Florida Governor DeSantis Wants Tax Holiday for Firearms, Ammunition, Accessories

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Gov. Ron DeSantis is rolling out an ambitious yet smaller spending plan for the coming year that includes familiar priorities for the Republican governor, including generous tax cuts, another round of teacher pay hikes, and more money for Everglades restoration.

But it also includes some new items, such as an $8 million tax holiday for the purchase of guns and ammo, more than half-a-billion for immigration enforcement, and new restrictions on arts funding that would mandate that money only go to groups that mount programs appropriate for people of all ages.

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Looking at his picture below, Gov. DeSatan looks downtrodden after being left out of Trumpf's imperial regime.


Gov. Ron DeSantis announces his proposed budget from the Capitol on 3 Feb2025. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)

In an average year, 3,038 people die and 6,358 are wounded by guns in Florida. These are wartime casualty figures. The Sunshine State has the 23rd-highest rate of gun violence in the US. Gun deaths and injuries cost Florida $40.3 billion each year, of which $875.9 million is paid by taxpayers.


Sources:

https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/02/03/desantis-proposes-the-state-spend-3-billion-less-next-year-and-it-is-spending-now/

https://everystat.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gun-Violence-in-Florida-2024-05.pdf

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1. A**holes gonna a**hole. n/t

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2. Florida...where alcohol, tobacco and firearms isn't a federal agency, it's a shopping list.

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5. ...

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3. ..In an average year, 3,038 people die and 6,358 are wounded by guns in Florida. These are wartime casualty figures.

........In an average year, 3,038 people die and 6,358 are wounded by guns in Florida. These are wartime casualty figures.


https://everystat.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gun-Violence-in-Florida-2024-05.pdf

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4. He definitely earns the moniker "DeathSantis"

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6. This Republican creature graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. Ain't life grand?

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7. Because....? Who prospers?

Why a break for guns and ammo?

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8. This Tax Holiday was originally intended to make families' back-to-school purchases more affordable.

DeSantis seems incapable of appreciating the irony of making guns less expensive just around the time kids head back to school.

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9. Republicans benefit from the deaths, miseries, and bankruptcies of Americans.

"Oh, a family member murdered by a gunman?"

$10,000 funeral expense.


"Here's the bill for your hospital stay. Insurance only covered a small portion of it."

$65,232.

"Oh, no legal heir to your home or property after your dead?"

Probate court, lawyers, or banks.

"Oh, you can't afford to pay for any one this? Meet the repo man."