Texas lawmaker wants tax holiday for guns, ammo sales

(McClatchy News Service) Texans love their independence — and their guns.

State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, is proposing to give Texans more of both.

Leach has filed the “Texas Gun Ownership Reinforcement Act,” a bill to create a new tax-free holiday where consumers won’t be charged taxes on guns, ammunition or hunting supplies one day out of the year:

Texas Independence Day, March 2.