{"id":98829,"date":"2023-12-26T08:22:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T14:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=98829"},"modified":"2023-12-26T08:22:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T14:22:09","slug":"98829","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=98829","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

No tax on bullets? Why one SC lawmaker wants to eliminate sales tax for some ammunition<\/a><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a South Carolina gun owner, there\u2019s a chance you could be able to buy ammunition without a sales tax in the future, if a new proposal becomes a law.<\/p>\n

State Rep. Ashley Trantham, R-Greenville, filed a bill ahead of the legislative session that begins in January that would eliminate the sales tax on small arms ammunition. This would include ammunition for any \u201cportable firearm,\u201d which could include \u201crifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers with no barrel greater than an internal diameter of .50 caliber or a shotgun of ten gauge or smaller,\u201d the bill reads.<\/p>\n

Small arms ammunition is normally what gun owners keep in a purse, by their bedside or in their vehicle, Trantham said. These weapons are used for personal protection, she added, which is why she is pushing to eliminate the sales tax only for for small arms ammunition and not bigger guns used for hunting or other uses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have open borders, and more than ever, we just don\u2019t know who we\u2019re going to come across,\u201d Trantham said. \u201cWhen we\u2019re out shopping, when we\u2019re even in our homes. I\u2019m seeing cases where there\u2019s home invasions, things like that happening, more rapid than I can remember in the past ever seeing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trantham said she filed the bill based on a request from a constituent. South Carolina, Trantham said, should \u201cdefinitely\u201d not pursue gun control laws that she said would make it harder for people to protect themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was specifically just to make sure that people that obviously can legally own a firearm have access to it, and it can be a little bit more affordable,\u201d Trantham said. \u201cI honestly don\u2019t believe that we should be taxing a constitutional right.\u201d<\/p>\n

The South Carolina state sales tax rate is 6%. Dozens of items are exempted from sales tax in the state, from hearing aids to erectile dysfunction medication to materials used to assemble missiles.<\/p>\n

In the past year, another state sales tax exemption was proposed: feminine hygiene products, including menstrual pads and tampons. Advocates for that proposal argued that those items are medical necessities and should not be taxed in South Carolina. That bill passed the House and remains sitting in the hands of the Senate finance committee.<\/p>\n

Trantham, who is a S.C. House Freedom Caucus member, said she believes eliminating the tax on small arms ammunition is a \u201cno-brainer,\u201d but it\u2019s not yet clear whether the General Assembly will choose to make the bill a priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would think that it would be easy,\u201d Trantham said. \u201cBut then again, when you have people in Columbia that campaign one way and then vote another, it\u2019s hard to say what they\u2019ll grab a hold on. If the people decide it\u2019s priority, they have the power, which is beautiful. That\u2019s that\u2019s the way it\u2019s supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No tax on bullets? Why one SC lawmaker wants to eliminate sales tax for some ammunition If you\u2019re a South Carolina gun owner, there\u2019s a chance you could be able to buy ammunition without a sales tax in the future, if a new proposal becomes a law. State Rep. Ashley Trantham, R-Greenville, filed a bill … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98830,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98829\/revisions\/98830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}