Cook County is taking its first small steps along the path to Rock's plan. A measure introduced by Cook County Board Commissioner Roberto Maldonado would institute a 10 cent per bullet tax on all ammunition sold in the county.
THE BULLET POINTS
A look at how much of an effect a fee on bullets would have - from small fries to big shots:
10 cents: Deputy Barney Fife, if he bought his own police-issued bullet and was able to join the Cook County Sheriff's Department.
$50: Terry "Tank" Johnson, if the Bears defensive tackle made the trip across the county line for the 500 rounds of ammunition allegedly found in his Lake County home.
$530,368: If every person in Cook County, 5,303,683 according to 2005 U.S. Census estimates, were to do his or her part and buy one bullet.
$600,000,000: From the U.S. military, if Cook County could get its 10-cent fee for the average 1.5 billion rounds of small arms ammunition used each year of the nearly four years of the Iraq war.
Source: The Chicago Sun Times
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