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‘Violence Tax’: Illinois County Approves New $25 Fee on Each Firearm Purchased

Nov. 10, 2012 11:00pm Erica Ritz

Cook County Illinois Approves $25 Violence Tax on Firearms for 2013 Budget | Chicago Area

Pistols are offered for sale at Freddie Bear Sports on October 18, 2012 in Tinley Park, Illinois. Facing a $267.5 million fiscal 2013 budget gap, Cook County, which includes the city of Chicago and suburbs, has passed a tax of $25 on each firearm sold at gun and sporting goods stores in the county. (Photo: Getty Images)

Cook County in Illinois approved a slew of new taxes Friday, including an extra $1 tax on each packet of cigarettes sold, a $1,000 tax per year on certain slot machines, a 1.2% tax on items costing more than $3,500 purchased outside the county, and a $25 tax on each firearm sold in suburban gun shops, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

The hope is that the new taxes will chip away at the roughly $240 million budget deficit by raising roughly $40 million in new revenue, NBC Chicago adds.

The board approved the changes by a vote of 16-1, and though a number of local business owners are concerned the new taxes will push customers into neighboring counties, legislators appear pleased with their work.

“Of the three budgets we have worked on, this has been the easiest. It has come together very well in a very bipartisan spirit,” Commissioner John Fritchey told ABC Chicago.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle contributed: “This is a fiscally responsible budget that reflects the values and priorities of my administration. It makes key investments in our public health and public safety systems that will advance a regional health care model and further criminal justice reform.”

Though Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, it is also one of the most dangerous cities.

The proposal originally included a five-cent tax on each bullet, as well, but the nickel-a-bullet tax has been dropped for the time being.

For now, NBC Chicago explains how the $25 “violence tax” is being justified:

“Gun violence is a real problem for us,” she said. “It’s a problem for us in our criminal justice system and it’s a problem for us in our health care system, and I make no apologies for the proposal.”

Preckwinkle said acute care for the average shooting victim cost taxpayers $52,000 because nearly 70 percent of the victims don’t have health insurance.

The move follows a violent Chicago summer, when some weekends left multiple people killed and dozens others injured in shootings. The city’s murder rate is up 25 percent, and the Cook County Jail is near capacity with 9,000-plus inmates.

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“I think it is a good thing, especially in this economy right now,” Cook County resident James Fabbrini weighed in.

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Comments (233)

spfoam1
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:36pm
Anyone with a brain will just buy a firearm elsewhere. They will keep taking and taking and taking until we the people reach a boiling point. History has a few examples of the population reaching a boiling point. It happened here before, and it can happen here again. The pompous bastards in the government just don’t think it will.

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- v15
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:49pm
  We are treated like criminals and racists. I’m pissed off. If you want me to act like a racist criminal then why don’t I burn a cross at night on the Whitehouse lawn and then secceed from the United Statist Socialist Republic????
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:37am
  BARTER… with anyone… will trade one gallon of gas for a GLOCK 19 G4
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:43am
  @ SPF
  
  I’m sure that it won’t take too long before they think up a way to tax imported guns as well, or ban them.
  
  Illinios is getting exactly what they voted for, and I expect that this is merely the beginning.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:51am
  @V15
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:49pm
  We are treated like criminals and racists. I’m pissed off. If you want me to act like a racist criminal then why don’t I burn a cross at night on the Whitehouse lawn and then secceed from the United Statist Socialist Republic????
  ————————————————–
  Good. That makes 2 of us. These fascists answer to EVERYTHING is tax, tax, tax, tax.
  Every citizen in this country should be white hot angry —– These progressive big-spending
  elitists in government who cant balance a checkbook spent themselves into oblivion with OUR money. Now that its all going to hell they want us to bail them out. Of course they used our money to bail out wall street, the auto makers, etc. also.
  
  The one sure-fire way to hurt someone is in their pocket. Americans should simply refuse to fork over another dime until the spending is drastically cut and a budget is in place. Also a spending cap.
  
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- KevINtampa
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 2:15am
  Well I for one say Guy Fawkes’em right in the rectum.
  
  True Patriots already have decent gun stash, and taxes on guns won’t affect us at this point. You’re too late lefties, and you’re only serving our cause now. Go ahead raise taxes and keep’em out of the hands of leftists who haven’t caught on yet to the obviously coming struggle.
  
  To those who think that’s a far fetched statement, best to keep your head where it already is in the sand through this, it’ll be safer there low and at ground level.
  
  God bless the patriot cause and the experiment that is the American republic. God bless those who bless God.
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 2:53am
  “Anyone with a brain will just buy a firearm elsewhere.” No, Spfoam1, some people with a brain might challenge the law. First, they would need standing: be ready, willing & able to buy a gun — but unwilling to pay the $25 fee/tax/outrage. That gets you past the limitations on jurisdiction set out under Article III of the Constitution. Then, you note the Second Amendment’s provision and the Heller decision. Then you cite to cases where taxes on ink and newspaper print were held to be in violation of the First Amendment. Oh, and you get a whole lot of lawyers (who bill at around $400/hour) to do this and then (when you win) –file a motion for attorneys fees after you win your motion for summary judgment.
  
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- mauijonny
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 2:57am
  Well, we all know that the gun violence in Chi Town is via legal gun owners…
  
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- spfoam1
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 5:40am
  @ Chuck Stein……That sounds great to me. I’m not a lawyer so I wouldn’t be confident enough in a victory to challenge it, and I couldn’t pay the attorney fees if I tried and lost. If you have the brains, why don’t you make that happen?
  
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- dogma
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:31am
  If you want to see akid with the buck of a life time. http://www.kstp.com 27point 229 pound . What a gun is for not so some lib can spend more.
  
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- poorrichard09
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:45am
  Too bad they don’t tax the thugs who perpetrate the real violence.
  
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- U.N.hater
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 9:24am
  We are a nation of COWARDS! plain and simple. Look what has been done over the last 40 years. Look at the last 4. People will do nothing because they are to scared to do what need’s to be done. Welcome to the U.S.S.A. soon to be the U.C.S.A.
  
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- 1_Smoot_Tall
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 10:43am
  Ummm… A person intent on “gun violence will get his $25 back on his first robbery.
  
  Article:
  “…acute care for the average shooting victim cost taxpayers $52,000 because nearly 70 percent of the victims don’t have health insurance.”
  
  Me:
  So, they’re not looking to stop gun violence, they just need money to pay for the injured? Obama care does that, right?
  
  Article:
  “…a 1.2% tax on items costing more than $3,500 purchased outside the county…”
  
  Me:
  -Good luck enforcing that. If I go on a hunting trip to Wisconsin for $3,600 how is Rahm going to know?
  -If he does know, he has no authority to tax activity outside his jurisdiction.
  -He would have to search every vehicle entering the city – which violates the 4th Amendment.
  
  Article:
  “Gun violence is a real problem for us.”
  
  Me:
  -So they admit they cannot solve their crime problems the customary way.
  -If a $25 gun tax will help “reduce” gun violence, then logically a million dollar tax will stop all gun crime, right?
  -Why not tax “Gun Violence” instead of guns.
  - I’m sure the criminals that are murdering people will happily comply in paying the tax on the guns that are smuggled in with the drugs, right?
  
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- dogmeat
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 11:25am
  WE can’t have a pole tax to Vote because it’s been ruled an INFRINGEMENT therefore UNCONSTITUTIONAL! BUT when it comes to our 2nd.amendment it’s OK?! THEY call it a FEE,NO a FEE is when you buy a service! The RIGHT to KEEP and BEAR ARMS,SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED! A FEE and or TAX is an INFRINGEMENT!
  
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- richard the lion-hearted
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 1:11pm
  @CHUCKSTEIN – Living the ‘pipedream’ are we? A sad fact, and a strong indicator of where we are as a nation. Christians take note, we were told in the scriptures to be watchful in the last days, those with their ‘heads in the sand’ are as guilty as the offenders of the Constitution. Those who didn’t vote voted for Obama, and are as responsible as any leftist, corrupt, wicked liberal (full of self-love).
  
  Side note: Am I the only one who not only hates the ‘opinion’ by ‘supposed’ journalists in stories and headlines on this site, but the rancid ‘over the top’ advertising on this site. I have no problem navigating other sites with much larger graphics, but this site constantly freezes up on me, doesn’t load, and causes errors constantly. Does Glenn even have any oversight on this site anymore?! Why would you allow the ‘enemy’ to advertise on this site to get their twisted, wicked message out? This disturbs me greatly for a defender of freedom against tyranny like Glenn. Capitalism does have as much responsibility to it as does freedom. If you choose to take money from the enemy in the name of capitalism I’m afraid that the compromise has already begun.
  
  Rick
  
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- Danfromnc
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 1:17pm
  Got to love it, TAX,TAX and More TAXES… Keep going, that is why I moved from the state of Maryland to N.C. And took my business with me and the Jobs too…. But I guess I’m the Pi$$ed Off White guy…
  
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- naed5048
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 2:07pm
  Good job Cook county. Stupid is that stupid said…..We love you, as long as you keep your busseness to yourselfs. Dumding down is a total success their. I’m sure if you apply for long term disability, you could just because of your mental capacity…..Keep it up Morons
  
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- Independent4233
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 3:48pm
  They said they were “pleased” with their newordinances.
  
  Well, enjoy it while you can, guys, because the revenue shortages will not only continue they’ll asccelerate.
  
  Everything you do will cause you grief.
  
  You can ban all they guns also, just like NY and DC, but you’ll still have a HUGE black criminal problem, and your budget deficits will continue to grow larger.
  
  Will you be pleased when you have to scale back or refuse to pay unfunded mandates like public pensions?
  
  Will you be pleased when Chicago eventually begins tolook lioke Bagdad at the height of the war?
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 5:56pm
  What ignorant politicians – when ever this has been tried before the surrounding counties and states profit from these greedy politicians. It also causes good folks to become crooks as they will buy from bootleggers. A 1.2% tax on purchases of over $3,500. That means folks will have to make several runs to other counties to keep it below $3,500. If they want to buy 4 AR-15s they will be force to make two trips and contribute to global warming.
  
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- posthuf
  Posted on November 12, 2012 at 4:15pm
  Can’t wait for the FBIs crime stats for next year:
  
  “Gun violence down by 10%, assaults with knives and machetes up 99%, assaults with bludgeons up 98%, deaths by hacking and clubbing up by 130%”
  
  Good old politicians, “protecting us” every day.
  
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Bodacious_Boedi
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:33pm
Rahm Cockface Emanuel can just work for free, donate his salary to the city. He certainly doesn’t need the money. Can’t they squeeze some more money out of Blago?? How about a jerkoff tax of $500K everytime a politician or someone with the public trust goes off the trail??

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- jado1981
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:40pm
  I’ll second the jerkoff tax, except make it every penny they have been paid to “represent” the people. This also needs to include the time wasted by every intern, secretary, or aide. Should be well over $500k for many of the career politicians.
  
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- obfuscatenot
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:34am
  That’s a PERFECT tax! Any politician that is convicted of a crime…..tax the H-E double hockey sticks out of em! Beautiful. Cept, the honest, law abiding ruling class would never pass such a resolution.
  
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- PaxInVeritate
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 10:29am
  “Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle contributed: “… It makes key investments in our public health and public safety systems that will advance a regional health care model and further criminal justice reform.””
  In other words, “We took more of the private sector monies and ‘invested’ them into the salaries and early retirement funds of the Unions, thus furthering the enslavement of our private citizens.”
  
  Furthermore, what makes these morons think that the criminals who perpetrate violence are going to buy guns and ammo in this county? Steal or gun running from out of state is what they do. This only taxes the law abiding citizen and making it more difficult for them to lawfully defend oneself.
  
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ruthere
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:30pm
When the Federal government creates special classes of persons and seeks to protect them by passing “hate crimes”, when the Federal government passes laws that penalizes the free exchange of ideas by requiring broadcasters to give equal time to opposing viewpoint, this government arguably engages in conduct strictly prohibited by the U.S. Constitution, when the Federal government seeks to deny law-abiding citizens ownership of guns, it violates the 10th Amendment, and it renders Citizens of the States defenseless against the abuses of Federal government power. It is the duty of the Federal government to protect and defend the Constitution and citizens of the several States, but instead of passing laws that protect lawful conduct, the Federal government by denying lawful possession of all types of weapons, has passed laws that deny State citizens the reasonable opportunity to also defend themselves against threats to their lives by lawless individuals and gangs. Given the history of gang violence using illegally obtained weapons, it is ludicrous to believe that a law prohibiting the sale of certain guns will do anything other than prevent law-abiding individuals from obtaining weapons of self defense. The government that denies ownership of guns to law-abiding citizens violates the supreme law of the land and a basic and valuable freedom.

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ruthere
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:29pm
There is no Constitutional procedure for State secession from the Union; however, no State is prevented from separating from the union under penalty of law. While the Declaration of Independence is not controlling law, it is more persuasive then Foreign Law which is very popular among the liberal judiciary. The Declaration states that it is not only a private right, but also a duty of the governed to abolish or alter the government when government becomes abusive. If you prefer we can look at ancient Greek and Hebrew writings for authority to show that the right to self-governance has always been considered inalienable. We have a tradition that dates back to ancient times, and are for example immortalized in the Virginia State Flag that Thomas Jefferson designed. It shows Athena, the female worrier, victorious in battle and standing over the splayed body of the tyrant Zeus, the god of law. Although Zeus imposed onerous burdens upon humanity, he was above the law and was not bound by it. When the government holds itself above the supreme law of the land, in this case the U.S. Constitution, it must be held to account. When the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to take action, then it is the right of the people to act.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:53pm
  When two people are about to come to blows, it is reasonable for them to separate
  
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- vpeva1
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:50am
  Well said
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:53am
  Hi Soybom315,
  “When two people are about to come to blows, it is reasonable for them to separate”
  
  Did you actually mean that? Or have you lost your mind since Ron Paul is not POTUS and will not do one thing to expose Benghazi or anything else?
  
  Geez, are you going nuts or what?
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:00am
  Monk why dont you criticize ruthere’s post since that was a lengthy discussion about real secession. All i did was relate it to a real situation in people’s personal life. sheesh
  
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Carlinpa
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:26pm
Raising taxes and placing a tax on firearms ( 2nd amendment suppression aka Caucasian tax) in an already depressed economy , what can go wrong?

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- CatB
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:47am
  Yes .. it is only on guns bought LEGALLY ..
  
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- 1911CK
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:37am
  @CATB-don’t worry, the gang bangers PROMISED to pay the tax on their illegally bought guns too. They want to pay their “fair share” before they kill each other
  
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- Female
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 9:03am
  In a depressed economy the only thing selling is the guns.
  Actually, I think it is a good idea for revenue sake with the increase of gun sales.
  And to the pissed off gun buyer instead of buying a cheap gun; they will make the 25 be only 2.5% by buying more automatic type weapons.
  
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Abigail Adams
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:26pm
So when do the criminals “pay their fair share”?
Instead of eat the rich, I say eat the government. It’s full of pork and everyone loves bacon.
This is a precursor to what’s coming on a Federal level. Stock up now

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- orangetom1999
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 9:05am
  Are some of us not missing out on a bigger picture here??
  
  By instituting a violence tax…is not government in essence subsidizing the violence?? Are they not covering or subsidizing the expense of violence it at the cost to those who purchase guns through lawful means??
  
  In otherwords they are powerless to stop the violence …in any way..so they seek to make money off it.
  
  I do not believe…that as in the case of many taxes and what they are claiming it is for…that this money will be slated to offset the medical costs but eventually find it’s way into the general fund. In like manner as so many taxes and fees on different government levels.
  
  In essence…you will need to have more violence to keep the monies coming.
  
  This seems to be the trend when you have reasonable, logical, intelligent, enlightened men in public offices.
  
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jado1981
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:25pm
I hope that since the city knows people can be assaulted by rocks, bats, clubs..etc, those should all have the violence tax tacked on as well.

WHAT A FRIGGIN R-TARDED IDEA!?! But then again, what do you expect from chicago?

As a side note, it infuriates me when I hear the tv talking heads talk about “assault rifles” because it is the black metal/plastic gun. The AR in the AR-15 never stood for assault rifle. It’s only ARmalite, the maker. I always post this question to people who think ar = assault rifle, that if someone assaults someone else with a rock, does that rock become an assault rock? or assault bat?

Maybe I’m still just p/o-ed from Tuesday…

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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 7:02am
  Welll I see a market for making a design change so that those types of rifles are “less scary looking” Maybe paint butterfles and unicorns on them
  
  Ya’ reckon that the black market gun dealers are stocking up on tax forms ?
  
  Idiots
  
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barber2
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:24pm
” Violence tax?” In Alice’s Rabbit Hole Upside Down Democrat World, they charge the lawful citizens who purchase firearms BECAUSE they know those people will PAY the tax. ” The Violence Tax” should be paid by the violent, but, of course, they are now the ” innocent ” victims of the evil ” rich !” Remember this is Alice’s / Obama ‘s Rabbit Hole Upside Down world…. soon to crumble economically…he’ll, again, Blame the Rich..or George Bush..

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endthemindlessspending
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:23pm
Anyone who is living in that county deserves the shytty life and government they have. They should be proud of themselves for killing innocent people left and right. That county and city make me sick.

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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:23pm
This is just the start. Thanks to the Obamacare SCOTUS decision, these firearm fees will go up to hundreds or thousands of dollars – basically turning into a gun ban

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- Jarhead 88
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 1:12am
  Quit acting like you’re not one of the maggots that got us here, you coward.
  
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- Swalker
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 7:18am
  Florida, we should get the hell out now, I took down the Stars and Stripes and put up the Stars and Bars last month, Florida will leave acre by acre but we will join with Texas,, Time to start this game over..
  Freedom nowlllllllllll
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:07am
  likewise
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:20am
  To me, this tax promotes a self-perpetuating cycle that is counter-productive to the State’s intentions- reducing guns.
  
  Raising taxes is soft tyranny that only makes more people want to buy more guns…
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:51am
  Morning SOY aka “Scapegoat” ….lol…
  
  What’s the deal with JARHEADCASE following you around pointing his gun at you? Did you park in his handicapped spot or something?
  
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v15
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:21pm
Tax, tax, tax, tax. No wonder George Harrison wrote a song about taxing everything. Violence tax? Give me a break. TAX EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT OWN A GUN!! You’re about to tax everyone who doesn’t have healthcare!! The Federal Government is too damn big, too controlling, it has its hands in almost every part of my life. SCREW THE GOVERNMENT – GET OUT OF MY LIFE!!! People can only be pushed for so long before they push back!!

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- ruthere
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:29pm
  Get your state to secede from the Union like Texas & Louisiana did. Lets get these more red states going on this. I live in Florida but we have more Red counties than blue. I want Florida to get going or I may be moving to Louisiana or Texas. I’d like to have more Southern states get it going too in case Florida doesn’t.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:45pm
  so instead of give me liberty or death…..It has become ‘give me Romney or death”?
  
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- v15
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:56pm
  Soy, I saw Romney as someone who would at least get the country pointed closer to the right direction. I’m not a 24/7 Republican. When my freedom is on the line then I would like to vote for the person that has the best chance of winning and who would preserve what freedom I still have. Freedom or death? No, it’s more like give me freedom or hello Canada (or Singapore)!!
  
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nighttrainno9
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:21pm
Gee, I wonder if the thugs will pay their $25.00 tax . How stupid these
chicago liberals are.

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mcnak90
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:21pm
do they really think criminals are the ones who have registered guns? left-wing tunnel vision is driving us all into a hole

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- KangarooJack
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:39pm
  They really do promote this vision regarding guns and “ownership”
  
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AmericanStrega
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:20pm
…”a 1.2% tax on items costing more than $3,500 purchased outside the county”. So If I live in Cook County how will they know if I bought, let’s say a generator, from a diferent county or from a different state? Maybe I bought this $3,500 generator at an auction. How will they know to tax me? As for the tax on firearms, well, I’ll just go to the next county. And as for smokes…I’ll just cross county lines an get my smokes there. What, are they going to put a cop at the county line and search every car for smokes? If so, wouldn’t that negate the tax through extra pay for the cops? OH HECK, what do I know? I’m just a rube who pays all these new taxes.

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- PaxInVeritate
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 10:38am
  Indeed. They’re just creating another reason for a ‘Blackmarket’.
  
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exfire
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:20pm
How stupid is this…Let me understand this, If I buy a gun in a legal gun shop..I”ll have to pay 25.00 to the city to buy it ? I’m going to be in Texas soon to visit my daughters…I’ll get my gun there thank you….

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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:18pm
This is what I heard the first step of the plan would be…just like they did with cigarettes. The prices are going to go way up and taxes on them too also bullets will get very expensive.

The governments city, county, state, federal do not care about the people or their safety…they only care about increasing spending constantly..never does the spending go down. They just keep bonding and bonding and rolling over bonds that they never pay off. They are sick addicts and corrupted by power and influence. There are a few good example of fiscal heroes such a Scott Walker or Mitch Daniels but they are rare.

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grayling646
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:17pm
Many of those decisions will cause revenues to drop.

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circleDwagons
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:17pm
This is great i recommend that they raise more taxes. And 25$ is too low, they need to increase it to 99$.

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- jado1981
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:37pm
  Sarcasm doesn’t always translate well over the internet, but it didn’t come through this time. I don’t know if it was intended or not.
  
  IF you were being sarcastic, I can see that point and say, hell, why stop at 99, jack that thing up to $500 as a tax.
  
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- Carrie3570
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:04am
  I’d so with a $2500 tax on guns and $500 tax on cigarettes…. what else were they taxing, oh yeah slot machines… tax that $500,000 a machine. Let me just figure this out on paper… *calculating* …. there, I just balanced the budget in Chicago aka Fantasyland!
  
  Seems to me some people don’t understand that we can drive somewhere else to buy the same things at a lower cost.
  
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- circleDwagons
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:04am
  @jado. Iwas going for sarcastic and funny. 99.99$ would have been better.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:25am
  Personally, i would like to see the tax on cigarettes be $99.99… then MAYBE i’d quit smoking…
  
  Who am i kidding? … I’d probably just start growing my own tobacco…
  
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greg10101
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:16pm
I’m sure the criminals, who are the individuals committing this violence, will be happy to pony up the money to pay this tax…. Oh wait a minute. Criminals don’t get weapons through legitimate channels, so they won’t be paying this. Yet another Cook County tax which won’t solve a thing. I especially like how Preckwinkle calls this a “fiscally responsible” budget. What a joke. Cook County hasn’t done anything fiscally responsible for decades. They have one of the highest sales tax rates in the country, and still can’t close their budget hole.

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- ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 5:50am
  Okay, do you guys think the guns that end up on the street and in the hands of criminals just materialized from thin air? Honestly, how do you guys think guns end up on the street? I think you guys are willfully ignorant or just plain stupid. Its quite simple, its not by magic or accident. Some “lawful” citizen has “legally” purchased these guns, often dozens at a time in short time spans, with the full intention of then selling them illegally on the street. From the manufacturer, to the gun store owners, to the gun lobbies all know this is what occurs happens and are complicit it in it.
  
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Dde13
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:16pm
TAX, TAX, TAX…..not one word about cutting spending…..typical!!!
Responsible people get taxed while thugs pay the street price.

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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:15pm
So Again the law abiding are paying the bills for the Gang Bangers. I think we have more and surpassed Slave reparations by now. Wonder when I can get mine for my Scottish ancestors?

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:22pm
  HEY, HEY, HEY! I’m first because I’m 1 millionth a percent Native American. You Scot’s came after me! (sarc)
  
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- KangarooJack
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:37pm
  Have to laugh. Whilst researching the maternal family tree…knew about the Scottish/Irish/English/Pottawattamie Indian background, but gee- called me mum up and told her Hey, Great Great Great Great Grandma was a Russian Jew…blew my Mom’s sock’s off! What does this have to do with a $25 tax on guns in Chicago? Absolutely NOTHING- much like ANY TAX ON GUNS IN CHICAGO has to do with ANYTHING regarding The Constitution.
  I read that Jesse Jackson Jr. won his re-election while he still in the psyche ward…hmmm
  Barry in DC for Mayor?
  Coleman Young?
  Kwami in Detroit?
  AT NO POINT will this “tax” impact Chicago Crime, but THEY voted them back in- let them live with it.
  
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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:37pm
  I’m 1/25 Cherokee as well HAHAHA.
  Sarcasm appreciated and noted hahah/
  
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CANDLEMAKER
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:11pm
Amen!!!!

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scout n ambush
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:10pm
BO & Holder could owe billions if this goes country wide (fast n furious) and international libya/syria

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:50pm
  @Scout:
  
  This kind of tax, aside from being stupid, is being used as a means of control and suppression. If you do not pay the tax, you cannot purchase an firearm. Tie this in with more taxes, if done, on ammo and more fees for permits, licenses and so forth, you achieve an indirect form of gun control for law abiding people.
  
  All taxation and regulation can become instruments of repression, coercion and control. This in turn gives that level of government more power over individuals or targeted groups of individuals; which in turn perpetuates the cycles as a government can play one ‘repressed’ group off another.
  
  Control and power: the keystones of all government action and especially that of the Democrats.
  
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Lt_Scrounge
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:10pm
Yes, in a down economy are exactly what you want to do is raise taxes…. if you want to make things worse. Of course we are talking commisars in the Peoples’ Republik of Illinois’s Kook County.

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Strasser
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 11:06pm
Wow…I can just see all those law-abiding little gang-bangers lining up to pay the $25 fee on their new firearms. I have a better idea: every time an innocent person in Chicago is murdered because they couldn’t get a gun to defend themselves, charge every state legislator and city council person a $10,000 fine. That would either solve their economic problems or change their attitudes about legal firearms mighty quickly.

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- ANTISOCIAL-IST
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:26pm
  or, an even more lucrative method is to place a tax on all of the taxpayer-purchased firearms that our govt. sends around the world, arming ever legitimate and illegitimate govt, terrorists, freedom fighters, and band of thugs, and not one of them is required to pass a background check, unlike the u.s. citizens who actually purchased those weapons, and who have never agreed for the u.s. govt. to be arming all of these people around the world with our weapons, who, as history has shown, tend to turn them against us eventually.
  
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- Strasser
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:52pm
  Amen! I think we have a good all-around solution going here.
  
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