With leftist states in a frenzy, introducing new measures to infringe on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans, it should come as no surprise that New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is throwing his state’s hat in the ring in the race to become the country’s biggest dumpster fire. Murphy’s new proposal to tax a … Read more
In America, economic solutions often triumph over moral crusades. So, let’s change the conversation and make this about money. Not about guns, but about bullets. Specifically, a Benjamin per bullet. A Benjamin per EACHY and EVERY bullet. Let’s put a federal tax of $100 on every instance when any entity in America makes or imports anything … Read more
Listen to “Spike in guns and ammo sales amid pandemic || 1370 WSPD Toledo || 8/10/20” on Spreaker. [This exchange begins at the 8:36 mark of the audio file at the link above.] Q: Emily, one of the concerns I’ve got over President Trump’s executive orders issued over the weekend affecting the payroll tax, if … Read more
My first bill of the 2020 session is a proposal to increase funds for gun violence prevention & reduction efforts in CT cities by establishing a 35% excise tax on ammunition. #gunsense #enough pic.twitter.com/SGa9eSeHLg — Jillian Gilchrest (@Jilchrest) February 10, 2020 Last year, Connecticut State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest proposed a 50% ammunition tax, but that … Read more
The campaign ads write themselves: Elizabeth Warren has proposed not only rolling back the popular Trump tax cuts, but she wants to levy new taxes on wealth and free speech. And, of course, on guns, too! Yes, the same Elizabeth Warren who invented an American Indian heritage to get an unfair advantage in hiring and … Read more
The push to drive down civilian gun ownership in coastal states via onerous regulation and confiscatory taxes took another small step forward yesterday with the introduction of HB 5700 in Connecticut. State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, one of the co-sponsors of the tax hike, is proud as can be of her bill and announced it via … Read more
Reader John Dingell III writes: From Click On Detroit: “This is the city of Detroit, we continue to beat Los Angeles every year with the number of homicides, in senseless gun violence,” said Wayne County Commissioner Reggie Davis. Davis calls his resolution “the bullet bill.” The resolution requires a mental health background on purchasers of ammunition in Wayne … Read more
Why mess around with California’s capitulation when it comes to restricting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans? Face it, the Golden State’s new requirement for background checks before you can purchase ammunition is for gun-controlling wimps. No true gun-grabber would settle for such half measures. A Detroit politician has a much better idea; don’t … Read more
Cook County, Illinois has had a $25 per firearm tax on gun sales since 2013. In 21016, they imposed a tax on ammunition sales, too. Because guns. As our John Boch was quoted at the time, “The gun tax is nothing more than a modern day poll tax against the poor,” John Boch, executive director of … Read more
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