Citing recent mass shootings in Orange, Boulder, Colo., and the Atlanta area, state lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a proposal for a new tax on the sale of guns and ammunition in California to boost funding for violence prevention programs.
Advocates for gun owners, including the National Rifle Assn., testified against the legislation, telling lawmakers the tax was an unconstitutional attempt to limit the ability of citizens to buy firearms. Republican Assemblyman Tom Lackey of Palmdale, the committee’s vice chairman, voted against the new tax, noting that California already gets $6 million annually from fees on firearms.
The tax, which would sunset in 2028, would be paid by the retailer, but opponents say it will just be passed on to the consumer in higher prices.Levine proposes that the money raised by the new taxes go to expanding the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program, which gives money to cities and community-based organizations working to reduce shootings in high-crime areas, including those that are home to street gangs.
Do it!!! But, like everything else, we’re only as strong as our weakest link/neighboring states.
That’ll show em
Yep.
They need to require $25,000,000 liability insurance policies for each gun owned, as well.
They figured it out, a tax on guns is going to stop mass shootings! Levine is a genius to figure this out. We're saved!!
Ridiculous
More?
Yes. That's why they want to tax em. Lol. Ya that's it
Don't do anything that will lose you the majority, we lose CA, were literally done
$5000 bullets
Ya, because mass murderers care about paying taxes.
Taxing ammo is the best decision ever. Money should be used for medical bills of gunshot victims.
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