More Guns and Less State Revenue

Gun rights advocates will soon be trying to remove the requirement for a carry permit in Tennessee. A (Nashville) Tennessean article found today at the link below, gives details on this ongoing initiative:

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111128/NEWS0201/311280016/Gun-rights-groups-challenge-limitations-TN?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

State and local governments nationwide, lose around $11.4 billion in annual sales tax revenue due to tax-free online purchases, according to William Fox, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at UT-K.  For more on this, see the article linked here, found on November 28, 2011:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/story/2011-11-27/online-retailers-sales-tax/51425268/1

 

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