No need for gun control at all. Put a ten dollar tax on EACH round.

[Katashi_itto]

May not stop things but it might slow things down.

[Trajan]

1. It should work ...

.... as well as the toll booth on Blazing Saddles ...

That slowed them down, eh?

[onehandle]

2. Cue gungeoneer to show off their expertise in making their own ammo.

Guns and their owners should be licensed, taxed, insured, and tracked like automobiles.

[leftyohiolib]

7. if you tax the powder then they get hit too

[flamin lib]

3. Chris Rock, in a standup routine,

suggested $500/round. No need for emergency room care, the shooter would extract the bullet himself . . .

[Katashi_itto]

4. Even better!

[Kingofalldems]

5. Look out below!

[aikoaiko]

6. Good one!

[The_Commonist]

8. I've been saying that for years now.

Or maybe...

It's time for a Constitutional Convention to clarify, alter and/or repeal the 2nd Amendment.
Because, as I read here recently, "When did 'a well-regulated militia' get twisted to mean an unregulated, well-armed populace?"

[Schema Thing]

9. A sane society would do this. (ok, maybe not 10 bucks, but...)

In conjunction with very cheap, doesn't-leave-the-premises-unfired ammo at licensed WELL REGULATED gun ranges where anyone could practice, it seems imminently fair.

[Eleanors38]

10. Hilarious! Yah-HOO! Never heard that before.

[AngryAmish]

11. Can you put a ten dollar tax on every newspaper, too?

[Katashi_itto]

16. What a fascinating argument. Has there been many mass murders with newspapers?

[badtoworse]

17. Do some research: Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue

[Throd]

12. Cool! I can murder ten people for 100 bucks!

Somebody unhinged/insane enough to commit murder isn't going to let money get in their way.

"Fuck! I shot all those people and now I can't pay my electric bill."

[Demo_Chris]

13. It would go to court and they would ban ALL taxes on ammunition...

The power to tax is the power to destroy. You cannot tax a civil right out of existence.

[Lee-Lee]

14. Yup

There is a special 10% tax on guns and ammo now that nobody makes a fuss about.

Bump it up too high and courts will strike it down using the same reasoning as they did with poll taxes- you can't use a tax to prohibit the exercise of a right.

[hack89]

15. Chris Rock is a comedian, not a Constitutional scholar.

what you propose is unconstitutional.