NY lawmakers looking to impose ammunition tax for gun owners

[Deplorable Me]

NY lawmakers looking to impose ammunition tax for gun owners

A plan to tax ammunition – that’s what some democratic state lawmakers are looking to impose as they look for ways to reduce gun violence.Assembly member Pat Fa

cbs6albany.com

We all know this is bullshit and has been proposed before but sooner or later the crap is going to stick.

From the sponsor of the bill:

“So, if you buy 50 rounds, it’ll be just a couple of extra dollars,” said Fahy. “So, it's not a huge tax, but another disincentive to arming up.”

I'll be keeping me ammo hoard in my electric oven.

 

[Saltwater60]

If they want to raise money off of gun violence they should be able to confiscate and fine those charged with gun violence then. Gang members should forfeit property and be fined. Instead we want to reduce the sales of ammo in NYS. Again after the ammo logging/background checks I haven’t bought ammo in NYS and I likely will not again so I’m not to worried about this but it will shutdown the FFLs at some point. It’s designed to increase costs to get people out of the sport.

 

[Depick]

I refuse to buy ammo in this state anymore. I hate how this will impact the small FFLs that will inevitably lose business. I thought NY was open for business.

 

[Deplorable Me]

 

[Deplorable Me]

I refuse to buy ammo in this state anymore. I hate how this will impact the small FFLs that will inevitably lose business. I thought NY was open for business.

A whole underground black market economy will branch out to supply ammo to the criminals. Millions in sales tax won't be collected either.

 

[VietnamEraVet]

A whole underground black market economy will branch out to supply ammo to the criminals. Millions in sales tax won't be collected either.

As I have suggested before, it is time for the indians in NYS to open their tax free drive thru "one stop" stores selling gasoline, alcohol, ammunition, plastic bags, smokes, deposit free cans of pop, - and whatever else they can to screw NYS. Like natural gas appliances. Anything that NYS slaps ridiculous taxes and fees onto, or prohibits outright.

 

[Grimscale]

“So, it's not a huge tax, but another disincentive to arming up.”

There it is. Admission that they are intending this to be against a person's right to bear arms.
this statement voids any "immunity" they think they have, since they are not doing this in the course of their constitutional duties.
This is deliberate violation of civil rights under color of law.
Any politician who supports this with a "yes" vote should be immediately arrested and have all proceeds from their illegal behavior forfeit.

 

[dwa12479]

I see Albany is importing their water from East Palestine, OH now.

 

[thegatman]

So goes the Pittman Robertson act

 

[99cummins]

“So, it's not a huge tax, but another disincentive to arming up.”

There it is. Admission that they are intending this to be against a person's right to bear arms.
this statement voids any "immunity" they think they have, since they are not doing this in the course of their constitutional duties.
This is deliberate violation of civil rights under color of law.
Any politician who supports this with a "yes" vote should be immediately arrested and have all proceeds from their illegal behavior forfeit.

Take any restrictions or regulations of firearms and apply it to any other right.

 

[GOPerfect]

Good, I hope this finally goes through.

 

[Hochulsucks1234]

Cigarrette taxes started the same way. Then it grew to tax stamps on all packs. The same will happen with ammo. They know people will go out of state. So you get stopped and caught with un-stamped ammo, bang you get arrested. Arrest then leads to loss of pistol permit. Their plan will be successful.

 

[GOPerfect]

Cigarrette taxes started the same way. Then it grew to tax stamps on all packs. The same will happen with ammo. They know people will go out of state. So you get stopped and caught with un-stamped ammo, bang you get arrested. Arrest then leads to loss of pistol permit. Their plan will be successful.

just dump the ammo into a box.

 

[S&W Fan]

 

[JunkBoxFull]

You ain`t seen nothing yet. These dictators are just getting started!

Taxing the guns and the ammo allows them to use THAT revenue to add to their war chest against all gun owners.
Don`t be late paying your state taxes this year folks! They`re depending on your tax dollars so they can fight you even harder!

 

[ManualF150]

You ain`t seen nothing yet. These dictators are just getting started!

Taxing the guns and the ammo allows them to use THAT revenue to add to their war chest against all gun owners.
Don`t be late paying your state taxes this year folks! They`re depending on your tax dollars so they can fight you even harder!

This is another reason I am not feeding NY my ammo purchases. Between reloading components and straight up manufactured ammo, none of it will be taxed in NY. I'll be glad to give another state tax revenue and my business.

 

[JunkBoxFull]

This is another reason I am not feeding NY my ammo purchases. Between reloading components and straight up manufactured ammo, none of it will be taxed in NY. I'll be glad to give another state tax revenue and my business.

AMEN! SAME HERE!!! I`m thankful i started reloading about 50yrs ago!
A soon as that POS passed/signed the ammo law, i stopped buying ALL ammo!

 

[Saltwater60]

You ain`t seen nothing yet. These dictators are just getting started!

Taxing the guns and the ammo allows them to use THAT revenue to add to their war chest against all gun owners.
Don`t be late paying your state taxes this year folks! They`re depending on your tax dollars so they can fight you even harder!

It’s hilarious. I aim zero and so does my wife. We are both at a single rate. I owed $530 and got back $10,000 from the feds. I couldn’t claim my college tuition in NYS because I went to an out of state school on line. I still love here and I still had the expense. Yeah it’s that bad. NYS is sickening.

 

[Acer-m14]

hey NY Lawmakers .. raise property taxes on where the gun violence is happening .. hey its only a few 1000 buxs more .. LOL ..

 

[Grimscale]

Cigarrette taxes started the same way. Then it grew to tax stamps on all packs. The same will happen with ammo. They know people will go out of state. So you get stopped and caught with un-stamped ammo, bang you get arrested. Arrest then leads to loss of pistol permit. Their plan will be successful.

Cigarette smoking isn't a constitutionally protected right.
All they will do is create more and more plaintiffs suing the crap out of them. And not all plaintiffs will be content with just getting laws thrown out. Some will eventually start demanding punitive measures, such as loss of revenue of the State, removal of chronic infringers, etc.

Their so-called "immunity" will only last so long.

 

[Hochulsucks1234]

Cigarette smoking isn't a constitutionally protected right.
All they will do is create more and more plaintiffs suing the crap out of them. And not all plaintiffs will be content with just getting laws thrown out. Some will eventually start demanding punitive measures, such as loss of revenue of the State, removal of chronic infringers, etc.

Their so-called "immunity" will only last so long.

I would like to agree with you and you make good points. However, you mention a Constitutionally protected right of gun ownership. Has that stopped them up to this point? They wipe their asses with the Constitution. And even if they did get sued, the courts don't seem to do much. Plus ammunition isn't technically protected under the 2nd Amendment, well at least I have seen no court cases that have proven otherwise. They know this.

 

[Deplorable Me]

I would like to agree with you and you make good points. However, you mention a Constitutionally protected right of gun ownership. Has that stopped them up to this point? They wipe their asses with the Constitution. And even if they did get sued, the courts don't seem to do much. Plus ammunition isn't technically protected under the 2nd Amendment, well at least I have seen no court cases that have proven otherwise. They know this.

A firearm without ammunition is a stick or club.