Posted on 01/09/2017 4:01:59 PM PST by PROCON
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson apparently wants the Evergreen State to have gun laws similar to those in New York and Connecticut, according to the Yakima Herald, as he released details on bills to ban so-called “assault weapons” and require “enhanced” background checks for the purchase of such guns.
The measures may be read here and here.
“I believe a ban on the sale of assault weapons is the right policy for Washington, and I will keep fighting for that,” Ferguson said in a prepared statement, “I’ve said from the beginning that it would be an uphill battle. My alternative represents meaningful reform that will enhance public safety now.”
The bills are being sponsored by anti-gun Democrats in both the House and Senate. Senators David Frockt (D-Seattle) is sponsoring both bills in the Senate and Reps. Strom Peterson (D-Edmonds) and Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) are each sponsoring one of the companion bills in the House.
One measure calls for a ban on assault weapons and magazines that hold more than ten cartridges, while a second bill would set a minimum age of 21 years to purchase a so-called “assault weapon” and require a license “to possess, manufacture, transport, purchase, distribute, import, sell, or offer to sell an assault weapon or large capacity magazine” in the state. To obtain the license, one must show proof of completion of a firearms safety course and “A full description of the safe gun storage the applicant will use to store the assault weapon when the assault weapon is not in their immediate possession and when the assault weapon is being transported …”
Ferguson predicted that the outright ban will face a tough fight in the Legislature, which opened Monday. However, many activists believe that these bills are merely designed to provide a political launch pad for a citizen initiative later this year or in 2018, coinciding with the mid-term elections in order to bring liberal anti-gun voters to the polls.
Both measures will face stiff opposition from gun owners who know that semi-auto firearms targeted by the legislation are involved in a fraction of homicides in Washington. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2015 – the most recent year for which data is available – rifles of any kind were identifiably involved in only three of the state’s 141 firearms-related murders.
The bill calling for an outright ban includes some handguns and rimfire rifles. Under that legislation the definitions of an “assault weapon” include:
A semiautomatic pistol, or a semiautomatic, centerfire, or rimfire rifle with a fixed magazine, that has the capacity to accept more than ten rounds of ammunition; (c) A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has one or more of the following: (i) Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand; (ii) A threaded barrel, capable of accepting a flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer; (iii) A shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles the barrel, allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without being burned, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel; or (iv) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at any location outside of the pistol grip…
F**k the fudds. They chose their side.
Yes the “registered” ranges is a question mark - that isn’t even a thing!
It does spell out that I can “transfer” my gun at a “registered” range to someone (anyone?) under 18 under my guidance (a son, student shooter, etc.). It also spells out that I can “transfer” it to my spouse - but only at a “registered” range - so plinking out in the woods would be illegal with my gun. Or letting my wife have my gun at home for protection while I am out of town. Under no circumstances am I allowed to “transfer” my gun to an adult other than my spouse - and then only at the “registered” range, or if she is under “imminent” need of it for self defense.
There isn’t any discussion about gunsmiths - or stores for that matter! It does not specify whether allowing someone to handle a weapon at the store counter would be legal or illegal. (Heh - like obabamare! “I’m sorry sir, you won’t know how that Remington 870 feels until you buy it.”)
Like others have said - it is all a moot point pretty much as nobody enforces it. Other than the online private sales. We can still do that, but have to run it though a gun shop to do the Federal paperwork and $40(?) fee.
Notice that the 3 sponsors are all from west of the Cascades which is overpopulated with freedom-hating libtards. Eastern Washington is pretty conservative. I live in north Idaho and I think we should form a new state consisting of most of Idaho, eastern Washington and Oregon, and NW Montana.
Why do people continue to live in socialist places like this? If they want any freedom at all, why stay?
Only a narrow coastal slice of CA, OR and WA fit your stereotype.
Lots of WA cops buying land over there...we will out vote those suckers!
Here’s a nice 4 bedroom home in Montana. Only about $100,000.
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Estimated mortgage - per month!
Too close to the neighbors and not enough land.
20 acres minimum, cannot see or hear neighbors homes from my porch, 30 minute drive to a reasonably sized city, no home on it yet (will build waht I want) and either a year yound stream or some body of water on the property so wildlife will be around.
I have my eye on some lots....cannot tell ya where yet but it will be western or south centrally located...nothing in Eastern Montana. Do not want to be living without treed land.
That place has 21 acres. Just tear down the existing home and build to your liking! Although with only a 1/4 mile of lakefront - the neighbors probably are too close.
I look at the places and dream sometimes. A small creek, some land and maybe an existing shack draws my eye.
Guns are just part of life here as everyone hunts and fishes. Humidity is so low that the snow is powder and we rarely use anything other than brooms to clean our cars. You gotta like snow to be here, but we have four distinct seasons and lots of sun!! Crystal clear lakes and rivers, and blue ribbon fishing.
Auto insurance is quite pricey here however and property taxes are about the same.
If you don’t mind living on an old mining claim you can have your dream of acreage a shack and they throw in some toxic runoff for free.
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