The State reports:
Hunters and collectors can save some money on gun purchases today and Saturday as the state waives sales taxes on firearms….
State Rep. Mike Pitts, R-Greenwood, said he proposed the tax-free sales to celebrate the Second Amendment and respond to a then-pending U.S. Supreme Court decision on a Washington, D.C., handgun ban, which the court overturned….
The tax-free days also coincide with the opening of the duck and small-game hunting seasons this week, Pitts said.