If passed, the legislation would impose a 1,000% tax on any type of semi-automatic weapon, making the firearms prohibitively expensive for most would-be buyers.
and Buffalo last month.
The new bill, introduced by Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia on Tuesday, comes as a group of 20 senators announced Sunday that they had on the key priorities of a deal to reform the nation's gun laws. The 1,000% tax on semi-automatic weapons would"give the Senate an option for further action to address the epidemic of gun violence" beyond the reform already in the works, Beyer said in a statement.
Called the"Assault Weapons Excise Act," the proposal would add the hefty tax to"large-capacity ammunition feeding devices and semi-automatic assault weapons, according to the of the bill. If enacted, the semi-automatic rifle allegedly used by the Uvalde shooter would cost $18,700, instead of its current retail price of $1,870.
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