Seattle Proposes New Tax On Guns & Ammo Sales

[Plan2Live]

According to the Seattle Times article (see link below) Seattle is proposing a new tax on ammunition and gun sales. I’ve heard this idea batted around for a while but I don’t recall any city or state enacting it. We’ll have to wait and see if this movement gets legs. But given the response to another post I have running here some members will say it’s only in Seattle and it’s only $25. Personally I think this is a big deal too.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/how-gun-tax-legislation-would-affect-seattle-firearms-stores/

 

[kayak-man]

Every single time I go out of town, everything falls apart

 

[Midwest]

What about preemption? Or did I-594 outlaw preemption too?
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[Thermactor]

Bloomberg is out there. He can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. He doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And he absolutely will not stop, ever... until you are disarmed.

 

[Deaf Smith]

If the voters are stupid enough to vote for it.. just buy your guns and ammo outside of town and bring them in.

Thank God I live in Texas.

Deaf

 

[berettaprofessor]

Sadly, we will find out how fast this spreads because this looks like a done deal.

 

[Sol]

Bloomberg is out there. He can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. He doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And he absolutely will not stop, ever... until you are disarmed.

Great movie.

Can't wait until speech and voting are taxed. Literally pay taxes to get the fourth amendment violated.

If the tax just prevents one poor person from getting personal protection the law has succeeded.

If Seattle needs money they should tax the crap out of fix gear bicycles, tattoo shops, boutique coffee and kale chips.

 

[Lord Teapot]

Bloomberg is out there. He can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. He doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And he absolutely will not stop, ever... until you are disarmed.

on the contrary, he'll start when you're disarmed.

 

[Barry the Bear]

Amen Brother!!! Although this is discomforting news as any American city that will fall into this sort of silliness means it can happen to us all.

 

[Sheepdog1968]

I saw and read that article as well. The part that struck me was that they were proposing a nickel per bullet ammo tax. That would double 22 LR and is a big premium per round on any center fire pistol.

 

[CoalTrain49]

Seattle is a strange place. I lived there for 10 years back in the 70's and 80's. It used to be a pretty nice city with a northwest flavor. Now it's a left wing stronghold with lots of pot smoking Starbucks guzzling new age hippy techno geek bicyclist who like to get naked for the solstice parade. The politicians there are looking at the recent success of I-594 and seeing tax dollars unclaimed by the city. Seattle is going to out San Francisco soon as the most liberal tax burdened city on the west coast.

If they want to tax ammo and guns in the city that's fine with me. I don't go there except to pass through as fast as I can.

Getting that tax state wide is going to be a tall order somewhat like the tax to build Safeco field. The politicians in Seattle absolutely live on a different planet.

 

[hso]

Burgess says the point of the legislation isn’t to put gun stores out of business. But he isn’t particularly worried about them shutting down or being forced out. He says he’s more concerned about what shootings cost victims, neighborhoods and taxpayers. ... And recognizing that many guns used in crimes aren’t legally obtained

“This isn’t an anti-gun measure,”

Riiiigth.

 

[Midwest]

New York City Northwest
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[misterarman]

Bloomburg and his goons at work. Just like cockroaches, you see one and then they are all over the place. Put as many FFLs out of business until there are none.
Just another foot in the door for the gun grabbers.
Don't forget their $15 /hour minimum wage that is going to take any buying power away from anybody making $15-20 now.
It's not about helping the poor, it's about taking away the buying power of what used to be the middle class.
You can have guns, they are just going to be a "luxury" item that the average person can't afford.
The whole West Coast is turning into his playground.
If the bloomburg/Hillary people come to a city near you fight like hell. They will lie, cheat and steal to further their agenda. Once it's in it's going to be a challenge to get it out.
I would move, but where is safe? Certainly not Oregon right next door.

 

[Mainsail]

It's a lot of excitement over almost nothing.

There are only two or three places in Seattle you could go to buy a gun or ammo, so what are they going to collect?

Second, preemption doesn't allow for it anyway, so like their firearms ban in city parks, it will be ignored by the police until the courts strike it down.

In the end it'll cost the city a lot of money they will never recoup.

 

[Mainsail]

New York City Northwest
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Hardly.

- You cannot buy a firearm in NYC without the government's express permission, which it isn't likely to give.
- You cannot carry a firearm in NYC without the government's express permission, which it isn't likely to give.

I don't need government permission to buy a gun, or to carry that gun all over the state, including state/county/city parks, National Forest, Wilderness, National Parks, and even right in downtown Seattle. Not even Texas can make that claim.

 

[Lycidas Janwor]

This sets a very bad precedent for assault on the second amendment, especially if this tax goes state wide. I've predicted since I started posting on THR that the feds will try and discourage people from buying ammo by taxing it into oblivion, much like how cigarettes are taxed and justify this as a public safety issue.

It's coming folks.

 

[Thermactor]

This is what happens when your "pro-growth" chamber of commerce allows your state to be Cali-Fornicated.

I hate and despise the bureaucratic and business demand for constant growth.
What's so bad about maintaining a good standard of life for citizens without overpopulating the place in the name of corporate growth and increased tax revenues to fund the public pension purse?

 

[cheygriz]

Where I live, it's primarily the small business owners and labor unions driving the "Growth, growth ay any cost, even if they're Kali fornicators" movement.:banghead::banghead:

 

[CoalTrain49]

This sets a very bad precedent for assault on the second amendment, especially if this tax goes state wide. I've predicted since I started posting on THR that the feds will try and discourage people from buying ammo by taxing it into oblivion, much like how cigarettes are taxed and justify this as a public safety issue.

It's coming folks.

I'm not too worried that the tax will go state wide. There are a lot of deaf, dumb and blind people living in Seattle and the metro tri-county area that surrounds it that vote for nonsense like I-594. Our house is dem but our senate is rep. Seattle has little say in state politics. Mostly the east side of the state votes rep. They aren't going to buy into a state wide gun or ammo tax. They are so split down the middle they couldn't even pass a budget in regular session.

 

[Walkalong]

only $25

Once they get something like this enacted, it is so much easier to raise the "tax".

And baloney it isn't anti gun.

This crap has been tried before, only they went for outrageous amounts (300% tax or worse), so my guess is they are getting smarter and starting small. Like I said, once they get it on the books, it will only increase, and that is much easier for politicians to do.

 

[Reloadron]

Once they get something like this enacted, it is so much easier to raise the "tax".

And baloney it isn't anti gun.

This crap has been tried before, only they went for outrageous amounts (300% tax or worse), so my guess is they are getting smarter and starting small. Like I said, once they get it on the books, it will only increase, and that is much easier for politicians to do.

Yep, and so goes any tax. They tax and spend and they do not spend responsibly as you or I spend our hard earned bucks.

Ron

 

[tarosean]

There are only two or three places in Seattle you could go to buy a gun or ammo, so what are they going to collect?

That was included in the article I read about this. However I cannot seem to find it right now.

It went on to state that the major player in Seattle proper, only sold 612 firearms and 115k + rounds of ammo. Falling well short of councils "projections".

 

[Coogs.]

And so it begins.....................

 

[Bobson]

Are there actually gun shops in Seattle?