Alabama's Second Amendment Tax Holiday: A One-Off Event?

0:00Alabama lawmakers are pushing House Bill 360, dubbed the Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday. It offers a break on the state's 4% sales tax for firearms, ammunition, and related gear, but only over the last weekend of August. Local governments can choose to join in or not, making their relief spotty at best. Catherine Dorrell slammed the bill in an op-ed, calling it a risky step toward more guns on the streets. But Taylor Rhodes fired back in the Montgomery advertiser, agreeing its flawed just not for being too pro-gun. He calls it a weak gimmick that lets politicians brag without real change. Gun owners seem split, but mostly unimpressed, saying they need permanent tax cuts on constitutionally protected items, not a one-off event. Critics like Dorrell worry it normalizes heavy gun buying, while supporters see it as a crumb compared to what voters expect from a Republican. Supermajority. Meanwhile, Ford is offering a much bigger deal, a nearly four-month tax holiday on similar

1:01items starting in September. Alabama gun buyers already face federal excise taxes around 10-11%, plus local add-ons up to 7%, stacking the burden high. As the legislative session winds down in just days, pressure bills for the Senate to tough in the bill with statewide, permanent relief that overrides. Global opt-outs, real reform could finally match the bull talk on Second Amendment rights. That's the story for today. Birmingham News Today, Driven by AI