These two news stories, both centered around Chicago, seem somehow paradoxical.
Chicago’s Cook County OKs gun tax to defray costs of violence
U.S. cities become hubs for Mexican drug cartels’ distribution networks
November 5, 2012
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Bill, when I heard this I was confused because the bad guys surely won’t pay the tax because they don’t buy their guns across the counter.
I thought the $.05 tax per bullet would raise more money because the bad guys would have to buy bullets for the guns and the tax only amounted to $2.50/box.
Everyone needs more bullets.
Comment by Ancientemplar — November 6, 2012 @ 8:04 am
Ancientemplar,
I guess the paradox for me was that while private citizens will be burdened with the ammunition tax to discourage their ownership and safe and proficient use of legally-possessed firearms, the exceedingly well-heeled Chicago drug cartel franchisees will have no difficulty at all buying all the ammunition they need for their unlawfully-possessed guns.
Comment by Bill — November 6, 2012 @ 8:27 am