It isn't just talk any more. Chicago "violence tax on gun sales takes effect

[tombogan03884]

http://www.newsmax.com/US/Chicago-gun-tax-healthcare/2012/11/02/id/462631?s=al&promo_code=1094E-1

The county that includes Chicago on Friday approved a tax on firearms to help pay the healthcare costs from gun violence, the first major U.S. metropolitan area to impose such a tax as a form of gun control.

Under the plan, Cook County, Ill., will impose a $25 tax on each firearm sold. The tax is expected to raise $600,000 in revenue in 2013.

With Friday's vote, the nation's second most populous county with nearly 5.2 million residents becomes the first major U.S. metropolitan area to impose a tax as a form of gun control, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

The Cook County board of commissioners voted 9 to 7 to approve the firearms tax.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who proposed the handgun tax, had earlier this week abandoned an additional proposed tax of 5 cents a bullet because the tax in some cases would have exceeded the price of ammunition.

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[fightingquaker13]

$25 ought to pay my gas to the county line to make my purchase. Screw'em.

[TAB]

Did the bullet tax also pass?

[McGyver]

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who proposed the handgun tax, had earlier this week abandoned an additional proposed tax of 5 cents a bullet because the tax in some cases would have exceeded the price of ammunition.

Re-read it there, studmuffin!