A proposed new tax in Cook County, Ill., home of violence-plagued Chicago, takes aim at guns, and gun rights activists arent happy about it. President Toni Preckwinkle wants to introduce a “violence tax” on guns and ammunition to help plug a $115 million budget gap in 2013. Under the tax, guns and ammunition would cost more, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, but Preckwinkle isnt saying how much more just yet.The aim of the proposal is to curb the number of guns in circulation, Preckwinkles chief of staff, Kurt Summers, told the newspaper. Summers cited a report from last summer showing that nearly one-third of the guns recovered on the Chicagos streets were purchased in

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