GOAL Alert 2017-1

FROM: GOAL WA (goalwa@cox.net) (Joe Waldron)

TO: undisclosed recipients

SENT: Thu 4/6/2017 3:16 PM

SUBJECT: GOAL Alert 2017-1

Legislative Update from Olympia, 6 April 2017

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SB 5552

Rep. John Koster (R-39) has proposed a floor amendment to Senate Bill 5552 that would waive I-594 background check requirements for transfers of firearms if both transferor and transferee hold a valid Washington concealed pistol license (CPL).

This is a common sense amendment that fully complies with the stated intent of I-594, that the buyers of firearms are subjected to a comprehensive background check.In fact, the background check conducted to issue a CPL is more comprehensive than that conducted by an FFL per I-594 requirements. This common sense measure more than satisfies the I-594 background check requirement.

PLEASE CALL YOUR TWO REPRESENTATIVES ASAP AND ASK THEM TO SUPPORT THE KOSTER AMENDMENT, EITHER NUMBER 438 OR 439 (BOTH ARE MIRROR-IMAGE AMENDMENTS).

Contact information for your Representatives may be found at http://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder or at http://leg.wa.gov/House/Pages/MembersByDistrict.aspx.Or you can call the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000TDD 1-800-635-9993

SB 5552 may be called up for a floor vote at any time. Please act quickly.

Upcoming WAC gun show(s):

Puyallup29-30 April

Monroe6-7 May

"The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired, but nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing individuals or corporations to organize, maintain or employ an armed body of men."

Article 1, Section 24

Constitution of the State of Washington

Copyright 2017 Gun Owners Action League of WA

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