Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Taxes on Firearms, Ammunition

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Over the years, the gun control lobby has found increasingly creative ways to try to ultimately end the Second Amendment. Most gun control activists claim they just want to keep bad people from accessing firearms; however, the policies backed by the gun control lobby tell a different narrative.

Take taxes on firearms and ammunition purchases, for instance. This is something Cook County, Illinois recently implemented. The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved this; however, these taxes do not halt bad people from getting guns. They only make it more expensive for legal gun owners to purchase firearms and ammunition.

However, in a win for Second Amendment supporters, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously struck down the aforementioned taxes on firearms and ammunition buys.

The decision of the Illinois Supreme Court

Following a lawsuit against Cook County, the Illinois Supreme Court deemed the county’s aforementioned imposed taxes as at odds with Illinois’ Constitution. The court moreover proclaimed these taxes impede individuals’ rights to obtain firearms and ammunition.