Advertisement

Why does this sound familiar....

Feb 22, 2012, 11:26 AM
Avatar for deogol
deogol
Michigan

An Illinois lawmaker wants gun owners to shell out extra taxes in order to finance a new grant program for trauma centers, a move firearms advocacy groups say amounts to a "sin tax" on law-abiding hunters and target shooters.

State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, in a bill introduced earlier this month, proposed a 2 percent surtax on ammunition. The proceeds would go toward a "high-crime trauma center grant fund," which would then send the tax money to trauma centers in "high-crime areas."

foxnews.com

comments (6)

Jump to latest
Avatar for shadowcat
shadowcat
Avatar for jackslash
jackslash

A tax on ammunition will be strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association. I wish we had an effective organization like to NRA to further the cause of strip club customers and owners and dancers.

Avatar for deogol
deogol

Owners have stuck of for their companies - I have seen them in council meetings and such.

Dancers... that is another story. Most don't want to be known as dancers. Most government action requires them to identify themselves by their real names. For all the guff-ah shown on the pink site, dancers do not stick up for themselves.

Avatar for Alucard
Alucard

"a move firearms advocacy groups say amounts to a "sin tax" "

I have NO problem with it.

Avatar for gatorfan
gatorfan

Boob tax

Avatar for mjx01
mjx01

Nanny State :(

Advertisement