I just can't help but comment on the article I ran across in the news today....A Baltimore Mayoral Candidate announced he wants to propose and pursue a $1.00 tax on every bullet sold in the city. His motive...he says...to help curb crime.
I haven't been to Baltimore myself, but according to others it is a crime ridden city, filthy, gangs rule the day, drugs are abundant, and AIDs is at the top of the reason to be unhealthy list.
Years ago, in the Sacramento, California, legislature, a bullet tax was also proposed. That proposal was 5 cents a bullet and it caused an uproar that was the undoing of the idea and the legislation.
I can't help but get sarcastic about such foolishness as proposals like these. A $15.00 bag of 38s would end up costing $138.00 in Baltimore. Who is not going to buy the bullets? Gun Owners. Who is going to get their bullets for free, just like they always have? Criminals. How deluded is this Mayoral Candidate to think that taxing bullets will curb crime? Did he think of this himself or does he have a contact in Sacramento?
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