Gun rights advocacy groups are suing the state of California over a new law that adds an extra tax on firearm and ammunition sales.
The law, passed in 2023, imposes an 11 percent tax on gun-related sales in the state. The proceeds from the tax are ostensibly aimed at funding programs to decrease gun violence.
Enacted in 2023, California Assembly Bill 28 imposed the additional tax on gross receipts from all retail sales of guns, gun parts and ammunition. The money from this tax was then funneled into a number of gun safety initiatives, including school safety programs, firearm relinquishment grant programs, counseling for victims of mass shootings and grant programs for victims of gun violence.
The Firearms Policy Coalition, the National Rifle Association, the California Rifle & Pistol Association, and the Second Amendment Foundation are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, arguing that it…
