Bullet tax?

[Guns Guns Guns]

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will submit a budget proposal that calls for a tax of a nickel for each bullet and $25 for each firearm sold in the nation's second-largest county, which encompasses Chicago.




Preckwinkle's office estimates the tax will generate about $1 million a year, money that would be used for various county services, including medical care for gunshot victims.



Law enforcement officials would not have to pay the tax, but the office said it would apply to 40 federally licensed gun dealers in the county.



Through last week, the city reported 409 homicides this year compared to 324 during the same period in 2011, although the violence still doesn't approach the nearly 900 homicides a year Chicago averaged in the 1990s...



Gun rights advocates spent years challenging in court Chicago's handgun ban, which was ultimately overturned in 2010 by the U.S. Supreme Court.







http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57534804/bullet-tax-eyed-in-bid-to-curb-chicago-crime/

 

[RockX]

That extra nickle might make the gang-bangers think before lighting up the house down the street.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

One has to wonder about the intelligence levels of chicago politicians, considering that there's only one gun shop in chicago and i cant think of any stores that sell ammo.

 

[evince]

so you dont like this very good idea?



why because it has humain qualities to it meatsack?

 

[cawacko]

Maybe they have been watching too much Chris Rock.

 

[evince]

it would just ruin your whole gun fun if you had to help gunshot victims huh?

 

[SmarterthanYou]

so you dont like this very good idea?

how the hell can it be a good idea to tax something that MIGHT net 500 dollars a year?

 

[RockX]

so you dont like this very good idea?
why because it has humain qualities to it meatsack?

They should just tax all minorities living in Chicago an extra $100.00 a year. You would get lots more money and the people responsible for the violence would be paying for it.

 

[Billy the Great Khan]

it would just ruin your whole gun fun if you had to help gunshot victims huh?

Should there be an additional gas tax and vehicle registration tax for car accident victims? A food tax to help the obese? A tax on dog ownership/food to aid dog bite victims? Anything that can, has, or may hurt someone somewhere, physically or emotionally, should have a tax on if. Ita humane after all.

 

[canceled.2021.1]

it would just ruin your whole gun fun if you had to help gunshot victims huh?

Why don't you help them if you care so much. Apparently you are only compassionate with others money

 

[Disillusioned]

Maybe they have been watching too much Chris Rock.

The sad thing is, that almost makes sense.

 

[cawacko]

The sad thing is, that almost makes sense.

LOL, I love the "I'd fvck you up... if I could afford too!"

 

[Disillusioned]

LOL, I love the "I'd fvck you up... if I could afford too!"

Hey, it would pretty much end low income murders, of course the rich could still murder people, but let's face it, white collar people never bothered much with bullets to begin with, they make their wars with lawyers not guns.

 

[cawacko]

Hey, it would pretty much end low income murders, of course the rich could still murder people, but let's face it, white collar people never bothered much with bullets to begin with, they make their wars with lawyers not guns.

True. The powerful gangs and drug dealers could probably still afford it though so I wouldn't say it would end all low income murders. One thought could be it would force kids to gravitate even more towards a gang for perceived safety.

 

[Billy the Great Khan]

Hey, it would pretty much end low income murders, of course the rich could still murder people, but let's face it, white collar people never bothered much with bullets to begin with, they make their wars with lawyers not guns.

Or create a black market for ammo and its components. Ya know, like drugs.