New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) wants to significantly increase the cost of owning a gun in the state - proposing fees that would be among the highest in the country, according to the New York Times.
Currently, a firearm identification costs $5, a permit to own a gun $2, and a permit to carry a gun costs just $20. Murphy wants to raise that to $100 for the ID, $50 to own a gun and $400 to carry. In addition, Murphy wants to slap a 10% excise tax on ammunition and a 2.5% firearms excise tax.
The proposals are part of the state budget which must be passed by June 30.
The new fees would - as they always do - disproportionately punish low-income, law-abiding, mostly minority gun owners who wish to defend themselves and their families in high-crime areas.
While Murphy lives in mostly white Princeton, NJ - which has an average income of $125,000 and virtually no violent crime, residents of predominantly black Asbury Park - with an average income of $37,737 (2016) and more than double the national crime rate, would be much harder pressed to come up with the extra $523 to legally defend themselves.
Murphy claims that there is no "war on responsible gun owners," and that the funds raised from the fee hike would go towards anti-violence initiatives.
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7 comments:
This is a classic Democratic attack on african americans to disarm them to control them.
It's an attack on every gun owner in zoo jersey
I believe that it is a guaranteed right to carry arms. AND HE IS TAXING IT. I believe that it is a guaranteed right to vote. WHEN IS HE GOING TO START TAXING THAT !!!
But I'll bet the blacks voted for him because.....he's a democrat.
Taxing the 2nd Amendment is ILLEGAL.
The Dems need to tax all acts of stupidity if they want to fill their treasury.
TAX EBT ?????
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