[mentos]

I'm pretty sure the lethal part of the equation isn't metal receivers but gun powder and bullets.

Why aren't we limiting the sale of bullets (explosives)?

edit: Chris Rock said it best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db0Y4qIZ4PA

[hga]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United...

Except for some "slave states" as I've taken to calling them, you can buy ammo mail order, often with a statement of age or perhaps a photocopy of your drivers license. Powder, bullets, cases and primers by mail, although there may be limits to the amount of powder you can hold before the BATF wants a license, safe(r) storage, etc. And similarly your local fire department prefers or may demand limits.

And this stuff is stable, lasts a long time. My father has several 25 pound casks of powder he or his father bought before or after WWII that he's still reloading from, and ammo manufactured in WWII is still being used (although a lot of it has corrosive primers, requiring much more thorough cleaning).

[beachstartup]

you can get ammo shipped to most cities in CA. notable exception is LA (city proper).

[mentos]

is taxing ammunition unconstitutional?

[hga]

Absolutely not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittman%E2%80%93Robertson_Fede...

~ 10% is fine (although those of us who don't hunt want more ranges built with this money, which is happening).

Amount that are clearly so much they're intended to hamper access are unconstitutional. Ones that are structured differently have been held unconstitutional: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vo...