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Anti-Gun Politicians Target Small Gun Shops With New Tactic

October 29, 2019 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

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There’s a new tactic being used by anti-gun politicians that takes direct aim at small gun shops by imposing heavy taxes on new gun purchases. These new taxes are being levied at the city level, and that leaves small shops with a terrible choice, pack up and move out of town, or close up shop.

Zusha Elinson reports in The Wall Street Journal:

Tacoma, Wash., could soon become one of a handful of U.S. cities to levy high taxes on gun sales, opening a new front in the battle over how much power local governments have to regulate firearms.

Washington and 44 other states ban cities and towns from making their own gun laws. But the proposed tax in Tacoma, which would collect $25 per gun sale to fund violence prevention programs, is modeled on a law in neighboring Seattle that has already passed muster with the state supreme court.

“I can’t ban assault rifles in the city of Tacoma. I can’t ban certain types of ammo in the city of Tacoma. I can’t require safe storage. There’s a lot I can’t do,” said Ryan Mello, the Tacoma councilman behind the measure. “The one thing I am not pre-empted from doing is reasonable taxation on firearms and ammunition.”

Opponents of the proposal, which would also collect taxes on ammunition, have said it would force gun shops out of the industrial port city of 215,000. In Seattle, lawmakers projected $300,000 to $500,000 a year in gun taxes, but last year received only $77,642 because gun stores moved away.

“It’ll put us out of business; there’s no ifs, ands or buts about it,” said Dan Davies, who owns Mary’s Pistols in Tacoma with his wife Mary Davies. “They’re punishing innocent people for the deeds of criminals.”

The largest pro-gun groups in the country are fighting against the Tacoma tax, which is scheduled for a city council vote on Tuesday. Lawrence Keane, senior vice president of government relations and public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearms-industry trade association, said he worries that other cities could follow in Tacoma’s footsteps.

“Are we concerned that politicians will try to seek their antigun agenda through taxation?” said Mr. Keane. “Yes, that’s what this is about.”

Despite their state governments specifically telling these politicians they can’t make law concerning firearms at the city level, they are determined to use any loophole they can to infringe on your right to bear arms. That’s why it’s always time to get your guns and your training, now.

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy. 

 

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E.J. Smith is the Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention. E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com. Sign up here to receive all the best content from Richardcyoung.com each week.

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