Just something to think about . . . . . Chicago – Cook County – The board president of Cook county Toni Preckwinkle has proposed that people purchasing ammunition in Cook county pay a tax of a nickle on every bullet purchased and $25 for each firearm. Supposedly, this is to help eliminate gang violence in Chicago and Cook county. So far this year they have had 406 homicides. Although the possibilty is probably slim to none of this actually being the case lets make a couple of assumptions. For the sake of this discussion lets assume that each person that committed one of these crimes or is going to commit this type of crime buys the gun and bullets legally. We will also assume that they will use 5 bullets in the commision of these crimes. This tax would cost them an additional $25.25. That being the case, I am pretty sure that this is not a real crime stopper!
This is so misdirected it is truly sad. Why not focus on the cause and people committing the violence. The only people that will suffer from this are the legal gun owners and at the end of the day it will do nothing to stop these senseless crimes that are being committed in Chicago. Amazing what people will come up with to keep from focusing on the real issues.
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