Constitutional Law

Oklahoma move to repeal sales tax on firearms

Story here. Note a sales tax on firearms isn't a real constitutional difficulty: you can have a nondiscriminatory sales tax on things related to the First Amendment (TVs, radios, and even newspapers although I haven't encountered a jurisdiction that taxes the last). I do think there is a problem with places that impose significant costs on firearms permits just for the sake of making them expensive, and unrelated to any real processing cost. A government can charge for a parade permit, but can't arbitrarily charge $500.

Hat tip to reader Ambiguous Ambiguae...

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).