Seattle gun tax failure? Firearm sales
plummet, violence spikes after law passes
By Dan Springer. June 15th 2017
When the City of Seattle passed a tax on all sales of guns and ammunition, the measure was hailed as a way to defray the rising costs of gun violence. But since the tax took effect, those costs have only risen as gun violence in the city has surged. And the tax has apparently brought in much less than city leaders projected it would.
"How much data do you need?" asked Dave Workman, senior editor of TheGunMag.com and member of the Second Amendment Foundation. "The data says the law has failed to prevent what they promised it would prevent."
CRITICS FIRE BACK AT SEATTLE GUN, AMMO TAX
THEY CLAIM IS AIMED AT KILLING BUSINESS
Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess introduced the tax in 2015. It puts a $25 tax on every firearm sold in the city and up to 5 cents per round of ammunition. The measure easily passed and took effect January 1, 2016. Comparing the first five months of 2017 with the same period before the gun tax went into effect, reports of shots fired are up 13 percent, the number of people injured in shootings climbed 37 percent and gun deaths doubled, according to crime statistics from the Seattle Police Department.
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Here is a classic example of 'gun control' disguised as a 'feelgood' measure. Commentators insist it is too early to claim the tax is a failure but everything thus far points to not only a lack of useful effect but even an increase in violence. Gangs certainly are hardly likely to be affected by it... just good folks and honest dealers.
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