Who's up for a 6 percent 'safety fee' levied on ammunition purchases?

Politico reported this week that Florida gubernatorial candidate Chris King isn’t just calling for an assault weapons ban — he also wants to create something called the “Every Kid Fund” that would be financed in part by taxes on firearms and a 6 percent “safety fee” on ammunition.

King calls for sales taxes on bullets, firearms to pay for gun safety https://t.co/kdPWSpSxAY

— POLITICO Florida (@politicofl) June 1, 2018

Hell yes! 1$ per bullet I say https://t.co/4Xn7fVCMqC

— (((Blue Dilly Gal))) (@bluedillygal) June 1, 2018

I would take this one step further and treat ammunition the same as prescription drugs – gotta get a scrip from local law enforcement

— Jerry Mathers (@HandsAtlanta) June 1, 2018

Politico reports:

As Florida Democrats unite in calling for gun control for the first time, Chris King has separated from the pack of gubernatorial candidates by advancing a new proposal that would use sales taxes from firearm sales and impose a new “safety fee” on bullet purchases to fund violence prevention and treatment programs.

King’s proposal — which comes on the heels of his new television ad campaign calling for an assault weapons ban — would establish the “Every Kid Fund” to pay for gun-violence studies and prevention as well as to reimburse trauma centers for medical costs incurred in treating victims of mass shootings.

Here’s King himself with the plan:

Everywhere I go, people ask me what we can do to end gun violence. Our communities have suffered for too long, and every kid deserves to grow up in a world free from gun violence. That's why I'm releasing my latest proposal: the "Every Kid Fund" for Gun Violence Prevention. pic.twitter.com/cFXoKTNFvC

— Chris King (@ChrisKingFL) June 1, 2018

We’ll redirect the sales taxes from guns and ammunition sales to the fund, alongside a 6% “safety fee” on ammunition sales. We’ll draw additional revenues for the fund from our criminal justice reforms — legalizing marijuana and reducing mass incarceration.

— Chris King (@ChrisKingFL) June 1, 2018

Something like this has never been done in our state, but that can’t stop us. We need big, bold solutions because no parent should live with the fear that their child could be struck down by gun violence. No child should grow up with that same fear. It’s time to move forward.

— Chris King (@ChrisKingFL) June 1, 2018

Something like this has never been done before … or has it?

That's how he got the Declaration of Independence. https://t.co/6WgF6TFzJm

— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) June 1, 2018

https://twitter.com/callmeMallas/status/1002791840188387328

https://twitter.com/SylvesterTheWat/status/1002706335517929473

Why don't you ask the last king who tried this how it worked out? pic.twitter.com/yTrOltrRQs

— FazNo4 (@FazNo4) June 2, 2018

The goal isn’t gun safety.

It’s restrictionism leading to eventual prohibition. https://t.co/BLfsAccnWW

— Ranjit Singh (@AuthorSingh) June 2, 2018

https://twitter.com/AndrewWuest/status/1002729256676454400

King calls for sales taxes on bullets, firearms to pay for gun confiscation. No thanks. You don't get to redefine safety. https://t.co/28wFP8oHeP

— Regs (@r3gulations) June 1, 2018

This thread though. The number of people who seem to think firearms aren't taxed is mind boggling. https://t.co/Sj39n7kYfi

— Humanitarian (@BagofParts) June 2, 2018

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