MD ammunition tax bill: .05$ a round

[Novus Collectus]

Synopsis:

Authorizing a person to sell ammunition for a regulated firearm on or after January 1, 2009, only in accordance with the Act; requiring an ammunition manufacturer to encode ammunition for a regulated firearm in a specified way; requiring the Secretary of State Police beginning on January 1, 2009, to establish and maintain an encoded ammunition database; imposing a tax of 5 cents per round on the sale of encoded ammunition beginning on January 1, 2009; etc.

http://mlis.state.md.us/2008RS/billfile/HB0517.htm

Sponsored by:
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41
Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, District 45
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40
Delegate Melvin L. Stukes, District 44
Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Jay Walker, District 26


This is a de facto ammunition ban for handguns and regulated rifles in MD because no manufacturer will be able to comply with the encoding by Jan 1 2009 and most will not see the point of complying just for MD customers. This is a sneaky way to make ammunition unavailable for hunters, recreational shooters and prevents people that need a gun for home defense from practicing.

Even if there is a manufacturer that supplies MD with encoded ammunition, they will charge more for the encoding batches and then there is the $.05 a round cost to us. For those of us that shoot a thousand rounds a year that is $50 in tax alone, and maybe double that with the manufactuters added cost.
Some of us shoot ten thousand rounds a year. This would be at least a $500 annual tax. They want to tax the gun sports out of existence or backdoor ban it.

[LordStanley]

What do they consider a regulated Firearm?

[clevalley (Premo)]

NFW!!! You have to be joking!!!

E-mail to Levy, Jameson and Murphy has been sent (like it matters)

Another reason why I am considering relocating...

[LordStanley]

Can they Tax internet orders?

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by LordStanley

What do they consider a regulated Firearm?

[Novus Collectus]

Originally Posted by LordStanley

What do they consider a regulated Firearm?

(p) "Regulated firearm" means:

(1) a handgun; or

(2) a firearm that is any of the following specific assault weapons or their copies, regardless of which company produced and manufactured that assault weapon:

(i) American Arms Spectre da Semiautomatic carbine;

(ii) AK-47 in all forms;

(iii) Algimec AGM-1 type semi-auto;

(iv) AR 100 type semi-auto;

(v) AR 180 type semi-auto;

(vi) Argentine L.S.R. semi-auto;

(vii) Australian Automatic Arms SAR type semi-auto;

(viii) Auto-Ordnance Thompson M1 and 1927 semi-automatics;

(ix) Barrett light .50 cal. semi-auto;

(x) Beretta AR70 type semi-auto;

(xi) Bushmaster semi-auto rifle;

(xii) Calico models M-100 and M-900;

(xiii) CIS SR 88 type semi-auto;

(xiv) Claridge HI TEC C-9 carbines;

(xv) Colt AR-15, CAR-15, and all imitations except Colt AR-15 Sporter H-BAR rifle;

(xvi) Daewoo MAX 1 and MAX 2, aka AR 100, 110C, K-1, and K-2;

(xvii) Dragunov Chinese made semi-auto;

(xviii) Famas semi-auto (.223 caliber);

(xix) Feather AT-9 semi-auto;

(xx) FN LAR and FN FAL assault rifle;

(xxi) FNC semi-auto type carbine;

(xxii) F.I.E./Franchi LAW 12 and SPAS 12 assault shotgun;

(xxiii) Steyr-AUG-SA semi-auto;

(xxiv) Galil models AR and ARM semi-auto;

(xxv) Heckler and Koch HK-91 A3, HK-93 A2, HK-94 A2 and A3;

(xxvi) Holmes model 88 shotgun;

(xxvii) Avtomat Kalashnikov semiautomatic rifle in any format;

(xxviii) Manchester Arms "Commando" MK-45, MK-9;

(xxix) Mandell TAC-1 semi-auto carbine;

(xxx) Mossberg model 500 Bullpup assault shotgun;

(xxxi) Sterling Mark 6;

(xxxii) P.A.W.S. carbine;

(xxxiii) Ruger mini-14 folding stock model (.223 caliber);

(xxxiv) SIG 550/551 assault rifle (.223 caliber);

(xxxv) SKS with detachable magazine;

(xxxvi) AP-74 Commando type semi-auto;

(xxxvii) Springfield Armory BM-59, SAR-48, G3, SAR-3, M-21 sniper rifle, M1A, excluding the M1 Garand;

(xxxviii) Street sweeper assault type shotgun;

(xxxix) Striker 12 assault shotgun in all formats;

(xl) Unique F11 semi-auto type;

(xli) Daewoo USAS 12 semi-auto shotgun;

(xlii) UZI 9mm carbine or rifle;

(xliii) Valmet M-76 and M-78 semi-auto;

(xliv) Weaver Arms "Nighthawk" semi-auto carbine; or

(xlv) Wilkinson Arms 9mm semi-auto "Terry".

In other words the ammunition that will have to be encoded are just about all rifle and handgun rounds because the rifles above or their "copies" fire just about every caliber there is.....including 12 gage shotgun shells and .410.

[Novus Collectus]

Originally Posted by LordStanley

Can they Tax internet orders?

No, but they can say that it is being sold in MD and as a result make it a crime to order ammunition over the internet unless encoded and taxed.

[clevalley (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Novus Collectus

In other words the ammunition that will have to be encoded are just about all rifle and handgun rounds because the rifles above or their "copies" fire just about every caliber there is.....including 12 gage shotgun shells and .410.

Not to mention the "encoding" or serial #'s on a projectile - but what about the logistics of registering it AND tracking it with MSP?!?! Can you imagine the cost of that? Ka-CHING!!!

Friggin liberal idiots and their backwards ass gun control...

[Vince]

Originally Posted by clevalley

NFW!!! You have to be joking!!!

E-mail to Levy, Jameson and Murphy has been sent (like it matters)

Another reason why I am considering relocating...

I don't have much choice until I retire and then, I'm out of Maryland. Between their taxes and gun control BS, this state is really starting to suck.

[Sharon (Premo)]

Criminals will be outraged! They will ban together and buy their ammo on the street from now on.