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Advocates press committee for excise tax on guns and ammunition to fund violence-prevention programs
Summary
Supporters including violence‑prevention groups and clinicians urged the committee to create a modest excise on firearms and ammunition (H.3082) to fund community violence intervention, survivor services and research; hunting and sportsmen groups opposed the measure citing conservation funding concerns.
Advocates for an excise tax on firearms and ammunition urged the Joint Committee on Revenue to favorably report H.3082, which would establish a public‑health and safety fund supported by a wholesale excise on firearms and ammunition.
"This legislation would establish the public health and safety fund ensuring that revenue from the sale of firearms and ammunition is directed towards violence prevention, research, and survivor services," Ruth Safran, CEO of the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, said in testimony.
Representatives of community‑based violence‑intervention…
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