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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2745900" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>Update to the Seattle ammo tax .</p><p></p><p>In July 2015, <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/council/burgess/" target="_blank">Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess</a> proposed <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Council/Issues/GunSafety/Gun-Violence-Tax-Legislation.pdf" target="_blank">legislation</a> he dubbed a “Gun Violence Tax,” contending that “It’s time for the gun industry to help defray” the cost of criminal violence perpetrated with guns. Burgess’s proposal was unanimously passed by the city council on August 10, 2015. The legislation imposed a $25 tax on firearm sales, a $.02 per round tax on .22 and smaller caliber ammunition, and a $.05 per round tax on ammunition greater than .22 caliber. The revenue was intended to be used to fund anti-gun research at the Harborview Medical Center.</p><p></p><p>In advocating for the tax, Burgess and other supporters of the legislation <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/council/issues/addressing-gun-safety-issues-in-seattle" target="_blank">repeatedly</a> cited figures from the City Budget Office that claimed the tax would raise between $300,000 and $500,000 a year. In an email to the Times this week, Burgess confessed, “During its first year, the firearms and ammunition tax payments received by the City were less than $200,000.” It is not clear how much less than $200,000 the city collected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2745900, member: 12952"] Update to the Seattle ammo tax . In July 2015, [URL='http://www.seattle.gov/council/burgess/']Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess[/URL] proposed [URL='http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Council/Issues/GunSafety/Gun-Violence-Tax-Legislation.pdf']legislation[/URL] he dubbed a “Gun Violence Tax,” contending that “It’s time for the gun industry to help defray” the cost of criminal violence perpetrated with guns. Burgess’s proposal was unanimously passed by the city council on August 10, 2015. The legislation imposed a $25 tax on firearm sales, a $.02 per round tax on .22 and smaller caliber ammunition, and a $.05 per round tax on ammunition greater than .22 caliber. The revenue was intended to be used to fund anti-gun research at the Harborview Medical Center. In advocating for the tax, Burgess and other supporters of the legislation [URL='http://www.seattle.gov/council/issues/addressing-gun-safety-issues-in-seattle']repeatedly[/URL] cited figures from the City Budget Office that claimed the tax would raise between $300,000 and $500,000 a year. In an email to the Times this week, Burgess confessed, “During its first year, the firearms and ammunition tax payments received by the City were less than $200,000.” It is not clear how much less than $200,000 the city collected. [/QUOTE]
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