interested party: California to tax guns and ammo to slow violence, raise awareness

9/19/23

California to tax guns and ammo to slow violence, raise awareness

President Thomas Jefferson believed a standing army and the right to bear arms are mutually exclusive so way back in 2011 this interested party proposed an excise tax on certain firearms and ammunition to slow gun violence.

Now, after violent attacks driven by outlaw motorcycle gangs spilled into Albuquerque streets Democratic New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a gun ban in parts of Bernalillo County. But the order has been reversed by a US District Court judge amid howls from Democrats and Earth haters alike and threats against the governor's life have emerged on personal Faceberg pages.

Red states are not going to fix their own problems so stand your ground has become vigilante justice because the courts are overwhelmed with suspects in the war on drugs, communities are becoming armed camps and parents are afraid to let their kids go to school.

How many more people will be caught in or die from as yet uncounted crossfires?

Always out front of other states California's legislature passed a measure that will add a paltry 11% excise tax on retailers and manufacturers of firearms and ammo. Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign Assembly Bill 28. More than 3,000 Californians’ lives were lost to gunfire last year, about half of them by homicide. Sustaining these public safety initiatives in cities across the state takes predictable, continuing funding. Recognizing this, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore has backed this legislation, citing a sharp decline in firearm-related homicides since violence intervention programs were implemented. If we can have a federal tax on guns dedicated to conserving wildlife, a state tax dedicated to reducing human carnage is eminently reasonable. [Opinion: Here’s how a California tax on firearms would prevent gun violence and save lives]

Beginning 1 October gun buyers in Colorado will wait three days after a purchase for possession but a court there has blocked a law raising the age of firearm acquisition to 21 years.

It’s long past time to muster the political will to mandate a three year enrollment in military or police service at the age of eighteen and the civilian age of possession, operation and ownership of all firearms be limited to people 21 and older. Levy 100% excise taxes on the domestic sales of semi-automatic weapons then tag the revenue for Medicaid expansion so parents have the resources to address the devastating effects of Fox News on American youth.

If it were possible and the oligarchs wouldn’t hijack a Convention of States a rewrite of the Second Amendment would be at the top of my list.

What if people under 21 can't buy guns? California wants a new amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would the change the minimum age to buy a gun. https://t.co/IbJhRqxBI7
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) September 15, 2023

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