Fellow Washingtonians! WAKE UP!!!

Our Second Amendment rights are being trampled by our state legislators, if we let them get away with these latest laws that they're proposing. I once thought these were all "dead" but somehow they've been "resurrected". I was told most didn't pass committee. Evidently there's been some exception made for them to be reconsidered or not...

My whole problem with the first bill that made it past "muster" so far is not so much about the "inclusion of a charge on a list" as it is the definitions used in the particular charge that they're proposing to be included on the list of charges prohibiting firearms ownership. I served as a law enforcement officer in the state of Washington for decades and I know full well how the definition of "domestic violence" can be so fluidly interpreted and subsequently applied by the court, depending upon jurisdiction and "familiarity" with the "suspect" and/or the "victim".

Senate Bill 6298-2017-18 Adds Domestic Violence to the long list of charges that would prohibit firearms ownership. First, in this state "domestic violence" is very loosely interpreted by the respctive county judges even though there's somewhat fluid legal definitions of the "violation". And the reading and inclusion of the word "harassment" into the state's legal definition of "domestic violence" is troublesome, at best. This first bill up really bothers me because our rights are decided based upon independent judges' own personal interpretations of the word "harassment" and its application to the offense of "domestic violence".  Even though there's a legal definition provided we all know those legal definitions are subject to "interpretation" and are far too often determined to be poorly interpreted by the presiding judge.

Sooo- we need to get in contact with your local state senators and representatives and put an end to this bill. It's poorly written and I'm very nervous about the way it tends to partially hinge on the word... "harassment" and all variations of it.

Senate Bill 5992-2017-18 Concerning Trigger Modification Devices prohibits the modification of triggers in firearms, to include bump stocks. In my opinion it's poorly written and shouldn't be considered at this time, if at all. Personally, I have no need nor do I have any desire to modify any of my firearms triggers but then again I don't compete in shooting events, etc. I'm not going to waste my time posting anything more relating to or following this particular bill.

House Bill 2519 allows active duty military members and honorably discharged veterans that are at least 18 years of age to possess pistols and obtain a concealed weapons license in contrast to the current law that prohibits anyone between the ages of 18 and 21 to carry a concealed weapon outside of their residence. It's a good change in the law in my humble opinion.

Three other bills previously mentioned on this blog were defeated.

They included Substitute House Bill 1122 which was a horrible idea that required all firearms be kept in a safe or otherwise locked up and rendered inaccessible when not in use, House Bill 1483 which allowed for firearms confiscated by or forfeited to the Washington State Patrol to be destroyed. Currently they may be sold by law enforcement and finally, Senate Bill 5441 that would have required a "waiting period" for the return to the owner, any firearms  forfeited or otherwise confiscated by the state under the "Involuntary Treatement Act".

We're definitely not done here in Washington State but the defeat of these three bills helped. However Senate Bill  6298 and Senate Bill 5992 should be defeated as written. Both are poorly written and though I understand the intent of each they're not necessary. We have other laws in the Revised Codes of Washington (RCW) and the Washington Administrative Codes (WAC) that address most, if not all of the concerns so poorly illustrated in the two bill proposals.

Let's enforce the laws we already have on the books! There's no need for the creation of new ones.

Fellow Washington State Citizens determine your legislative district if you don't already know it and  contact your respective legislators and let them know your concerns. After all, they work for us therefore they should be representing us, as a majority. Here's their emails...

A shout out to the National Rifle Association Institute For Legislative Action for the timely and constant update on these bill proposals affecting our national and my Washington State's constitutional rights! 

IMHO

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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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Washington State Citizens BEWARE!!! Our Second Amendment Rights Are On The Table...

...again!

Much thanks to the National Rifle Association for their previous support and this "heads up" report for us Washingtonians who care about our rights.

Washington State's Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a democrat is pushing to restrict our United States Constitutional rights in 2018. In particular, our Second Amendment rights.

He's jumped onto the gun ban "bandwagon" (or should I say "ban-wagon") again and is pushing hard for a gun ban! From what I've read and heard he's also seriously considering making a run for the Washington State Governor's position in the next election.

We don't need his and Jay Inslee's type or style of "leadership" anymore in this state. It's time to get the government focused back on those subjects that make a difference to us here regionally, not New York or Illinois or even California. We need our state government's focus to return to the governing of our state, those issues and challenges that of concern to our state, our region our economy.

Here's another article on the same topic they tried to push through last year.

It's not about safety, it's about their agenda and the fact that they (the left, the liberals, the demoncrats) seriously believe they can't be told what to do by us, their constituents. They'll keep trying to ram gun control in this state through legislator until they get their way or until we soundly defeat them at the polls!

IMHO