Violence Tax

Inigoes · Oct 9, 2012

Cook County in Illinios is mulling over a tax to cover health care costs of criminal activity. It's not like criminals will pay a tax any way by buying a firearm or ammunition!

Criminals need support somehow! :mad54:

http://www.suntimes.com/15644719-761/cook-county-mulling-violence-tax-on-guns-and-ammunition.html

BenL · Oct 9, 2012

Yeah, I saw this on Drudge.

God forbid we punish the lawbreakers. Want a fix for "1/3 of the guns found in the city were stolen from the counties"? 25 years mandatory for anyone convicted of possession of a stolen gun; but he'd never go for that. It would put most of his constituency in jail.

Half-cocked · Oct 9, 2012

Yep, just like a tax on machetes would have stopped that whole Rwandan genocide thing. The blame didn't lie with the violent animals using them, after all, did it?

Idiocracy - was it really fiction?

Maverick0313 · Oct 9, 2012

Seriously? Amazing.

Inigoes · Oct 9, 2012

BenL said:
Yeah, I saw this on Drudge.

God forbid we punish the lawbreakers. Want a fix for "1/3 of the guns found in the city were stolen from the counties"? 25 years mandatory for anyone convicted of possession of a stolen gun; but he'd never go for that. It would put most of his constituency in jail.

Did you notice, it's not a one time tax?

A gun owner would have to pay the tax on a recurring basis :mad54:

Vince55 · Oct 9, 2012

“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,” Kurt Summers, Preckwinkle’s chief of staff, said on Monday.

So let me get this straight, they want to tax the law abiding citizen to generate revenue for the city's criminals and they think this will reduce gun violence? Is it just me, or does this seem stupid.....or is it just a money making scheme.

Mooseman · Oct 9, 2012

Ten cent per bullet tax. All this will accomplish is drive ammo sales out of the county. Taxes like this will force in county gun and ammo dealers out of business. It will not increase revenue it will actually cause revenue to decrease. Think Maryland millionaires tax. It goes without saying that this will do nothing to curb violent crime.

krucam · Oct 9, 2012

The idea is to curb the number of guns in circulation, he said, citing a report issued last summer showing that nearly one-third of the guns recovered on Chicago’s streets were purchased in suburban gun shops. Other statistics are more dire: Murders in Chicago are up 25 percent this year, according to recent police statistics, and the county jail is filling up — with 9,000-plus inmates, nearing the 10,155 capacity.

Shocking. A new study shows 1/3 of the recovered guns were purchased in suburban gun shops.

Since there isn't a single gun shop in Chicago city limits, why is this surprising?

Money grab, pure and simple. Since they can't tax guns and ammo sales within the City (since there isn't any), the City casts its net out to the Suburbs to to try and suck them dry.

Boondock Saint · Oct 9, 2012

Mooseman said:
Ten cent per bullet tax. All this will accomplish is drive ammo sales out of the county. Taxes like this will force in county gun and ammo dealers out of business. It will not increase revenue it will actually cause revenue to decrease. Think Maryland millionaires tax. It goes without saying that this will do nothing to curb violent crime.

Otis Rolley, a candidate in the recent election for mayor of Baltimore, proposed a $1 per round tax on all ammo sold in the city. :crazy:

oldman12 · Oct 9, 2012

Shitcago, what do you expect.

Boondock Saint · Oct 9, 2012

Here's the thread on Rolley. Enjoy the ridiculous responses from the guy that returned emails sent through his website's contact form: http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=61987

Kelson1066 · Oct 10, 2012

Can someone please explain to me why southern Illinois doesn't just secede from the idiots in Chicago?
Let them create their own distopia without the suburbanites being taxed to death for their "inner city" programs.

Maestro Pistolero · Oct 12, 2012

Here's an idea: Propose an arson, drunk driving and vehicular homicide tax on all gasoline sold in Cook county. . . say, 25 cents per gallon. When they marry that proposal to the violence tax on ammo, then agree. NOT.

Baccusboy · Oct 18, 2012

I propose a tax on all rolls of toilet paper to cover the cost of bank robberies, because everyone knows that thieves take a dump within 24 hours of knocking-off a bank.

Name Taken · Oct 18, 2012

Boondock Saint said:
Otis Rolley, a candidate in the recent election for mayor of Baltimore, proposed a $1 per round tax on all ammo sold in the city.

I literally got the idea from a stand up routine by Chris Rock.

I mean that's the caliber (pun intended) of idiots that the votes in the city send to defend their rights.

Maverick0313 · Oct 18, 2012

Boondock Saint said:
Here's the thread on Rolley. Enjoy the ridiculous responses from the guy that returned emails sent through his website's contact form: http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=61987

Thanks.

Inigoes · Nov 1, 2012

Updated

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/chicagos-cook-county-drops-bullet-tax-keeps-gun-221122419.html

The propsed tax is now $25 on a firearm purchase :mad54:

Mr H · Nov 1, 2012

In semi-related news...

In just the 8 "battleground" states this election, this year to date, 2.1MM guns have been purchased. Many of them are believed to have bought out of a fear of future restrictions.

A1Uni · Nov 1, 2012

It is a two pronged attack and win/win for the liberals.

1. Money Grab
2. Make it impossible for law abiding gun owners and dealers to do business.

A liberal agenda wet dream…

shooting again · Nov 1, 2012

In response to Kelson1066 - you're on the right track but said it backwards. We downstaters would like to expel Cook County and reclaim Illinois for the good people who are left. But it's too late as the Chicago machine will produce more votes to deny it, no matter how many times they have to vote early and often to do it.
- native Downstater

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