SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- Two California lawmakers proposed a five cent tax on every bullet to pay for mental health programs and to put more police in crime ridden areas.
The bills are among nine aimed at reducing gun violence after the tragedies in Newtown, Connecticut and Aurora, Colorado.
But some gun buyers in Santa Maria don't support it.
"It's actually really unfair," says Gabriel Jaimes. "We should actually have the freedom to just purchase bullets without having to pay an extra tax for it. It's just a scheme to get extra money from us so it's definitely not a good idea."
The tax increase requires a two-thirds majority vote by the legislature. Democrats control both houses of the legislature.
California passed the nation's first assault weapon bean in 1989 and has some of the strictest gun laws in the country.
