Rice: Why Should Gun Owners Pay a Conservation Tax When Buying Self-Defense Firearms and Ammo?

By Dan Zimmerman

Thanks to an 82-year-old law — the Pittman-Robertson Act — Americans pay an excise tax on every firearm and round of ammunition purchased. Buyers of handguns pay 10% while long guns and ammunition carry an 11% lug. As the US Fish & Wildlife Service says, funds collected provide “Federal aid to States for management and […]

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