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Bullet tax clears Senate committee; opponents vow
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Bullet tax clears Senate committee; opponents vow floor fight
June 5, 2002 Posted: 04:45:10 PM PDT
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press Writer
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A first-in-the-nation proposal to tax each bullet sold in California cleared a Senate committee Wednesday.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved the measure, but it now faces uphill fights in the Revenue and Taxation and Constitutional Amendments committees.
The bill by Sen. Don Perata, D-Oakland, would put a five-cent tax on each bullet, with the money going to hospital emergency rooms.
If it reaches a Senate vote, Sen. Ray Haynes, R-Riverside, predicted Republicans will uniformly vote against the measure.
Perata predicted he will get the single GOP vote he needs to send the measure to the Assembly.
Because it is a proposed constitutional amendment, it must clear the Assembly and Senate with two-thirds majorities, one more than the number of Democratic senators and three more than the number of Democratic assembly members.
The bill is controversial because it not only levies a tax on firearms, but does so in an election year. If it is approved by both chambers, voters would decide the matter in November.
Gun groups say Perata would be better off punishing criminals who send victims to emergency rooms, rather than law-abiding citizens who buy bullets legally.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms suggested legislation requiring anyone convicted of shooting someone to pay their victim's medical costs before they are freed from prison. The California Rifle and Pistol Association proposed a 25 cents per bullet tax credit for gun owners "for the tremendous public benefit their firearms provide."
Perata said there are no statistics on how many bullets are sold each year in California, but he estimated that $21 million could be raised annually, based on an assumption that one gun averages 50 bullets a year. He acknowledged that's a fraction of the cost of treating gunshot victims.
http://www.modbee.com/state_wire/story/3128875p-4162510c.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
June 5, 2002 Posted: 04:45:10 PM PDT
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press Writer
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A first-in-the-nation proposal to tax each bullet sold in California cleared a Senate committee Wednesday.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved the measure, but it now faces uphill fights in the Revenue and Taxation and Constitutional Amendments committees.
The bill by Sen. Don Perata, D-Oakland, would put a five-cent tax on each bullet, with the money going to hospital emergency rooms.
If it reaches a Senate vote, Sen. Ray Haynes, R-Riverside, predicted Republicans will uniformly vote against the measure.
Perata predicted he will get the single GOP vote he needs to send the measure to the Assembly.
Because it is a proposed constitutional amendment, it must clear the Assembly and Senate with two-thirds majorities, one more than the number of Democratic senators and three more than the number of Democratic assembly members.
The bill is controversial because it not only levies a tax on firearms, but does so in an election year. If it is approved by both chambers, voters would decide the matter in November.
Gun groups say Perata would be better off punishing criminals who send victims to emergency rooms, rather than law-abiding citizens who buy bullets legally.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms suggested legislation requiring anyone convicted of shooting someone to pay their victim's medical costs before they are freed from prison. The California Rifle and Pistol Association proposed a 25 cents per bullet tax credit for gun owners "for the tremendous public benefit their firearms provide."
Perata said there are no statistics on how many bullets are sold each year in California, but he estimated that $21 million could be raised annually, based on an assumption that one gun averages 50 bullets a year. He acknowledged that's a fraction of the cost of treating gunshot victims.
http://www.modbee.com/state_wire/story/3128875p-4162510c.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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Never ask why but only the value of.
And don't give me this job crap, you can find work elsewhere.
Bruce
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
And don't give me this job crap, you can find work elsewhere.
I would rather pick up beer cans along the side of the road in Texas than be an electrical engineer in California.
At a nickle per bullet...a brick of .22 would end up costing an extra $25....dumb!
Jim
Please dont take offense to the members here who have a bad opinion of CA residents. I myself have lived there, and I think CA is a great place as far as the land goes. The fact of the matter is, though, that the people of the state are, as a collective whole, incredibly stupid for electing the representatives of the state as they have. If they dont have a problem with what these reps. are doing, then they truly are stupid. That doesnt make it any different than any other state as far as the people are concerned though, after all, Clinton served 2 terms, and that doesnt say much for the country as a whole either. Its just a fact that CA has the most notable and strict controls on guns, and continues to lead the way in stupidity when new laws designed to, supposedly, be for the good of the people are passed. When the rest of the states catch up to the CA residents in stupidity, in their quest for laws that are passed for the good of the people, then our country will be at last completely ruined, I hope that never happens, but it does seem inevitable. I know there are folks in CA that are not happy with what is going on there, and they are the smart ones, but the rest, and thats the majority, deserve the criticism they receive from people here on the forums. No offense, as I stated before, to you Mr. Lobo, but the spread of this mentality CA has is what elicits such strong criticism from people outside of CA. I dont want to beat a dead horse, so I'll just leave it at that, and I hope I didnt offend you personally.
SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
Lowrider; overrun in Washington by southern liberals.
Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
Jim
you can be king or street sweeper but everyone is going to dance with the reaper
Aren't bullets already taxed? I pay tax on them when I buy them. Wouldn't a new tax be "twiced taxed"?
Why is it the law abiding are always flipping the bill for the criminals? This is socialism in action. Right?