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DetroitLegalBeagle

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6. It's a punitive tax

Reply to Thunderbeast (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 09:46 PM

Jun 2022

The average price per bullet is something like 40 cents. Tacking on $35 per round on top of that would be seen as punitive by pretty much every Federal Court in the country. Doesn't matter if you call it a tax or a fee, it has zero chance of surviving a court challenge. Effectively banning something indirectly is still banning it.

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I have mixed feelings about it. Mr.Bill Jun 2022 #1

That's self-defense insurance protection Shermann Jun 2022 #3

It's simple math...TAX AMMUNITION! Thunderbeast Jun 2022 #2

Why only $35? MichMan Jun 2022 #4

$280 billion dollars in damages divided by 8 billion bullets equals $35 per round Thunderbeast Jun 2022 #5

It's a punitive tax DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2022 #6

Does $712 per gun per year sound better? Thunderbeast Jun 2022 #7

No, its not better. DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2022 #8

It will get tossed out The Mouth Jun 2022 #9