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Assemblymember Proposes Bullet Tax
Fox 40 ^ | 02-22-2013 | Mark Demsky

Posted on 02/22/2013 3:22:21 PM PST by Ben Mugged

Edited on 02/22/2013 3:49:51 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Sacramento Assemblyman Roger Dickinson wants to put a 5 cent tax for every bullet you buy in the State of California.

Gun advocates say though it just doesn

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: bullettax; guncontrol
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California is trying to make it too expensive to own a gun. The power to tax is the power to destroy. If passed I will travel to Oregon, Nevada or Arizona and load up.
1 posted on 02/22/2013 3:22:25 PM PST by Ben Mugged
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To: Ben Mugged

Another attempt to blame and punish lawful citizens for want criminals do.


2 posted on 02/22/2013 3:24:29 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There is no requirement to show need in order to exercise your rights.)
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To: Ben Mugged

“If passed I will travel to Oregon, Nevada or Arizona and load up.”

If passed you should go to Sacramento to unload. (-;


3 posted on 02/22/2013 3:25:38 PM PST by MeganC (Liberals fool people by walking upright.)
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To: Ben Mugged

That means the tax on a bulk box of .22 ammo would be $27.50


4 posted on 02/22/2013 2:43:32 PM PST by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: Ben Mugged
He said bullets. Didn't mention cartridges.

Two different things.

5 posted on 02/22/2013 2:43:33 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To a California politician a semi-automatic shotgun is an assault weapon so I don’t think they know the difference between a bullet and a cartridge.


6 posted on 02/22/2013 2:47:33 PM PST by Ben Mugged (The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
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To: Ben Mugged

We knew they would try to do this.
The elites think only they should have guns.
Price the common man out, heck they are doing it now, why does one suppose DHS has 2 billion rds of ammo on order?
It is to reduce supply for us and jack up the prices.

Sadly reloading is not a decent option, that supply line is strained as well.
I recall that one of Obamas first devious deeds was to pass law that shredded and scrapped all once fired military brass.
To what end?
We know the answer.

That law was rescinded when we took the house in 2010, but Obama keeps chipping away.

In his latest SOTU he directed the ERA to look into the environmental impact of bullets.

He doesn’t even want us to be able to cast our own musket balls.

Well FUBO!!! Barry.

I believe that the man in the single wide trailor has as much of a right to a firearm as the fellow that lives in the mansion on the hill, and the constitution guarantees it!!!


7 posted on 02/22/2013 2:52:04 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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There has to be a way to stop Obama from infringing on commerce.

“Free Trade And Sailors Rights!!”


8 posted on 02/22/2013 2:59:14 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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“You can buy all you need yourself. Go home and make your own bullets. It’s cheaper,” said Ken Moyer.

I only wish. Primers are in short supply and bullets are impossible to find. I am thinking about learning how swage my own bullets, but that is very costly.

9 posted on 02/22/2013 3:09:40 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Molon Labe - Shall not be questioned)
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"Go home and make your own bullets. It’s cheaper," said Ken Moyer.

Not if they levy a 1000% tax on powder, primers, bullets, and brass - and don't imagine that isn't something they wouldn't do.

I foresee a huge black market developing in ammunition. BLOAT! (if you can find any)

10 posted on 02/22/2013 3:49:46 PM PST by Gritty (The 2nd Amendment protects the right to shoot tyrants effectively, not deer-Judge A. Napolitano)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Why don’t you just cast them?


11 posted on 02/22/2013 3:57:23 PM PST by IMR 4350
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To: Ben Mugged

When the people realize they are the prey will they be the beasts that will eat thier own?


12 posted on 02/22/2013 3:59:03 PM PST by ronnie raygun (Lexington and Concord Americans experience thier first gun grab attempt)
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To: Ben Mugged

I propose a “sanity test” for all California political candidates and for those in office.

That should empty their legislatures,city councils, and boards, while filling up the insane asylums.

An indea whose time has come!


13 posted on 02/22/2013 4:04:04 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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"'People will just reload their own,' explained Julia Draper."

Then they would tax every bullet (as differentiated from cartridge), or every brass case. Many Democrats also invested in firearms and supplies before chasing the herds toward them in the campaign against American peasants owning firearms. Reloading supplies are pretty much long gone, BTW--sold out weeks ago.


14 posted on 02/22/2013 4:27:04 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: Ben Mugged

“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” Thos. Jefferson.


15 posted on 02/22/2013 4:47:02 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Gritty
"I foresee a huge black market developing in ammunition. BLOAT! (if you can find any)"

As noted during the last ammunition and supply shortage, primers would be quite a challenge to make as a do-it-yourself project.


16 posted on 02/22/2013 5:05:35 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: Gritty

Making primers without certain licenses would probably also be construed as being illegal. You did not suggest that, I know. But a “black market” would probably not find a domestic source of contemporary primers (my point). Supplies for flintlocks might be possible, though.


17 posted on 02/22/2013 5:12:19 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: Ben Mugged

The Californicators would tax your flatulence if they could figure out a way to do it.


18 posted on 02/22/2013 5:31:37 PM PST by Trod Upon (The Second Amendment acknowledges our inherent right to revolt if tyrannized.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Just cut back on other discretionary spending. Make every cent they try to take out of the freedom business come from some other area of the economy.


19 posted on 02/22/2013 5:36:14 PM PST by Trod Upon (The Second Amendment acknowledges our inherent right to revolt if tyrannized. It ain't about hunting)
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To: familyop

There are also big bore air rifles up to .50 caliber that can penetrate 2 inches of wood at 100 yards. Some are fully automatic at 223 caliber.


20 posted on 02/22/2013 7:10:32 PM PST by Ben Mugged (The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
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