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Connecticut Democrats Propose 50% Tax on Ammunition

Two Connecticut Democrats have proposed legislation that could serve as the progressive left’s most effective form of backdoor gun control yet, if implemented.

State Senator Will Haskell and State Representative Jillian Gilchrest declared their intentions last week to sponsor a bill that would tax the sale of all forms of ammunition in Connecticut at a whopping 50%.

This backdoor gun control measure would serve a de facto purpose of effectively pricing out a great portion of middle and working-class gun owners, leaving Connecticut already significantly hollowed-out Second Amendment protections reserved exclusively for the wealthy.

The legislation would exempt law enforcement and military from paying the ammunition tax hoisted upon everyday civilians.

Read the full story from Big League Politics


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