California Lawmakers Consider Gun Tax Following Mass Shooting

By Tom Knighton

Despite the myriad draconian gun laws already on the books in California, the state still played host to a horrific mass shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California. The state already bans almost everything, including most semi-automatic handguns available to those of us outside of the state. Instead, residents are required to choose from an ever-dwindling list of semi-autos that are approved for sale.

Yet, despite all of that, Thousand Oaks still happened. What does that leave for California lawmakers?

Oh, don’t worry. They figured something out.

A new plan to impose a tax on the sale of semi-automatic firearms has been proposed in California.

The initiative follows a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks that left 12 dead at the Borderline Bar and Grill.

The new proposal comes as Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom prepares to “raise the bar” on the state’s gun control laws, which are among the strictest in the nation.

According to Gun Violence Archive, in 2018 there were 325 mass shootings nationwide. Gun violence claimed more than 13,000 lives.

Assembly Bill 18 would impose a tax on the sales of handguns and semiautomatic rifles and would require the money collected from …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms