HB 2849 - 1% Tax on Firearms, Ammo, Accessories to fund mental health services

[Papa_Tiger]

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Hi ... ill=HB2849

Tax is in addition to any sales tax that would normally be collected.

Would not be collected if no sales tax is collected during the sale of the item.

[PriestTheRunner]

Lets set up a $500 poll tax to help fund traffic safety while we are at it...

[Skooter]

Why was the firearm industry chosen to fund mental health services? The program is already funded by other taxation.

[KLB]

Why was the firearm industry chosen to fund mental health services? The program is already funded by other taxation.

The lefties no doubt view it as akin to a sin tax.

I don't want this to happen, but if it does, an interesting dynamic may take hold. People dependent on sin-tax revenue don't want to see the sin diminish.

[Lynyrd]

The author is an Austin liberal. Many legal products are taxed exorbitantly on top of sales taxes such as tobacco and gasoline. Special taxes on soft drinks are now a favorite target of liberals across the country. If taxation on firearms gets started, some liberals could see it as a way to tax the industry out of existence.

I am very much against this bill.

[PriestTheRunner]

If taxation on firearms gets started, some liberals could see it as a way to tax the industry out of existence.

You mean like the unconstitutional NFA $200 tax?

"The power to tax is the power to destroy"
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

[RoyGBiv]

An infringement that fails intermediate scrutiny.

[KLB]

If taxation on firearms gets started, some liberals could see it as a way to tax the industry out of existence.

The power to tax is the power to destroy--Daniel Webster.