Illinois County takes a shot at 10-cent-a-bullet tax

**LorDiego01** · February 9th, 2007, 12:10 AM

What could be the nation's first tax on bullets is being floated as a way to help balance Cook County's budget.

Commissioner Roberto Maldonado wants to slap a 10-cent-a-bullet tax on those buying ammunition in the county. It's one of dozens of plans offered to close the county's $500 million budget deficit.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politic...ammo08.article

**KeithPA** · February 9th, 2007, 12:18 AM

Hahaha

First you need to get a card to buy ammo, then you get taxed 10 cents a bullet for a gun that you cannot even carry. Gun owners hell if you ask me....

**Justin** · February 9th, 2007, 12:36 AM

what a great way to help shut down all of the gun shops in the county... id be damned if i didnt drive to the next county over to buy my ammo.

**Siobhra** · February 9th, 2007, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by Justin

what a great way to help shut down all of the gun shops in the county... id be damned if i didnt drive to the next county over to buy my ammo.

And face a fine for having 'untaxed' ammo?

**billamj** · February 9th, 2007, 10:44 AM

No mention of any fines for having untaxed ammo but other than that I am really not surprised. Cook county is the home of Chicago, one of the many cities that blames all of their woes on inanimate objects and has yet to realize that the fact that they've had one party rule for the past sixty or seventy years has quite a bit to do with their problems.

**Emptymag** · February 9th, 2007, 11:20 AM

Sounds reasonable to me.

What law-abiding person needs more than 10 bullits?
That's only ONE dollar in taxes!
You only need one bullit to kill a deer! If you kill more than one you are a poacher/criminal, right?

You can NOT say that this tax is unreasonable!

The criminals will, in time, start using less deadly weapons in order to save money, then there will be less illegal machine guns on the streets and our children will be safe.

I'm all for gun laws that make SENSE and making our neighborhoods SAFER!

That's how the anti-gun movement works!
I always hear people say "they'll NEVER ban guns in THIS country!"
They don't NEED to!!! (not all at once)
They don't have to ban the gun itself to make it too expensive for most to continue ownership? Perhaps a "tax break" would also be offered to those who turn over their "useless" firearms to be destroyed? People are like water... they take the path of least resistance. Folks can also be motivated by money... make it in a person's best interest (financially) to "comply" and most will do so.

note: yes, I know "bullit" is spelled b-u-l-l-e-t

**Justin** · February 10th, 2007, 01:29 AM

for a minute, i thought you were serious. "what the hell is this guy smoking"was the first thing that came to mind

hahaha.....this just made me think about this chris rock skit....."bullet control"

You need to watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJGc...elated&search=

come to think of it, chris rock is a funny MF, and a pretty cool guy.

check out this skit too...has nothing to do with guns but is funny as hell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbEZj...elated&search=