5 cent per round STATE Tax

[stryker]

Now that Seattle has passed it, Wa thinks they should to. 

Tax ammo at 5 cents a round starting in July with HB 2374


 Here is the link: http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2374&year=2015

 Please go to site and click 'Comment on this bill', and Comment on it!


Sorry if this is a duplicate post.

[MADMAX]

I heard a buck an arrow also

[Blacktail Sniper]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,189525.0.html

[krout81]

Unless it passes in every state this will make it cheaper to buy online from a state without the tax

[Dhoey07]

Does it say anything about transporting ammo across state line?

[stryker]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,189525.0.html

THANK YOU 

[theleo]

Just talk to a heavy smoker. When they go to Idaho to get a few cartons of cigarettes, give them some money to get you a case of 5.56. Problem solved.

[Dhoey07]

Just talk to a heavy smoker. When they go to Idaho to get a few cartons of cigarettes, give them some money to get you a case of 5.56. Problem solved.

Might as well pick up a jug too. 

[bobcat]

Unless it passes in every state this will make it cheaper to buy online from a state without the tax

The problem will be for people who are reloaders- primers and powder are already too expensive to buy online due to the additional haz mat fees charged. So that stuff I always buy locally.

But how much would the actual tax be according to the way this bill is written? I don't know. If it's a nickel per container of powder, that's nothing. But what would it be for primers? A nickel for each primer? 

Or a nickel per box of 100?

[Eli346]

I followed up and sent in a letter and received responses that my reps weren't going to vote for it. That's just 2 but keep sending them in until we get the biggest % on board. They just keep trying to screw us, don't they?

[krout81]

ya that sucks.  If its not per container/box this can really be horrible

[ctwiggs1]

I sent my comment in:

This bill is an attack on gun owners - plain and simple. 

The very first line is sophomoric at best - of course we have to have guns to have gun violence.  The biggest link with gun violence has been proven time and again - areas that maintain a stricter gun control tend to experience a higher volume of gun violence.  It's not the average gun owner who is at fault for creating gun violence, it is the legislation that makes it more difficult for the average gun owner to defend himself from thugs.

Punishing law abiding citizens because they happen to have a different hobby or lifestyle than your own is against everything that we as Americans stand for.

[theleo]

Unless it passes in every state this will make it cheaper to buy online from a state without the tax

The problem will be for people who are reloaders- primers and powder are already too expensive to buy online due to the additional haz mat fees charged. So that stuff I always buy locally.

But how much would the actual tax be according to the way this bill is written? I don't know. If it's a nickel per container of powder, that's nothing. But what would it be for primers? A nickel for each primer? 

Or a nickel per box of 100?

I understand what you're saying about components. I've moved away from store bought bullets for the most part and cast my own. For the reloader that buys everything in the state of Washington  (I think they might be able to still tax Internet Sales on this to) it'd be pretty painful. They would tax you 3 times (4 if you need brass) every time you restocked your powder, primers, and bullets. It's a stupid bill and just a money grab on a group that's easy to target with this states politics.

[JimmyHoffa]

Can the tribes sell ammo without this tax (and a few others)?  I'm thinking they can. 

[saylean]

I let em have it in my comments too that I emailed.

For shame on these people.