Brent, perhaps your reading and comprehension skills are impaired, or maybe your memory is failing. You posted:
CA does have extra taxes on ammo, however. What they are going to do with them, I do not know and no one has said with anything that approaches credibility.
Go back and read my post from 2/12 on this subject. Not only does it approach credibility, it is dead nuts on the point. Credibility? Harumph!
This is from Kiplinger. Since you seem to fancy yourself an academic, you should be able to easily find dozens or hundreds of citations that say the same thing. A little reading practice might be good for you.
Revenue from the gun tax, estimated by state officials to be about $160 million a year, will help fund violence prevention programs. ... However, an emphasis of the new laws, some supporters say, is on proactive steps to prevent gun violence.