I, too, believe it to be a sham. Good luck in your attempt to talk common sense to them.
Maybe you could bring in some tax information, as in how much money they will lose out on if they ban hand guns and semi-autos. I am not sure if you would even be able to do that but something on how much pistol caliber ammo you sell, how much "assault weapon" (their definition) ammo you sell, how many hand guns and "assault rifles" you sell. More specifically, not numbers but how much tax they would be losing currently. Then maybe mix in the number of people you employ and the un-employment numbers for your location. You may want to indicate that there would be potential job lay-offs that would be added to the loss of tax income. That might make them pay attention to the actual numbers of things that are bought and the taxes paid by shooters. No government likes to lose tax money.
Just an idea that might be worth having in your back pocket.
Good luck and god speed.
Peter
Maybe you could bring in some tax information, as in how much money they will lose out on if they ban hand guns and semi-autos. I am not sure if you would even be able to do that but something on how much pistol caliber ammo you sell, how much "assault weapon" (their definition) ammo you sell, how many hand guns and "assault rifles" you sell. More specifically, not numbers but how much tax they would be losing currently. Then maybe mix in the number of people you employ and the un-employment numbers for your location. You may want to indicate that there would be potential job lay-offs that would be added to the loss of tax income. That might make them pay attention to the actual numbers of things that are bought and the taxes paid by shooters. No government likes to lose tax money.
Just an idea that might be worth having in your back pocket.
Good luck and god speed.
Peter




















































