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Caesar:

The idea is an old one and a good one.

USA TODAY Update
Oct. 26, 1992
Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network

BULLET TAX PROPOSED:
   A tax on bullets could pay for the health crisis created by the
widespread availability of guns, doctors told a Senate panel
Friday. Violent injuries add about $5.3 billion to the U.S.
health-care tab - mainly to the cost of high-cost emergency care,
says American Medical Association trustee Robert McAfee, a
Portland, Maine, surgeon.

Senator Daniel P. Moynihan supported the proposal for McAfee.  Moynihan
advocated using the proceeds to fund a research centre, to study the causes
and effects of gun-related violence.  The National Rifle Association was
opposed.

Barry Armstrong

-----Original Message-----
From: caesar ursic
Subject: Taxing Bullets

Esteemed colleagues:
Tomorrow (Friday), California State Senator Don Perata
will hold a press conference here in Oakland to
introduce a proposal to tax the sale of bullets.
Revenues from the tax would be disbursed among state
trauma centers to help cover the costs of trauma care.

The basic premise of Perata's proposal is:
"...gunshots are among the most expensive injuries to
treat...most victims are non-insured...a majority of
trauma centers take a financial loss to serve the
trauma needs of their communities...gunshots are a
preventable cost to society...taxing bullets will help
offset this cost..."

If approved by the California State Legislature, the
measure would require voter approval in November of
this year.  Where it would go from there if the voters
make it law is anybody's guess, but as they say.."as
does California, so eventually does the rest of the
country..."  (I apologize to all the non -US list
participants, as this post may not really be relevant
outside the US - or maybe it is...)

So my question to you all is:
How many of you agree with this proposal, and why?
Would you be willing to support it if and when it
became an issue in your state or community?

Please do NOT turn this into another Second Amendment
discussion.  Keep it relevant to healthcare and what
you see as best for your patients.  Is a bullet tax a
viable option?
Thanks.

Caesar M. Ursic, M.D.

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