Connecticut floats a bill to increase the tax on ammunition by fifty percent.  Yes, by half the cost of the box of bullets.  I recently box .45 ammo at Walmart for $15.97 per box of fifty.  That’s basically 32 cents per bullet.  In Connecticut, this same box will cost $23.96 or 48 cents per bullet.

Why would they do this?  Because it is a state run by liberals and leftists.  Guns are bad.  Period.  And like the L&L crowd always tries they tax something they want to stop while subsidizing something they want to continue.  The thing is, Connecticut doesn’t even have glaringly bad gun violence statistics.  They just don’t want an armed citizenry.

How will this work out?  Just look at how the tax on cigarettes has changed smoking habits.  Since 2001 these five states have raised taxes on a pack of cigarettes this much:

Massachusetts:  $3.51

Rhode Island:  $4.25

New York:  $4.35

Connecticut:  $4.35

Washington D.C.:  $4.50

Guess what?  People still smoke in these states.  They either go to another nearby state with lower government seizure efforts taxes, or they simply suck it up.  What will happen with the ammunition tax?  The same thing.  They will just go to the next state over to buy their bullets.  The only thing this will do will lower profits to Connecticut sporting and gun stores.