This will be interesting in many ways.  Guns weren't taxed in the colonial era and poll taxes to vote in elections were deemed unconstitutional.

However this may affect the 11% federal firearms tax that goes into he Pittman Robertson fund.  This fund promotes firearms and hunting and helps build/renovate our ranges and hunting opportunities here

that tax does nothing for Kokohead. Why do people keep giving govt money to promote / help things. Govt is the worst project manager.

The court held that the $1,000 tax was an unconstitutional restriction on the right to bear arms.
The court noted that the excise tax was roughly 670% of the purchase price, far from a de minimis
intrusion on the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

In order to pass constitutional muster, an optimal gun violence prevention excise tax should take
effect upon a gun owner’s third gun purchase. In Heller, the Supreme Court found that the Second
Amendment provides the “undoubted constitutional right to keep arms (plural) in [the] home for
self-defense.” The term “plural” is plainly defined as more than one. This gun violence prevention
tax scheme strictly satisfies the textual demands of the Second Amendment as espoused in Heller,
as a gun owner’s first two guns are free from tax. Only after the purchase of a third gun would the
tax take effect, increasing incrementally with each gun purchase thereafter. This would ensure that
the tax rate is always closely tied to the number of guns purchased, so the tax would never be
considered prohibitive or exclusionary.

more people are killed in traffic accidents - why don't we levy a tax on drivers

Do vehicle registration fees not count?

that tax does nothing for Kokohead. Why do people keep giving govt money to promote / help things. Govt is the worst project manager.

Do vehicle registration fees not count?

more people are killed in traffic accidents - why don't we levy a tax on drivers