Posted: 7/27/2011 4:53:17 AM EDT
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Friday, July 22, 2011 This week’s outrage comes to us from Baltimore, Maryland, where mayoral candidate Otis Rolley is proposing a $1.00 per bullet tax be levied on all ammunition purchases in the city of Baltimore as part of his “crime plan.” According to a July 19 article appearing on WBALTV.com, Rolley said, "This is not a revenue enhancement tool. It's a 'make it difficult for you to buy bullets in the city' tool." Rolley also stated that the proposed tax would cause a decrease in "random firings that too often happen around holidays." The article additionally notes that Rolley wants to make possession of small amounts of marijuana a summary offense, which would treat the offense more like public drunkenness than a drug crime. Hmm. Tax the law-abiding citizens of the city and make it prohibitively expensive for them to purchase ammunition for self-defense, and reduce penalties for illegal drugs. That’s his idea of a crime plan? That’s outrageous. |
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First I heard about it.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_8_29/458148_Dollar_per_bullet_tax_.html |
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we all know maryland is a free state, free to comit crimes and the hard working people are free live in fear and pay for teh crinmals Free to F*#K over decent law abiding citizens as well! One of my employees asked me if we would ever get right to carry hear and I laughed my head off. |