’T WE JUST A 50% TAX ON EVERYTHING A CRIMINAL COULD USE TO KILL ANOTHER PERSON WITH. JUST THINK HOW MUCH SAFER THIS WORLD WOULD BE, LOL
Typical liberal female…..stupid and really ugly! Amazing
Just another example of an ELECTED individual attacking the legitimate gun owner/user and failing to address the criminal element. There is NO TAX on the street sales of guns or ammo. I probably have in my immediate possession all the ammo I will ever need for the rest of my life. HOW do we get so lucky and elect ignorant representatives??? What do her constituents have to say concerning this?????
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This clueless waif USEFUL IDIOT! Valley Girl’s “virtue” signalling has been duly noted for her LIE-beral record.
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IIRC MILLIONS! of WW2 and Korean Vets landed on invasion beaches and fought for a week or more with 80 rounds in ten 8 round M1 Rifle en bloc clips in their bandoliers.
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Most gang bangers and drug dealers and other criminals probably use less than a couple of magazines in their pistols yearly. But–this LIE-beral woman knows this full well already. Just more “camel nose under the tent flap” work by Niew Yuk State’s gun grabbers.
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As usual–it’s not about preventing crimes and murders. It’s about their GUN GRAB! agendas.
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John Bibb
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HOW ABOUT A 50% TAX ON EVERYTHING A CRIMINAL COULD USE TO KILL ANOTHER PERSON WITH.
THINK HOW MUCH SAFER THIS WORLD WOULD BE, LOL.
It sums up into one thought, stupid is stupid, and “dumber is only getting dumber”. If we keep voting them in, then our nation will only get dumber. And that sums up the second thought, they want you to be dumber so they will look and sound smarter.
Since the 2e was written to ensure that the people could throw off a potentially tyrannical government, does it make any sense that the Founding Fathers also thought that the government could lawfully hinder (ammo control, mag capacity, gun function and appearance) one’s ability to fight off the same government, if gone wild? Does that make any sense?
lets tax abortions since they kill way more that ammo does in a year
Do fools like this not understand that such a tax will simply encourage purchases in other states and trafficking of ammunition into CT?
The incapacity of the mentally deficient ‘legislators’ to understand issues is dangerous to the US Constitution.
Brain size: Walnut!
Surely her research team has statistics showing how many criminals purchase their ammunition and pay taxes….Nice ((commie rose)) in the background, turd.
Another DUMB ASS DEMO-O-RAT where do all these Idiots come from keep them up there
Why don’t we tax every convicted criminal $100? Just think of how much the murder rate would go down if murderers were taxed $100,000 for each victim. Wait, since victims are more numerous than perpetrators, why don’t we tax victims? They are easier to find so the tax would be easier to collect. Reducing the number of victims is a good thing, is it not?
Politicians are like ‘Tommy’ (“that deaf, dumb and blind kid”) who ignore the facts that show how criminals are seldom effected by these ‘feel good’ laws!
50% tax on makeup and tampons
FWIW, there are some states that currently do tax these items with a LUXURY tax!
OH NO NOT ON TAMPONS WIZZO, can you imagine, think that one threw!
Illegal Taxation by any Governmental office is covered in the “Constitution”. It shall not , nor should not be done !
Tax it go ahead. I’ll just make more. I reload for a reason and this is it
This ignorant woman thinks that by increasing prices on ammo that criminals won’t buy enough ammo to commit a crime and thinks you don’t need much ammo to defend yourself, what a laugh.
It only takes one bullet to kill a person and a criminal will steal that if he needs it. Only a moron would this that gun and/or ammo will stop gun related crimes. Criminals will get what they want or need to commit a crime at any cost so get real, stop smoking that funny stuff , and stop wasting tax dollars on asinine bills as they won’t work.
Criminals supporting the criminals…
How much does one need? It seems she forgets the 2nd, which was made to allow us to protect ourselves from corrupt powers, including corrupt people that are suppose to serve and protect, not fearmonger and abuse their position.
If she is not the poster child for the Socialist far Left, I don’t know who is. I bet she still wears Birkenstock’s.
The smoking of cigarettes IS NOT protected by the Constitution. The use of ammo in a firearm IS. Therefore, limiting the availability of ammo by any means is the same as limiting the use of firearms.
Every “freshman” (or is that “freshwoman’, or possibly “freshthey”?) feels they MUST bring new ideas to the House in an effort to educate senior members. Ocasio-Cortez is a great example of how inexperience speaks for itself, and this idiot is following in her footsteps.
Remember the rumor that Obama was going to tax ammo at 1000%? It set off a hoarding panic among gun owners that emptied the shelves of ammo for years. The prices still haven’t dropped back to pre-panic levels. So that rumor, even though untrue, did it’s job and basically contributed to a huge price increase and an ammo shortage. Let’s not let idiotic proposals like this one indirectly accomplish their goal. Stay sane, everybody.
THAT IS A GREAT IDEA!!! So said every gun shop and ammo selling store in states that border Connecticut. While we are at it – lets double the cost of gasoline to prevent drunk drivers and triple the cost of food so fewer people will choke. And if put a 10,000 percent tax on airfare there will be fewer people flying and less airplane accidents. This woman is a fricken genius!
Stupid cunts like this are destroying America. Anti-American liberal dumbocraps are pure cancer for America
This woman is soooo out of touch with reality, put more money in to building a wall and keeping drugs out of America then a tax on ammo. She looks dumber than a tree stump!
How about 50% tax on tampons and makeup
Who is the “we” she refers to? Not ME.
This woman is a glowing example of how our schools have failed us. She cannot perform critical thinking. Her solution for murder is to curtail the ability of non criminals to be proficient in protecting themselves, families and property. She has not been taught the meaning of the constitution. Let me point the Representative to The Heritage Foundation where she can learn the constitution and the limits to governmental intrusion. In the last 30 years or so this nation has produced more than its share of idiots and far too many of them are getting in politics.
THERE SIMPLY IS NOBODY DUMBER THAN A MARXISTCRAT ON GUNS! They should have to have a bullseye tattooed on their forehead so the criminals know who “we the people” have no use for!
Are democrats naturally stupid? Term limits are the only solution.
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and they love to be in the limelight…….LOOK AT ME
U GOTTA B 1 OF THE BIGGEST ARSES I HAVE EVER HEARD. GO GET A JOB.
Sure, make it more difficult for honest citizens to improve their shooting skills, because higher taxes always stop criminals, right?
HOW MANY MORE WAYS CAN THEY THINK UP TO GET MORE BUCKS INTO THEIR COFFERS ON THE WORKING MANS BACK. THIS IS BALONEY A $5 UPCHARGE FOR OUR CT. GOVERMENT. I CONSIDER YOU JUST BY VIEWING YOUR FACE A UNEDUCATED PERSON IN THE WORLD OF FIREARMS. YOUR IDEA WONT STOP A THING. WHY DONT YOU JUST KNOCK ON MY DOOR AND ASK FOR THE $5. GET REAL LADY. HOW ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO GO TO THE RANGES AND SHOOT RECREATIONAL. AND PEOPLE WHO HUNT FOR FOOD IN DEER SEASON TO HELP WITH POPULATION PROBLEMS WITH DEER. IN MAY MEAN NOTHING TO YOU BUT IT IS A FREAL REALITY OF LIVING. I AM SURE YOU CAN THINK OF MORE WAYS THSAN THAT TO KEEP YOURHANDS IN OUR POCKETS. WHO IN THE WORLD ARE U A LIFE SAVER. DOUBT IT VERY MUCH. REALLY CANT BELIVE HOW U GUYS GET ELECTED, WOW U SURE ARE A SHARP ONE. RAISE TAX MONEY ON AMMO ,REALLY. NOT GOOD ECONOMICS FOR THE STATE. CID U KNOW PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR AMMO FROM OTHER STATES THEY CAN GET THE REVENUE,NOT US. MY VIEW AS A RETIRED 70 YR. OLD TEAMSTER WHOS BEEN PAYING OUTRAGOUS TAXES HERE FOR OVER 50 YRS. THATS WHY I FINALY SMARTEN UP AND AM MOVING BECAUSE OF PEOPLE ;LIKE U AND YOUR IDEAS.INSTEAD OIF TRYING TO SAVE US TAXES U WANT MORE. when does this BULL STOP. IF ITS NOT ONE ITS ANOTHER. MR. I WILL PAY NO MORE FOR YOIUR SALARY, GOD KNOWS WHAT U MAKE ON ARE BACKS. A TIRED AND DISGUSTED CITIZEN OF CT. BORN HERE BUT I WONT DIE HERE. BY THE WAY u come into this world taxed u go thru it taxed and u die taxed. HOW ABOUT A LITTLE MERCY ON WORKING PEOPLE. MR. S. DESANTO.
Yup this state sucks I live here can’t wait to move out it’s just a matter of time before they tax you for wiping your ass
Hey let’s start a large black market on ammunition and double theft in private homes for their ammunition that way we can have more crimes. Want to stop gun violence “death penalty” It’s time !
To: Jillian Gilcrest, Connecticut State Mis-Representative
Jillian,
I am aware that you think you are doing a “service” to the citizens of your state by proposing an ammo tax akin to the “sin tax” placed on cigarettes. Your tax will not reduce crime or murder one iota as criminals steal and or illegally acquire both their guns and their ammo, and I have seen how it happens first hand.
I am an avid 2nd Amendment supporting citizen as I am a supporter of all rights, the 1st through the last, and all are sacred to the most successful experiment in citizen controlled government. You are attempting to become a government that controls citizens, but not criminals.
Do you understand that? Most likely, not.
Let us educate oyu about how criminals get their ammo.
I ordered ammunition on line and had it shipped to my local UPS location informing in writing both the shipper Tula Ammo and the receiver UPS in writing on the receipts and the shipping paperwork “DO NOT DELIVER. RECIPIENT WILL PICK UP AT UPS STATION.” because I know the sensitivity of transporting ammunition and that access to it must be restricted to responsible companies and individuals. I thought I had done my duty.
Now this was a fortunate day as the moment I got my e-mail notifying me of delivery of my ammo to the UPS station in Dallas I was out of work early, so when I showed up at the UPS station to pick up my crate of ammo to my surprise I was told, “Oh they already put it on a truck.”
“What!!!?” I snapped, showing them my receipt paper work with the loud and proud “DO NOT DELIVER.” On it. So I rushed home form there at just around sunset I pulled up to the mail box a block up the street from my home, and noticed, oddly, a car parked in front of my house with the engine on and the lights off.
Something is wrong, I thought.
Then as fate would have it I saw the UPS truck pulling up…then I started my car and drove forward, at which point the car parked in my drive way turned the lights on and sped off. I walked up to the UPS truck and the two individuals inside holding my crate of ammo.
I yelled at them giving them a piece off my mind telling them to read the paperwork and notice that they were not supposed to deliver the box. Then I saw the crate that was supposed to be labeled in a mundane way so you could not tell it was ammo had “TULA AMMO” marked all over the box. These two worthless individuals working at UPS knew there was ammo in the crate and, ignoring the notice and “stealing” the ammo, they had arranged ahead of time to have a person waiting so when they dropped the box off on my porch way before 5 pm so that no one would be home, and the person they “sold” the “stolen” ammo to would be there to take it before anyone got home.
This is how criminals get their ammo and their guns.
You are only abusing the rights of free citizens and you need to stop.
Put legislation that throws the full book at violent criminals in order to take these people off the streets forever…stop sheltering those who commit crimes and abusing and attacking free law abiding citizens.
I have no hope that this letter will make it through the liberal fog that purposely clouds your mind…I know you have no desire to see free citizens safe and able to protect themselves.
You and other gun grabbing politicians are a pariah that needs to be exorcised from the body politic of America…you people who willingly murder unborn children to the tune of one million child deaths per year cheering about “Choice!” have nothing to say about public safety and caring about lives.
You are the most horrid hypocrites in history.
You are the worst thing that has ever plagued this country.
Michael MacKay
It was TULA Ammo, they would have been doing you a favor by stealing it…
It was cheap ammo and I know what I pay for. I am taking my Sleazy Soviet Biker chick the bar brawl because that Soviet rifle can get down in the dirty and still play hard even in the mud, the blood, and the beer ( to be cliche). Whenver I hit the trigger Tula Ammo goes “bang,” so what is your hang up over cheap ammo that works? I hit 1″ MOA all day long as far as I need to. Let me guess, you must be an AR fan boy? “The Prom Queen” first bit of dirt and that bitch gets bitchy.
How about 50% tax on government sponsored trips to be paid out of their salary? 50% tax on dresses,shoes,makeup….something they love to do.
Once again, the law abiding citizens of this country are going to be punished for something a criminal has done. Another sad day in this great country.
Just another socialist drone.
“Every day hundreds of Americans are killed by guns?” Lets see, at the lowest level: 365 x 200 = 73,000 killed by guns per year. Utter nonsense! The FBI states that in 2017 there were 17,284 murders in this country. Accidental firearms deaths run about 1,000 more per year. Me thinks the lady is deranged.
So much stupidity in her bill, Smoking has proven to have ill effects on health (Although taxes have not proven to stop stop smoking) why don’t she explain how Ammo is proven to cause ill effects with proper use and ownership?
Oh my god. What an idiot.
Yo man, I was gonno shoot dat mofo, but I cudnt afford da tax on da ammo so I didnt shoot the mofo.
That must be how the charming liberal legislator sees her plan as working.
Politicians like this woman are the reason I left Connecticut 21 years ago for Florida. You couldn’t pay me to move back.
Now we must realize that politicians can only use what they have in their tool box to try and help us. Typically they have these tools in said box: tax stuff, ban stuff, relabel stuff and legislate stupid, propose stupid, be stupid, act stupid. That is all I have to say about that. (Forrest)
I have to forward this to my Mexican Cartel associates who will surely want to increase the cost of crack and heroin locally to make up for the increased cost of ammunition. Last time I spoke with them they said they did not mind putting drugs in little vials and bags but damn if they were going to start reloading because they did not want to cross contaminate powder and powder! I guess these guys are getting lazy too?
I will get crucified for this but each of these new representatives have two things in common gender and age. Who isn’t against violence of any kind? Perhaps we should tax the lawyers that defend violent criminals. Yes I understand many are court appointed. I will share a true case we had a neighbor that stalked our neighbors and us, the police told us he had rights. Funny how he got 25 years for assaulting a police office. What happened to his rights then? They broke into his house…Obviously much more to the story than I can type here. I am glad she wants to stop gun violence would be happier if it was all violence. She has right principal just a plan that has more holes then substance.
Taxes… yes tax this, tax that this is the answer~! Liberals want more taxes so they can spread our wealth around to those who don’t want to work. Oh wait, that is Socialism.
Sadly and unfortunately yet another useless politician that doesn’t get it! The reality is that all of these elected officials are only concerned with the next elections and posts they want to occupy?
So, here’s a thought, “STOP voting these idiots into office”…
The only people impacted by this are the folks that play by the rules follow the laws, and love/uphold our 2nd amendment and constitution!
Go ahead and tax it so I can stock up and become wealthier than any seated congressional representative.
The value of ammo will surpass gold in a short time and I can become an entrepreneur in no time!
She just became a better salesman than Obama!
Well, heck, why don’t we just put a tax on abortions. I’ll bet the need for those would go way down if we started turning this feminist legislative nonsense around to where it hits home, ………. the Twat Tax or the Uterine Use Tax. Of course, those individuals who are married, employed, and drug free would get an exemption.
Meanwhile, these leftards can’t get two warm neurons together to figure out WHY the gun sales have been off the charts for so many years. Through crap legislation, such as this, the voters are finally starting to understand WHY we were given a 2nd Amendment.
You can always tell who the feminists are; they’re the ones who have given up trying to look like a woman.
Reducing the “use” of a constitutional right is unconstitutional. She blatantly admits it’s a violation of the Constitution.
Dumbass, The ONLY people that will be hurt are the LEGAL gun owners. You think the bad guys get theirs from the store? If so YOU need a different line of work.
No matter what you impose, when there’s a will, there’s a way. Criminals are criminals for a reason. They don’t care what laws or taxes are implemented. They will find a way. They always have and they always will. All your regulations do is hinder the law biding citizens. The rich really won’t care. The poor get screwed. Remember, police can’t be everywhere every second of every day. Please don’t put citizens lives in danger. I’m from out of state and I care about the people in your state and all others. Any gun violence crimes are reprehensible, but unfortunately if it’s going to happen, it will. No ones life is more important than others. We should all be entitled to safety. They’re main concern is to survive if ever in an unfortunate situation. Also just to enjoy being able to do target shooting. Remember, any crimes or mass shootings aren’t done by law biding citizens. The NRA & their members get blamed for gun violence. NRA members don’t commit these crimes. We enjoy the our 2nd amendment rights. We don’t abuse this privilege. Think about it, every time one of these ridiculous rules are implemented the criminals eat it up, regarding gun policies. Please don’t give the criminals the advantage over law biding citizens. People still smoke no matter how much it costs. How many people die each year from lung cancer? God Bless America.
Real criminals get their ammunition the same way they get their weapons, THEY STEAL!!!
Like always you will only hurt honest citizens with such a stupid tax.
This is beyond a waste of time, money and effort to punish legal gun owners. The criminals do not and will not buy ammo and guns legally. A DOJ study shows that gun control does not work.
In my opinion, we cannot have a true conversation on guns until everyone is educated about what it means to own a gun and the idea of shooting sports. Every political hack who wants to sponsor a bill involving guns and ammo should be forced to attend at least the NRA Basic classes.
OK I can dream, can I not?
JUST WANTED TO TAKE A PEEK AT HER PICTURE AND SEE WHAT STUPID LOOKS LIKE, AND BOY I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED
So the criminal will have to rob more people to afford his ammunition.
This woman is intellectually speaking, subhuman.
It’s hard to fix stupid!
Why is such unbelievable ignorance so pervasive among freshman legislators? Once again we attempt feel good legislation by penalizing the law abiding. Do we actually think the criminal element or the mass shooter will stop and think…gee this box of ammo is 5$ more than last time. I can’t afford that! Seriously? Get a grip lady!
Why is stupidity so rampant among democrats?
I live in this damn state. It’s people like her that’s going to kill this state. Between this proposal and the new governor has toyed with a grocery tax it’s time to leave here.
F’n Democraps have never met a tax they didn’t like!!! Keep voting for these Pollyanna idiots and you’ll not only lose your freedom but you’ll be bankrupt in the process!!!
As a former resident of the peoples republic of ny I can tell you that the supposed reduction in cigarette sales when the taxes are raised is a myth. It’s only a reduction in the sales of cigarettes in ny. We regularly drove to pennsylvania ( a 10 minute drive) to buy them where the tax was substantially lower. I’m guessing the same will happen with ammunition.
What will this do except hurt joe blow. He may only shoot one day instead of 2. Tulammo cost 4.78 a box so I pay 2 more dollars what the hey.
Well alrighty then, let’s just slap a 50% tax on cars and alcohol too. And let’s not forget cellphones since distracted driving is responsible for more deaths every year than gun violence. What a twit.
what we need to do is put tax on CIGARS and top dollar booze so they in the government get a taste of their own bullshit.
Excellent idea.
Is she admitting that she views defensive/recreational gun ownership and use as equivalent to smoking? Not to mention it’s a constitutionally guaranteed right.
Is her concern gun ownership or gun violence?
How many criminals have enough cartridges to fill their magazine anyway, how could this hinder them when they don’t horde ammo to begin with. 50% on a box is meaningless, on 20 boxes, now that’s a different story, hmm, wonder who this really hurts.
Everytime someone says they aren’t going to take your guns, remember this and everything else. They’re always working an angle.