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Neither were the Columbine shooters. Someone bought their guns for them illegally. But in both cases it's possible - not inevitable, but inevitability isn't necessary in either case - that more expensive ammunition would have prevented both actions.
I'm not thrilled with the idea of a gunpowder tax. But if we're to pay for gun violence prevention and mental health coverage with an eye towards preventing gun violence, then the idea I've proposed is, by far, the fairest: let those who are most likely to engage in violent behavior pay for preventing that behavior.
gun owners are less than one in 100 to engage in crime
black males-far higher
so why not tax black males