Gun Rights Group Plans to Challenge California’s 11-Percent Tax on Guns and Ammo

The Orange County-based California Rifle and Pistol Association plans to challenge California’s 11-percent excise tax on guns and ammunition set to take effect July 1. The 150-year-old organization announced its decision May 31 on its website along with a notice that it’s seeking plaintiffs to join the lawsuit. “CRPA and our strategic partners are well aware of this new tax and are working to put together a plan to challenge it in court,” the association wrote to its tens of thousands of members in a blog post. “We recognize that this new tax, which will be collected from consumers through firearm and ammunition retailers, represents a substantial financial burden on law-abiding gun owners.”...