Stupid politician tricks

Chris Rock was only joking when he proposed a bullet tax, but a politician in Baltimore isn’t. Mayoral candidate, Otis Rolley, is perfectly serious when he announced his proposed $1 per bullet tax as an answer to armed crime in Baltimore (WBALTV link);

“This is not a revenue enhancement tool,” Rolley said of the tax idea. “It’s a ‘make it difficult for you to buy bullets in the city’ tool.”

The bullet tax is part of Rolley’s public safety plan, which includes a change in how the city treats some drug use. He wants to make possession of small amounts of marijuana a summary offense. That would treat the offense more like public drunkenness than a drug crime, Miller reported.

Yeah, that makes sense because everyone knows that bullet possession is a crime, while possession of controlled substances is not – so increase the penalties for owning bullets and reduce the penalties for drug possession…it makes perfect sense.

I guess Rolley, the rocket scientist, doesn’t realize that people can just buy their bullets outside of Baltimore. The only people he’s punishing is the business owners who sell bullets in Baltimore. Or they can buy their bullets on the internet. I guess the next step would be a tax stamp on bullets and penalties for possessing bullets in Baltimore that weren’t purchased there. That wouldn’t be costly at all would it?

And criminals always find a way to get what they need regardless of the price. I guess Rolley would tax reloading equipment, too. Would you have to file your bullet manufacturing tax quarterly for each bullet you made in your basement?

The answer seems to always be more taxes.

Thanks to ROS for the link.

Category: Guns, Taxes