The gun control debate is underway in Connecticut. As WNPR’s Jeff Cohen reports, one proposal would tax ammunition.
Beth Bye is a Democratic state senator. She plans to introduce legislation in January that would provide for a 50 percent tax on ammunition not bought and consumed at a shooting range. She also wants to make it illegal to buy and have guns that hold more than ten rounds at a time. Bye says everyday she meets people who are waiting for action.
“Going into the bagel store, one of the women said to me, ‘Beth, I know there are all these processes and stuff, but just get it done now. What is taking so long? We want action now and we don’t want a delay.’”
The move comes as some of Connecticut’s lawmakers in Washington are calling for a federal ban on assault weapons.
For WNPR, I’m Jeff Cohen.
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If she wants to live in a country with laws like that, let her move to China.
Sen. Beth Bye is out of control. Her proposal to ban Internet purchase of ammunition is a clear violation of the Constitution. Only the Feds. can regulate interstate commerce, not one state. I would be the first to go to court over this and I don’t even own a gun.
Joe is right. All the bans on guns are a clear violation of the second amendment of the Constitution. It is clearly does state, “The right to bear arms.”