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$25-a-gun sales tax approved in Chicago area.
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Here we go. I have a feeling that this is only going to be the beginning.
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A controversial "violence tax" on guns in the Chicago area was approved Friday by Cook County commissioners, NBC Chicago.com reported.
The $25 tax on every gun purchased in the county -- city law prohibits gun sales in Chicago -- is meant to offset health care and other costs of gun violence, Board President Toni Preckwinkle said.
"Gun violence is a real problem for us," she said. "It's a problem for us in our criminal justice system and it's a problem for us in our health care system, and I make no apologies for the proposal."
Preckwinkle said the average shooting victim cost taxpayers $52,000 in acute care because nearly 70 percent of the victims don't have health insurance, NBC Chicago.com reported.
Here we go. I have a feeling that this is only going to be the beginning.