Seattle taxing gun owners to pay for gun violence!

[HoughMade]

Dupe

But honestly, this got well hidden

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break-room/390586-well-cali-starting-looks-like.html

 

[Mark 1911]

Seattle City Council votes to adopt 'gun violence tax' | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News

If the state law is as broad as stated, I think Seattle is going to have a rough time keeping their ordinance.

Hope you're right. Hope they get smacked down in court.

 

[AA&E]

They should have passed a law taxing criminal behavior... assessing a fine or penalty every time someone does something illegal would surely impact crime. Right?

 

[Jerchap2]

They should have passed a law taxing criminal behavior... assessing a fine or penalty every time someone does something illegal would surely impact crime. Right?

Purple missing. That is liberal logic 101. There should also be laws against heroin and cocaine -- that would keep them off the streets.

 

[AA&E]

Purple missing. That is liberal logic 101. There should also be laws against heroin and cocaine -- that would keep them off the streets.

You should run for office. You have great ideas. Jerchap for president!!

 

[searpinski]

This is why I'm fine with California (entire state), Seattle, Chicago, New York, etc., falling into the ocean mysteriously.

 

[searpinski]

They should have passed a law taxing criminal behavior... assessing a fine or penalty every time someone does something illegal would surely impact crime. Right?

You forgot that in the eyes of a Seattle politician, Gun Owner = Criminal

 

[KG1]

Push back.

National Rifle Association sues Seattle over 'gun violence' tax

 

[actaeon277]

Sounds like a poll tax

Push back.

National Rifle Association sues Seattle over 'gun violence' tax

"The Seattle ordinance is nothing but a 'poll tax' on the Second Amendment..."

I called it first.

 

[KG1]

Sounds like a poll tax

Yep. You called it.

"The Seattle ordinance is nothing but a 'poll tax' on the Second Amendment and an effort to drive Seattle's firearms retailers out of business," said National Shooting Sports Foundation General Counsel Lawrence Keane, a plaintiff.

 

[actaeon277]

Push back.

National Rifle Association sues Seattle over 'gun violence' tax

BREAKING: SAF, NSSF, NRA Team Up in Lawsuit Against Seattle's Firearms Tax - The Truth About Guns

 

[KG1]

BREAKING: SAF, NSSF, NRA Team Up in Lawsuit Against Seattle's Firearms Tax - The Truth About Guns

Yeah I posted the first link that I came upon which titles it as seemingly just an NRA deal but as the link you posted points out it is a concerted effort.

 

[actaeon277]

Yeah I posted the first link that I came upon which titles it as seemingly just an NRA deal but as the link you posted points out it is a concerted effort.

I just posted a second link, because the media sucks, and I like to try to find different sources.

 

[KG1]

I just posted a second link, because the media sucks, and I like to try to find different sources.

Yeah it's cool. I'm glad you posted that link.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

NRA Sues Over Seattle's Adoption of 'Gun Violence Tax' - ABC News

 

[Jerchap2]

And here is Col. Allen West's take:
Seattle passes gun violence tax; immediately this happens? - Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com

 

[SSGSAD]

Push back.

National Rifle Association sues Seattle over 'gun violence' tax

GOOD !!!!!

 

[Mongo556]

for .22 ammo that is almost a %100 tax

or at least under normal prices it should be

 

[Bill of Rights]

Under "normal" prices, a nickel a round would be between 166% and 250% tax.
Before all this craziness started leading up to the 2008 elections, 550 rds of Federal .22LR ran about $11.00.
People complained if they paid $15.00. I don't begrudge the business their profit, that's what keeps the economy moving, but I have a problem with artificial inflation caused by fear of something being regulated out of existence.

Maybe we (those of us who own guns and don't live there) should start taxing Seattle to pay for the excess costs we now incur looking for a brick of .22LR?

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[DWT]

Has Seattle said what they will do with people mail ordering into the city? And don't they know that a WHOLE lot more businesses will pop up just outside the city limits? Ever see those borderline fireworks or lottery stands?