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NRA sues Seattle over $25 gun tax

The NRA and two other advocacy groups have sued Seattle over its new gun tax. The National Rifle Association filed the lawsuit in conjunction with the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a gun industry group based in Newtown, Connecticut, and the Second Amendment Foundation, a gun rights group in Bellevue near Seattle. Two Seattle gun shops and two individual gun purchasers also joined in the suit, which was filed Monday.

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    Can someone explain the controversy here? I don't understand why a tax on guns is considered to be a gun control law?

    "That's like putting a tax on a pharmacy to address a drug epidemic," said Keane. "The only difference is that purchasing a gun is a constitutional right."

    Well, the states that have legalized marijuana have taxed it pretty heavily, as I understand it. Isn't that the same thing?

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