Although lead ammunition prohibitions are being kept at bay federally, states like Maryland are perennially debating bills to phase these items out.
This past legislative session, several bills were heard and ultimately defeated last month in Annapolis, Maryland. Namely, a sin tax and lead phaseout by 2029, respectively.
Anti-gun lawmakers introduced the deceptively-named Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act (House Bill 19 and Senate Bill 118) to institute an additional “11% excise tax on firearms dealers for the sale of firearms, accessories, and ammunition” under the guise of funding gun violence prevention and intervention programs. But as observed in other states that adopt these measures, they don’t help victims of actual crimes. Instead, they price law-abiding gun owners out of shooting sports activities altogether, act as de facto slush funds for gun control interests, and discriminate against the lawful exercise of our Second Amendment rights.
“They pick those numbers very, very purposefully because they mirror the numbers that manufacturers already pay for the Pittman Robertson excise tax, which supports all your wildlife conservation in America,” Mark Oliva, managing director of public affairs at the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), told Townhall.
Relatedly, the lead ammunition phaseout bills (House Bill 1067 and Senate Bill 181) nearly passed both chambers of Maryland’s General Assembly. The bills would have mandated a lead-ammunition phaseout by 2029 that applies to hunting for all Maryland game species. It came dangerously close to becoming law this year, but ultimately failed – for now.
lmao, I dont need some uneducated liberal lying pos telling me what I can and cant do when it comes to my constitutional rights! and I dont need approval from them or a piece of paper from them saying whether or not I am entitled to this right! stop playing their game! and maybe they’ll realize they’ve lost the plot!