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Well, I do remember the magazine thing and that's not the same. Delivery dates mattered because that was when you took possession. State just couldn't do anything to prove it. I addressed it in another post at another time. You can't pull back an airplane or a truck once it left, but you will note that even though they shipped but arrived after the fact, there was no one to prove when they arrived. Moreover, it was on the state to prove you got them before or after the fact, which was not possible because magazines aren't serialized. The state knew it and so had to live with the fact that you couldn't order them after that moment and that was it. To prove that fact, I also stated that you could walk into the LGS at 1659, grab the magazines you wanted, but if you got to the counter at 1701, you were out of luck; you had to put them back and walk out. The hard date was still in effect but there were physical factors like being in physical transit and an undocumentable arrival date making it unenforceable. Not to mention that there was no waiting period to complicate things. Bet money that the state would have seized ANY MAGAZINE that arrived at your doorstep at 1701 that Friday if they could have proven you got it.
In the case of this "tax", the state doesn't have to prove anything because the LGS's are going to do that for them when they file their taxes and all of the paperwork that goes with each transaction. Unlike the mag bans, where the state would have to have subpoenaed out of state companies about unserialized items (who would have told them to pound sand and I believe, IIRC, one did), the companies are required to furnish all of this information because it's a firearm and because it's a tax (or a surcharge or fee or whatever the name de jour is). You and I both know this, so the state only has to set the date and they can prove without doubt that any given transaction failed to abide by it.
LGSs aren't going to risk that so buy whatever gun you want on June 24. When you pick it up, there will be an additional 11% due on the transaction.
As far as the SSEs, yes, I remember that too. I stand on the fact that there was the uncontrolled delivery...ie the plane, train, truck or auto that was delivering the firearm can't be called back because of the problem. The state let it go. As far as DROSing those pistols after the deadline, that would not be the same. We're talking about DROSing before the deadline and picking up afterword.
The simple fact is that this is a couple of clicks in the computer to charge the 11%. Even if you were held correct on the past, the old adage about investing applies: "Past performance does not guarantee future results". This is about money in a state that is $37B in debt.
In the case of this "tax", the state doesn't have to prove anything because the LGS's are going to do that for them when they file their taxes and all of the paperwork that goes with each transaction. Unlike the mag bans, where the state would have to have subpoenaed out of state companies about unserialized items (who would have told them to pound sand and I believe, IIRC, one did), the companies are required to furnish all of this information because it's a firearm and because it's a tax (or a surcharge or fee or whatever the name de jour is). You and I both know this, so the state only has to set the date and they can prove without doubt that any given transaction failed to abide by it.
LGSs aren't going to risk that so buy whatever gun you want on June 24. When you pick it up, there will be an additional 11% due on the transaction.
As far as the SSEs, yes, I remember that too. I stand on the fact that there was the uncontrolled delivery...ie the plane, train, truck or auto that was delivering the firearm can't be called back because of the problem. The state let it go. As far as DROSing those pistols after the deadline, that would not be the same. We're talking about DROSing before the deadline and picking up afterword.
The simple fact is that this is a couple of clicks in the computer to charge the 11%. Even if you were held correct on the past, the old adage about investing applies: "Past performance does not guarantee future results". This is about money in a state that is $37B in debt.
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