Tax the ammunitition

I think one of the best - and easiest - solutions is: Let everyone have a gun (within parameters of course, meaning continue background checks, no guns for felons, etc.).

Once you own the gun, it has to be treated as a vehicle: Registration with state or federal agency, with a reasonable annual fee per firearm; $1 million liability insurance, along with medical payments; Licensing and periodic testing of your ability.

But that's not all. Here's the easiest part: tax the ammunition. And I mean, per bullet/round. Man, the states would be rolling in revenue. I think $5 per bullet sounds good. So, you need a 10 round magazine, you pay for the ammo - say, $20 for the clip - but then add $50 on top of that for the ammo tax. Leave the actual amount to the taxing state, but it has to meet a federal minimum; so, if the minimum is $5 per round, Texas might want to charge that, but Kentucky might want to charge $7.50 per round.

This is all completely constitutional. Taxation does not infringe in the least. You can have all the ammunition you want ... as long as you pay for it.

Susan Osada

Buffalo Grove