“Violence tax” on sale of guns and ammunition?

 

 Does it ever amaze you what bureaucrats do and what they can come up with to steal money from your wallet through legislation? The bureaucrats in Cook County are looking to propose a “violence tax” on the sale of all guns and ammunition that are sold in the county where Chicago is located.

Kurt Summers, Preckwinkle’s chief of staff, said on Monday, “If we were to pursue a tax on something like guns and ammo, clearly that wouldn’t be popular with the [gun lobby] out there, and it may not generate $50 million, but … it is consistent with our commitment to pursuing violence reduction in the city and in the county.”

“It impacts law enforcement, both at the city and the county [levels]. It impacts the courtrooms, the public defender and state’s attorney that are in there, the judges that are in there, the clerk of the court that has to sit there, the sheriff’s deputies that are in that courtroom and it impacts the jail — the folks that are sitting there at $143 a day,” he said.

More @ Freedom Outpost