“turn law-abiding gun owners into criminals” and “reduce gun ownership.” The goal of every gun control law.
Colorado’s Proposition KK, which imposes an additional 6.5% tax on gun purchases, turns “law-abiding gun owners into criminals,” one county official said
A new state tax on guns and ammunition could hurt people who want to protect themselves in Colorado, some residents said, with one county official telling Fox News Digital the move is meant to “turn law-abiding gun owners into criminals” and “reduce gun ownership.”
Colorado imposed a 6.5% excise tax on gun sales in addition to pre-existing federal taxes, the latest in a slew of gun control measures that have passed this year. Proposition KK, the first such measure to be established through a ballot referendum, garnered 54.4% of votes on Nov. 5.
“The fact that they think that all this crime is caused by guns is ridiculous,” El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf told Fox News Digital. “It’s not caused by the guns at all, it’s caused by evil intent – these laws turn law-abiding gun owners into criminals. But … the point is to reduce gun ownership. The point is to eliminate points of sale to make it harder to purchase, own and procure a gun.
By Christina Coulter