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Official proposes bullet
tax to curb Chicago crime
Associated Press, by Don Babwin
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 10/18/2012 10:51:59 AM
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| CHICAGO — As Chicago struggles to quell gang violence that has contributed to a jump in homicides, a top elected official wants to tax the sale of every bullet and firearm — an effort even she acknowledges could spark a legal challenge. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will submit a budget proposal Thursday that calls for a tax of a nickel for each bullet and $25 for each firearm sold in the nation’s second-largest county, which encompasses Chicago. Preckwinkle’s office estimates the tax will generate about $1 million a year, money that would be used for
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Comments:
What a great idea! That will stop crime! s/o Leftists think taxing people to death will solve every problem. It's just outrageous. And 0bama says he supports the Second Amendment. What a liar.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
uno, 10/18/2012 10:56:45 AM (No. 8942411)
It's true! If it moves, tax it!
What great Chicago thinking. If ya can't stop crime, might as well make a buck off of it!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
thethirdruffian, 10/18/2012 10:56:46 AM (No. 8942412)
All I can say to this tool is:
luckygunner.com
cheaperthandirt.com
Etc.
FedEx ground, next day. No sales tax.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
tylertexan, 10/18/2012 11:04:08 AM (No. 8942430)
Will this apply to black market, and out of state bullets, also?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
secondtimelucky, 10/18/2012 11:09:34 AM (No. 8942454)
no problem, Toni. People can always to to GAT Guns in East Dundee. Great store - good prices - knowledgeable staff - range on site - classes, lessons. And a LOT of ammo. Everything you'd ever need just up the freeway from Chicago and Cook County. We never went anywhere else once we found GAT...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Calico Al, 10/18/2012 11:10:58 AM (No. 8942458)
Is a Fast And Furious permit tax deductable?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw, 10/18/2012 11:15:08 AM (No. 8942472)
What? You can buy a gun and ammo in Chicago? Of course not, this is an effort to tax those outside the city that need to protect themselfs from the city.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
starsNstripes, 10/18/2012 11:16:51 AM (No. 8942479)
Gun control = one bullet
Tax earned = $.05
A marksman would not be deterred by a nickel.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
antiquegolf, 10/18/2012 11:17:48 AM (No. 8942486)
No, poster 3. They'll start the tax in Chicago. When gun shops there are driven out of business, and when the crime rate doesn't drop, liberals will announce that people are smuggling the contraband into Chicago. That will bring calls to expand the tax to other counties and states. It's part of the incremental plan to ban private ownership of firearms.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
GOPJihad, 10/18/2012 11:19:57 AM (No. 8942493)
So, by this "logic" might certain lubricants and "toys" be similarly taxed as a means of fighting the spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
msjena, 10/18/2012 11:20:22 AM (No. 8942494)
Law-abiding eople will just buy their guns and ammo outside of Cook County. The criminals will continue to buy guns on the black market--or steal them.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 10/18/2012 11:20:40 AM (No. 8942498)
That's not the point, #7.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 10/18/2012 11:23:06 AM (No. 8942507)
Wouldn't the best answer be to eliminate the gun ban and let the citizens solve the problem ?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
HicksvilleKid59, 10/18/2012 11:24:01 AM (No. 8942511)
Yo! Yo! Yo! Listen up! We got 12 drive-bys to do this week and we are low on ammo. When you guys go to visit your friends in the 'burbs, pick up some ammo.
This is like Bloomberg's law that is defeated by saying "Two 16 ounce sodas, please".
Nothing dumber than an anti-gun liberal.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
shamus, 10/18/2012 11:28:43 AM (No. 8942524)
I guess hiring police to arrest the criminals would be too much to ask of Chicago government.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
SgtMike, 10/18/2012 11:34:39 AM (No. 8942558)
Business idea; Set up ammunition store right across the border.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
6079 Smith, W, 10/18/2012 11:34:52 AM (No. 8942559)
Oh yeah, a tax! Why haven't they thought of that before? My god the answer to all our problems was staring us right in the face and we didn't notice it! Just tax it! /s
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
jt26, 10/18/2012 11:39:07 AM (No. 8942575)
The left is brain dead.
If the city cannot deal with the problem, time to ask for State and Federal law enforcement help, mobilize the National Guard, and take them all down. Keep it up until the criminals are either dead or behind bars. Fight the criminals instead of appealing to their "better angels".
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Gloating, 10/18/2012 11:39:30 AM (No. 8942577)
Thinking about election night in the windy city and what might occur when the results start coming in. Not a pretty thought.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
zoidberg, 10/18/2012 11:47:28 AM (No. 8942605)
She got this idea from an old Chris Rock comedy bit.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
AppleAnnie, 10/18/2012 11:57:36 AM (No. 8942627)
Yeah! And use the money for education!
Hahahaha, liberals are so nuts.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
erv, 10/18/2012 12:10:34 PM (No. 8942650)
This will increase crime. If a crminal has a gun and wants to use it he will just rob more peope to get the extra money to pay the increase in ammunition due to the tax.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
skedaddle, 10/18/2012 12:53:45 PM (No. 8942797)
Do criminals really go into stores and buy guns and ammo?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
joew9, 10/18/2012 1:05:07 PM (No. 8942833)
I have an idea that will surely work better. Make a sacrifice to the Lizard King and ask him to cast a spell. sheesh...
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
shamus, 10/23/2012 8:56:44 AM (No. 8954817)
If you think about this, the local politicians are valuing the lives of their citizens at five cents apiece.
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