Wait,....what?! Delegate Filler-Corn, (D-Fairfax),has authored legislation that exempts gun safes from sales tax?
https://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2016/hb1210/
Anybody know what is going on here? Are we having an "opposites day" at the General Assembly?
Gun safes; establishes an exemption from retail sales tax. (HB1210)
Description
Sales tax exemption; gun safes. Establishes an exemption from retail sales tax for the purchase of a gun safe with a selling price of $1,000 or less. The bill defines a gun safe as a safe or vault that is (i) commercially available, (ii) secured with a digital or dial combination locking mechanism or biometric locking mechanism, and (iii) designed for the storage of a firearm or for ammunition for use in a firearm. Under the bill a gun safe does not include a glass-faced cabinet. Amends § 58.1-609.10, of the Code of Virginia. Read the Bill »
Status
01/18/2016: Awaiting a Vote in the Finance Committee