Colorado voters approved a new 6.5% tax on guns and ammunition, aiming to generate $39 million annually for victim services, including those supporting domestic violence survivors. While the tax's impact on gun sales remains uncertain, researchers believe it could have public health effects beyond funding social services.
Mel “Dragonman” Bernstein looks over a few of his semi-automatic weapons he has for sale at Dragonman Gun Shop on Oct. 5, 2017 in Colorado Springs. Colorado ’s new voter-approved gun initiative has a target unlike those of previous measures meant to reduce gun violence. The tax on guns and ammunition is meant to generate revenue to support cash-strapped victim services , and it’s an open question whether it will affect firearms sales.
The actual effect of the Colorado and California laws won’t be known for some time. But should other states pursue similar policies, researchers think focusing taxes on specific weapons or places might be more effective at reducing harm, rather than simply generating revenue.at the national level, by rejiggering the federal tax to be 13.3% on handguns and nothing on long guns, would prevent deaths while holding industry profits steady.
In Cortez, which is a half-hour drive from New Mexico, Jesse Fine said he’s heard people say they’d rather drive there to buy a gun than pay the tax in Colorado — even though they’d face a
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