NRA Sues California Over Excise Tax on Guns, Ammunition

The National Rifle Association of America and other gun rights advocacy groups sued California over its newly effective 11% excise tax on the sale of guns and ammunition, alleging the measure violates the Second Amendment.

The groups and individual taxpayers said the court should rule that the excise tax is unconstitutional because it singles out a constitutional right for special taxation, which is prohibited under US Supreme Court precedent.

“Here, California effectively seeks the power to destroy the exercise of a constitutional right by singling it out for special taxation,” ...