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This morning the Seattle City Council's Education and Governance Committee will hold a second hearing on Council President Tim Burgess' proposed gun and ammunition tax ordinances with two of the three committee members bolstered by their showings in yesterday's primary election. Burgess and Councilwoman Sally Bagshaw both are doing well in the election returns, while alternate Jean Godden is trailing in a three-way race. While the returns may embolden Burgess, the National Shooting Sports Foundation yesterday fired up the firearms industry grassroots with an e-mail blast to members, urging them to oppose what it calls an "ill-advised proposal that will impose a $25 tax on each firearm and a nickel tax on every round of ammunition sold by a retailer in Seattle." Read More |