MS HB154

Exempts retail sales of firearms, ammunition, and hunting supplies from sales tax during the annual Mississippi Second Amendment Weekend holiday, running from 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday in September through 12:00 midnight on the following Sunday.

Defines "firearms" as handguns, rifles, and shotguns per Section 97-37-14.

Defines "hunting supplies" to include archery equipment, apparel, shoes, binoculars, optics, tree stands, blinds, boats, all-terrain vehicles, and similar tangible personal property used for hunting, but excludes animals used for hunting.

Amends Section 27-65-111 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 to add the exemption as subsection (cc).

Takes effect July 1, 2013.