With Friends Like This, Who Needs Gun Controllers?
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 10 months ago
Via David Codrea, this ridiculous report.
MARION (WSIL) — A proposed bill in Springfield aims to curb gun violence in Illinois with a new tax.
The Assault Weapon Retailers Tax Act, or Senate Bill 2468, proposes a 10% tax on assault weapons and magazines with more than 10 rounds. The bill defines assault weapons as “guns that accept large capacity ammunition feeding devices.”
Randall Gustafson, a salesman a Pro Gun & Indoor Range in Marion, says all guns have the potential to be labeled assault weapons under the proposed bill. “Just about every gun out there is going to have the capability to hold more than 10 rounds.”
Some lawmakers think the tax could lead to an increase in private purchases, but Gustafson believes gun owners are going to pay the tax eventually.
“As [guns] become worn or used, you want to refresh it and make it new. So you’re going to hit up a store,” Gustafson said. “You’re going to end up having to pay this tax one way or the other.”
The revenue will go into a Firearms Tax Fund to boost programs preventing gun violence in state-owned buildings and schools. Gustafson says he’d support the bill if he knew which programs are being funded.
“What are these programs actually going to spout off about?” Gustafson asked. “Are they actually going to teach children what firearms are used for?”
You’ll support the tax? So you believe that government has a right to hold the RKBA hostage to the king’s ransom?
He ends with a tip of the hat to teaching the children. So this is all “for the children.” At the buyer’s expense, not the taxpayer, or the parents of the student being taught.
That doesn’t make it okay with me.
On February 5, 2020 at 1:57 pm, Paul Bonneau said:
“The revenue will go into a Firearms Tax Fund to boost programs preventing gun violence in state-owned buildings and schools.”
Hey, that could happen, right?
It’s amazing how these guys love to wave their magic legislative wands, and then all the problems of the world are solved. Where would we be without them?