Seattle Set to Tax Guns, Ammo

By Robert Farago

In Question of the Day: Are Gun Control Advocates Getting Desperate? I pondered the inanity of defrocked Doc and ex-con Linda Shelton’s Daily Kos editorial calling for bullet control. Who could be that dumb? Hello Seattle! “Seattle is one step closer to a new gun tax a city council member says is needed to combat gun violence in the city,” kiorvtv.com reports. “A committee approved and sent an ordinance to the full city council Wednesday that if passed, would tack on a new $25 tax on sellers on every gun sold, plus a new 2-cent tax on every .22 caliber bullet and 5 cents each for all other bullets.” The chances that the gun and bullet tax would reduce “gun violence” are roughly the same that . . .

a motor vehicle tax will reduce drunk driving.

I’ve got two words for this bone-headed move: poll tax. Remembering that the United State Constitution specifically prohibits any government infringement on the right to keep and bear arms. Still, guns and ammo ARE taxed already, like any other consumer product. So maybe Seattle will get away with …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns