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2017-06-16 -Land of the Free

Seattle gun tax failure? Firearm sales plummet, violence spikes after law passes

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Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-06-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Oh, that's an elbow.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-06-16 00:24|| 2017-06-16 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 It's also called a weenis, skid.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2017-06-16 07:24|| 2017-06-16 07:24|| Front Page Top

#3 It's all about flashing their social virtue. Never about solving problems because in the end, that would require really messy and sometimes stomach turning results.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-16 07:47|| 2017-06-16 07:47|| Front Page Top

#4 When they say it was "unexpected", they're saying they're idiots. So, either they're idiots, or they did what they did expecting what happened but prefer to be known as "idiots".

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2017-06-16 08:38|| 2017-06-16 08:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Are these politicians idiots? Perhaps. Are they liars? Of course. This is what government regulation (at all levels) has become. At least give them credit for pretending the revenue is funding a good cause. They could've been straight up and just said...'We're gonna tax your gun selling asses right the hell out of our city.

Posted by DepotGuy 2017-06-16 09:10|| 2017-06-16 09:10|| Front Page Top

#6 and hot onthe heels of this wildly successful program comes a "soda tax" of 1.75 cent per ounce on the syrup used to make it. but not on the syrups used in starbux and other flavored drinks.
expect to see a massive calloff in general tax revenue as more seattleites take more shopping out of town.
but no pity: they keep voting these bozos in.
and these bozos give clowns a bad name

Posted by USN, Ret. 2017-06-16 09:48|| 2017-06-16 09:48|| Front Page Top

#7 since the tax took effect, those costs have only risen as gun violence in the city has surged.

The objective was to reduce the sale of firearms. That's been accomplished. The violence is an 'unfortunate side effect' and (currently) restricted to the less-desirable parts of the population.

Posted by Pappy 2017-06-16 10:24|| 2017-06-16 10:24|| Front Page Top

#8 While Seattle is a fairly large city, you don't have to travel far to get out of Seattle. Anyone who wants to purchase guns and ammo can just drive across the city line and buy them.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2017-06-16 10:59|| 2017-06-16 10:59|| Front Page Top

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