A 50% Tax On Ammo!!!!

They're trying to pass a bill that would increase the sales tax on ammo to 50%!
Please call or write and say NO WAY!

This is good, normal, democratic policy.

Vote Democrat......enjoy what you get

I actually hope it passes to sober people up.......more folks on this site than you think vote Democrat for governor.

And they would be morons!!!!

I respect whatever party someone is affiliated with. Wouldn't be America or democracy otherwise.

That being said, the spirit of that proposed law is obviously punitive. Directly targets people that own and enjoy firearms for myriad reasons and financially punishes them for their interests.

That's a slippery slope right there. When you start imposing financial penalties for thinking differently, things can get pretty damn un-American pretty damn quick.

I sent this info to my sportsmens club. thanks for posting.
I would guess that this one will have more of a chance to pass than the town restriction one.
The anti hunt/ gun people in the legislature will get more tax revenue which will go to the general fund and evaporate.
think about it -- Uconn sports lost 40 million last year and there are no open bathrooms on the highways because they want to save money. Kind of makes you wonder does it not???

I started ordering ammo by mail back when I had to buy 2 5/8 sized shells for an old Browning 16g semi auto I have. I had to get them from Europe. That is the easy solution assuming you don't need them immediately.

So, in true democratic fashion, us the constituents need to email or phone our state reps and senators. Here is a good gov't site in case you don't know who that is or if you need their contact information:

https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp

Now, send an email stating you hope they vote against this proposed bill i.e. - be active vs. passive!

Here's my email, feel free to cut and past if you want.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I'm writing as constituent within your district for support in voting NO to Proposed Bill No. 5700. Bill 5700 proposes a 50% increase in tax on ammunition. I am unaware of other sports, hobbies or recreational activities which warrant such an exorbitant and punitive tax increase. For correlation, would a 50% tax increase on painting supplies or baseball gloves be justifiable? If your answer is no, then you understand my point. Further, I feel as though a tax increase may ultimately harm the State of CT as savvy gun owners will look to purchase ammo in neighboring states (RI, MA, NY) or engage with mail ordering houses so as to bypass this onerous tax altogether.

Please, I'd ask you to use common sense and vote NO to Bill No. 5700.



So, that's about all we can do to help defeat the nonsense!

Well done Rippin Lipz

The real solution was to NOT vote for the party that gives you gun control, animal rights and anti hunting.

You’re letter gives the impression they don’t know what they are doing.

They know it’s about gun control, plain and simple.

This is what I wrote to my reps sunday:


Within an hour I got the following response from Paul Formica....my only republican rep:


As usual I haven't gotten anything from any of my democratic reps although I did request a reply. I also sent a slightly different version to the 2 authors of the proposed bill, Ms Gilchrest and Mr Haskell, and of course I haven't gotten any response from them at all as well. Below is the verbage I used for them. Feel free to copy and paste if you so desire.

Old School - not disagreeing with you, but the voting ship has sailed. We're now dealing with those in office and a proposed bill. Today, our ONLY option is to contact our reps.

I'm not sure my reps, who did NOT sponsor this bill, are in support of gun control so I phrased my response as such with the main point being to call their attention to it. In the end, it's just my opinion and my example for what it's worth. It's just an opinion, but the point remains the same - if someone has time to post in this forum, they have time to write an email to their reps. So a call to take action is all it really is.

Tall1, RipinLipz, Tieg and all of the others taking time to engage their elected officials, great job and thanks.

I work for the republican town committee and have for years.

Once there in office it’s too late

I’ve never seen an anti gun Democrat become pro gun

If the bill passed it would wake some people up

So I hope it passes.

People need to see just where Democrats want to go.

After the ammo Certificate fiasco, I decided never to purchase ammunition in the state of CT. With the election of Lamont, I fear CT is a lost cause, democrats control the houses and the senate by large margins. Its time to look for a new place to live CT is racing to the bottom.

done

It took 5 minutes

I saw the writting on the wall back in 2013 when I moved out of CT. Although there are many things I like about the State has to offer Sportsmen and Women I realized it was a lost cause. I was hoping things would have changed in the last election so it would give me a excuse to move back but as far as I see it. Those living and working in CT like my brother can barely pay the bills earning 100k a year. I hate to say it but things are unfortunately getting worse in CT.

I,m with danny and 4 10.my advice,buy your ammo out of state,f,m they,ll just blow the money anyway.i to saw the writing on the wall,here in Tn if your not a gun owner or shooting up the woods the neighbors will call the sheriff.getting worse y,all are one step away from Venezuela..good luck with that fine new governor.

they'll get rid of the guns one way or another. guns are useless without ammo. they'll find a way around the 2nd amendment, give'em time.

Positive thinking,now thats the way to go.i get it bail and take your tax dollars where they are apreciated,the TWRA is 100 % self suficient.none of that " general fund,we have to beg for our own damn money like little girls BS."...I GOT SICK OF THAT CRAP 20 + YEARS AGO...

What these boneheads don't seem to realize is that nobody in this state lives more than an hour from another state.

Thats true but your still surounded by tribes of communists...read marxe,s playbook.nothing new under the sun...and watch the term" democracy"..stalin and Hitler threw that out there a lot as does Pelosi and Schumer and Murphy...its a republic ...morons