Mayor Candidate Proposes $1 tax on each round of ammo

[midtennchip]

This is out of Baltimore. I know I am preaching to the choir, but really, does he think a $1 per round tax in the city of Baltimore will stop ANYTHING? The cost of crime with go up? So, assuming that the criminal didn't buy the ammo outside the city or illegally, is a criminal really going to stop buying ammo because it's too expensive? Oh, it's going to cost me $15 extra bucks to fill that magazine. Guess I won't shoot anybody. Really???

'Bullet Tax' Proposed By Mayoral Candidate - Baltimore News Story - WBAL Baltimore

[Guest nicemac]

This is out of Baltimore. I know I am preaching to the choir, but really, does he think a $1 per round tax in the city of Baltimore will stop ANYTHING? The cost of crime with go up? So, assuming that the criminal didn't buy the ammo outside the city or illegally, is a criminal really going to stop buying ammo because it's too expensive? Oh, it's going to cost me $15 extra bucks to fill that magazine. Guess I won't shoot anybody. Really???

'Bullet Tax' Proposed By Mayoral Candidate - Baltimore News Story - WBAL Baltimore

Purely a politician pandering to try to get elected…

[mikegideon]

I posted this on facebook this morning under the Dumbass of the Week heading. He'll get some sheeple votes, which was the real reason for the drivel.

[Caster]

That wouldn't cost a criminal and extra $15 per mag, they'll buy it out of town/state or steal it.

They proposed this crap a few years ago in CA along with the laser etched bar code nonsense. PPpppfffftttt!!!! I'd like to see you tax my molds or all the primers I accumulated during the big "O" scare a few years back.

[LagerHead]

I wonder why he doesn't just propose banning ammo? I mean it worked smashingly for Chicago and D.C. when the banned guns didn't it? There was no crime at all!

[bigwakes]

For most crimes they will also use a vehicle. I think a $1 tax on gas is a better plan. I think his $1 tax per bullet would put gun stores in the city out of business. Maybe that's his real plan.

Here is a nother piece of liberal drible in his plan:

The bullet tax is part of Rolley's public safety plan. It also includes a change in how the city treats some drug use, as he wants to make possession of small amounts of marijuana a summary offense. That would treat the offense more like public drunkenness than a drug crime, Miller reported.

[Mike.357]

so does he have it out for recreational sport shooters or criminals?

What is saddest about this it that there surely are voters who think it is a great idea and will certainly curb crime.

[hipower]

What a putz.

[Guest nicemac]

What is saddest about this it that there surely are voters who think it is a great idea and will certainly curb crime.

YUP.

[herr.baer]

The funny part is it is just a short 15 minute Light Rail ride out to the 'Burbs (outside city limits) to Wally World and then a ride back. I think he has been smoking the same stuff Marion Barry did. I reiterate again how I can't wait to get out of this state. 4 years 11 months and counting unless I hit the Lotto.

[daddyo]

Heh. What a maroon.

[Dolomite_supafly]

It isn't the first time something like this has been proposed. Chicago as well as Maryland have attempted it before. Maryland's happened back in the early 2000's or late 90's. Dolomite

[mikegideon]

The funny part is it is just a short 15 minute Light Rail ride out to the 'Burbs (outside city limits) to Wally World and then a ride back. I think he has been smoking the same stuff Marion Barry did. I reiterate again how I can't wait to get out of this state. 4 years 11 months and counting unless I hit the Lotto.

That basically what I posted with the link on Facebook. There's a Walmart in the next town over, in all directions.

[Patrick Henry]

Having recently move to TN from the Baltimore area, yes I am so thankful to be out of the Peoples Republic of Maryland, this guy is not an idiot. He is smart, and manipulative. He is pandering to a voting public that is extreamly liberal and in some cases ignorant. You can be at a Dicks Sporting Goods store outside the city on the light rail with in 30 min. (All the stats show the light rail has become a crime corridor; "rob and ride". Nashville take note.) This candidate knows his proposed tax will have absolutely no impact on crime what so ever. It is pure and simple manipulative pandering. Maryland was recently listed as having the second most restricted gun laws in the country.

[Garufa]

Can you image the "black market", "underground" or whatever you want to call it trade system that would create over night? It's like having a dry county next to a wet one.

What a dolt.

[Mike.357]

all this proposed law would accomplish is to put a stop to recreational shooting.

People will still have rounds for the self defense guns and lord knows the criminals will still have bullets.

How does someone even consider doing something like this and look people in the eye with a straight face?

[Oh Shoot]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuX-nFmL0II

[Links2k]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuX-nFmL0II

This video was the first thing that I thought about when I read the title.

[Garufa]

This video was the first thing that I thought about when I read the title.

Me too.

[daddyo]

This just further validates what I already believe about politicians - that all they care about is getting elected so they can have an impressive title, like "Just call me Senator" Barbara Boxer. The day any of them do anything to benefit their constituents or the American people is the day my teeth will probably fall out.

[eapking]

So crooks steal guns now and then they'll start stealing ammo. Does he think they will pay store prices for either? The theory of the "honest criminal" strikes again.

[Worriedman]

So crooks steal guns now and then they'll start stealing ammo. Does he think they will pay store prices for either? The theory of the "honest criminal" strikes again.

Ding. Winner!

[BigK]

I'd like to propose a $50 tax on casting stupid votes with an extra $50 tacked on if the idiot you voted for wins.

[Guest nicemac]

I'd like to propose a $50 tax on casting stupid votes with an extra $50 tacked on if the idiot you voted for wins.

Now, now, that would be a poll tax. Stupid people have a right to vote too. Thankfully my vote cancels theirs out…

[BigK]

I know this won't be very popular, but actually think stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote. I'm not saying there should be an IQ line in the sand, just that folks have a basic understanding of civics, current affairs, and where candidates stand on issues.

I'd settle for a 30 minute class in lieu of a test, but Obama would put his community organizers in charge of it and ruin the idea. Likewise, they wouldn't want Ron Paul in charge of it either, so I guess it can't happen.