My first bill of the 2020 session is a proposal to increase funds for gun violence prevention & reduction efforts in CT cities by establishing a 35% excise tax on ammunition. #gunsense #enough pic.twitter.com/SGa9eSeHLg — Jillian Gilchrest (@Jilchrest) February 10, 2020 Last year, Connecticut...
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"Last year, Connecticut State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest proposed a 50% ammunition tax, but that went down in flames. So this year, she’s giving it another try at a mere 35% rate.
Because exactly this kind of thing has worked so well in Seattle. The tax is sold with plenty of pie in the sky revenue projections of money that will be used to fund bogus “gun violence” prevention programs. But somehow those pots of cash never seem to materialize.
Why? Because gun owners will go to great lengths, including driving across state lines, to avoid the confiscatory tax."