Why The Gun Lobby Is Terrified Of California - from Mother Jones - *5-cent tax on each bullet*

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177. sure doesn't sound regressive to me- a person that can barely afford $4 probably doesn't shoot much

but, write them a letter- 2 or 3 cents sounds fair for .22s, but 5 cents prob. isn't enough for a 30-06.

here ya go- tax the GRAIN
There are 15.43236 grains in 1 gram - and on loaded boxes of ammuntion, the grain is for the bullet weight.

.22s are 30 grain 3 cents
.223s ~ 150 grain, 15 cents
.32 are ~85 grain, 8.5 cents
(maybe cut the cents by 50%?)

44 Magnum heavy weight hunting bullets - Is the 44 becoming ...
www.lasc.us/fryxell44overweight.htm
While a 300 grain bullet in either a .44 Magnum or a .45 Colt will shoot through a deer from pretty much any angle, many hunters dream of hunting larger game, ...

look, i guessed right-
One bill, by Assemblyman Roger Dickinson of Sacramento would impose a 5-cent tax per bullet sold to expand a program that screens children for mental illness. A similar measure from Oakland’s Rob Bonta would aid law enforcement in cities with the highest violent-crime rates. A third would require licenses for ammunition dealers and have them report all sales.

The bills are among nine aimed at gun violence after mass shootings last year in Newtown, Connecticut; Aurora, Colorado; and Oak Creek, Wisconsin. A tax increase in California requires a two-thirds majority vote by the legislature or a public referendum. Democratic supermajorities control both chambers.

“It shouldn’t be so easy to buy bullets, the very thing that makes a gun deadly,” said Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, a Democrat from Berkeley. “While we have numerous safeguards in place to purchase a gun, it’s easier today to buy bullets than to buy alcohol, cigarettes or some cold medicines."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-29/california-lawmakers-propose-per-bullet-tax-to-curb-gun-violence.html