Seattle to tax guns and bullets. Is this an option to slow down gun violence which will work?

No, it just means gun shops will move right outside of the Seattle tax zone. Also, criminals don't think "hmmm, don't want to shoot that guy, bullets and guns cost too much." This is just another piece of feel good legislation that does nothing but hurt law abiding citizens.

In a word, NO!!! Just more politically correct socialist tax-whoring and gun-grabbing. Bloody Seattle grunge hippies.

If the tax is high enough, only the rich will have guns. Read up on the states and communities with lax gun laws and crime. I always love the fact that those that find ways to try to limit access to firearms have extensive protection paid for by my taxes. Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation and the death rate is huge. No taxes aren't the answer.

Whatever the intended purpose of this legislation, just chalk it up as a FAIL! Will it decrease gun violence? I doubt that even those who proposed this legislation believe that. Will it raise tax revenues to offset the costs of gun violence? No, of course not. As many have already pointed out, gun and ammo sales will just move to the next jurisdiction where it isn't taxed (and the gun sellers will move where the trade goes so they lose that income as well). Thus they can expect tax revenues to decrease. And, of course, the lion's share of any tax revenue realized will be diverted into the pockets of the bureaucrats administering the program. Yep, this is just another failure based on first order problem solving. No, to be fair, it doesn't even rise to the level of thinking on the first order, does it?

While I don't see a tax placed on weapons as an infringement on one's right to own a gun anymore than having to pay sales tax is an infringement on my right to own a huge HD TV; I would say that it will not really impact gun violence. We all know that most bad guys don't get their guns from a legit weapons dealer unless you classify the trunk of an old Oldsmobile as a legit store front. And even if they did, nothing is stopping them from going to another city or state that doesn't have this tax and taking the weapon back into Seattle. Yet again, the government taking much needed time to "do something" rather than addressing the issues in an effective way.

I'll be honest I don't really get it. They passed a tax, they didn't ban anything. Whether you think it's a reasonable tax or not (and probably not, but maybe) doesn't make it legal or illegal.

Remember, the only taxes paid will be by citizens who purchase weapons and ammo legally, this will not affect the back alley deals.

Once again the law-biding citizen is being punished.

It my believe sir that most ploys like this are to slow and even disable all veterans in the us so they could have national control over the population I could be wrong but it's not looking good

So the gang bangers will go to city Hall with the easter bunny to pay taxes now?

May as well tax flatware, forks make you fat... right?

Yes that was sarcasm.