Greg Bishop / The Center Square on the Gun & Ammo Tax ruling

From The Center Square:

(The Center Square) – A gun rights advocate is praising a Cook County judge’s decision to side with them against the county’s gun and ammunition tax.

Cook County enacted a $25 tax per firearm and 1 to 5 cent tax per round of ammunition in 2012. After legal challenges, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled against the county in 2021. The county had previously amended the measure and reinstated the tax.

Guns Save Life sued and Monday a Cook County judge sided with the gun rights group.

“Finally now, after what, four year, the trial court has ruled that ‘look, we don’t have the authority to re-litigate this case and as such, here’s the final decision throwing out the Cook County gun and ammo tax,” Guns Save Life Executive Director John Boch told The Center Square.

Boch said the Second Amendment is like other fundamental rights and can’t be singled out for taxes.

“Like the First Amendment, or the right to vote, or even the right of the free press,” Boch said.