{"id":61337,"date":"2015-08-11T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T16:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61337"},"modified":"2015-08-11T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T16:05:12","slug":"gun-violence-tax-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61337","title":{"rendered":"“Gun violence tax” in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pinto Nag sends us a link from CNN<\/a> which reports that the Seattle, Washington city council has passed what they call a “gun violence tax” on the sales of guns and ammunition in the city;<\/p>\n

The new law will impose a $25 tax on guns and a 5-cent tax on bullets sold within the city limits….The law is based on a similar $25 gun tax that passed in Cook County, Illinois, in 2013. The Seattle budget office estimates the law will raise $300,000 to $500,000 a year. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Funny thing about those projected tax revenue calculations – they never come to pass because lawmakers don’t understand how those taxes inhibit sales. Especially in a city, where prospective gun buyers can just drive a few extra miles and avoid paying the tax outside the jurisdiction of the city council.<\/p>\n

I’m sure that the folks who sell guns in dark parking lots will voluntarily pay the tax, you know even though they won’t conduct background checks. Like most of these tax schemes, it punishes low income inner city residents who need the protection of a firearm more than most of us – forcing them to purchase their guns illegally without any oversight. Not to mention how this tax will punish legal gun dealers in the city limits who will suffer from reduced sales. But, other than all of those reasons, it’s a good idea \/sarcasm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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