Washington State Gun Owners! TAKE NOTICE!!!

THIS IS SERIOUS!!!

Our liberal legislators are trying to restrict access to our second amendment rights. There's the new legislation that I posted on this site a couple of weeks ago that's still raising its ugly head. Only one of those pieces of proposed legislation failed to meet the committee deadline and died in committee which means the remaining five pieces are still "out there" being tweaked to ensure our rights are going to be infringed.

Thanks to the National Rifle Association's legislative team (NRA-ILA) I have the most current updates available. I'm posting them here as LEGISLATIVE UPDATES RELATING TO FIREARMS IN WASHINGTON STATE.

As you read the information and the proposed legislation note the peculiar "definitions" assigned to certain  critical elements of each proposal. I'd go into them with you but believe you should review them for yourselves then, if you want to discuss them send me a note and we can go from there. I'll post my thoughts as an update to this post as we discuss the concerns. I won't reveal anyone's identity unless they ask me to.

Here's the link for you to obtain information regarding your particular Legislative District and those legislators who represent you. It's not my favorite but it's probably the most practical to put up here for those who have never or rarely contacted their legislators.  You should be able to find the location where you live on the state map, click on that particular location and you should be led to another link where you can search for your particular legislator.

DON'T BE SHY! CONTACT THEM AND KEEP CONTACTING THEM!

These legislator folks, they work for us. You need to let them know what you individually think about the proposed legislation.

Bill links...

- HB 1134 2017-18 BANNING THE SALE OF ASSAULT WEAPONS AND LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES

- HB 2422 2017-18 CONCERNING HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES

- SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5463 CIVIL LIABILITY AND GUN LOCKS  (Note: this is a link to the bill in bill form itself. To obtain more information you'll have to follow the number through the legislative process.)

- SB 6415 2017-18 REQUIRING PERMISSION TO BRING A CONCEALED FIREARM INTO ANOTHER PERSON'S RESIDENCE OR DWELLING PLACE

- HB 2293 2017-18 RESTRICTING FIREARMS AND DANGEROUS WEAPONS IN EARLY LEARNING FACILITIES

As of this date my understanding is that each of these bills failed to meet their respective committee deadlines for review, revisions, etc. But, that doesn't mean they're wholly out of the picture... yet. So don't be fooled if your respective legislators try to suggest they're "dead and gone". Keep a wary eye on those folks who are representing us and keep inquiring about those bills that adversely affect our . Quite often a dead bill can get resurrected.

If you wish you can follow the specific bills here. It takes a bit of navigation and you have to use particular bill numbers or titles to work your way around but it's extremely informative. It's my favorite portal for reading and researching the proposed legislation. I've been using this portal for as long as it's been up. 


Either way, we need to ensure much, if not all of this legislation is defeated or at least accepted if it's in favor of our Second Amendment rights which I didn't see any that would qualify as such. From my limited reviews and subsequent determination each bill proposed was restricting our basic human rights to self defense and/or our Second Amendment rights (however slight) in one way or another.

Language like "bear arms" and "approved sealed, locked gun safe" are conflicting. Language like "harass, harassment" given the very liberal, fluid definition that was assigned to one of the bills would have been used to restrict or even revoke certain persons second amendment rights. The subsequent revocation of those rights would result in armed confiscation by police or agents of the state of all firearms in possession, owned or cared for by any citizen found in violation of the "harass, harassment" rule. That suggests this and the rest of the legislative proposals offered are down right unconstitutional.

So, stay on top of this!

IMHO
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