Action needed!
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BOHICA!
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FROM: GOAL WA (goalwa@cox.net)(Joe Waldron)
TO: undisclosed recipients
SENT: Sun 2/25/2018 6:27 AM
SUBJECT: GOAL Alert 2018-2
GOAL Alert 2018-2
Legislative alert from Olympia25 February 2018
HOUSE COUNTERPART TO SB 6620
ACTION NEEDED, NOW!
I’d say I’m sorry for the rush of messages, but I’m
not.The rush is caused by end-of-session manipulation by Democrat “leadership”
in Olympia, and calls for a strong response.
As I have posted frequently, it ain’t over ‘til the fat
lady sings.And she’s not scheduled to sing until midnight on 8 March (a week
from this coming Thursday). While the legislature sets cut-off dates and other
procedural processes to keep bills moving and cull out other bills, the bottom
line is that these are not written in the state Constitution, they are internal
rules adopted by the legislature and may be changed by the legislature at will.
The House has filed a “counterpart bill”, HB 3004, to SB
6620.A counterpart bill is a verbatim duplicate of the bill filed in the other
chamber. If both pass unamended, it/they go straight to the governor for his
signature.
SB 6620/HB 3004 is a 14 section, 28 page bill in their
words, “Improving security in schools and the safety of our students.” What it
is is a Trojan horse, gun control hidden under the guise of the standard
Democrat mantra “It’s for the children.”
Part I of the bill is a single section less than one page
in length and talks about unspecified funding for “school emergency response
systems.” Part II, “Students protecting students,” is three more sections spread
over 10 pages and discusses nominally establishes a program whereby students
may – anonymously if so desired – report potential threats to school safety and
sets out procedures, including court action, to be followed, as well as
identity protection for all involved in the process up to and including law
enforcement and court personnel.
Part III is the zinger, “Semiautomatic rifles or shotguns
with tactical
features.” 18 pages, 24 sections describing the offending
firearms as semi-auto rifles or shotguns with detachable magazines (mostly the
features such as pistol grip, thumbhole stock, flash hider, grenade launcher –
the standard litany of evil features from the federal 1994 Clinton/Feinstein
“assault weapon ban”). There are some omissions here but I’m not going to
identify them. Please note that these definitions do not include tube-fed
firearms or manually operated firearms.
The principal focus in Part III is shifting
“semiautomatic rifles and shotguns” to the same category as that applied to
handguns: they can only be sold to individuals age 21 and over, and are subject
to the additional requirements for handguns: additional state paperwork and
waiting periods (with the existing CPL exemption).
Keep in mind, under I-594 ALL firearm transfers must be
processed by a licensed dealer, meaning that de facto registration already
exists via the FFL’s required record-keeping, but this would effectively add
offending semi-auto firearms to the state pistol registry, creating an on-line
data base of such firearms.
It also increases the state firearm dealers license fee
from $125 to $150.
Text of HB 3004 has not been posted yet, but the bill’s
home page is at: http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=3004&Chamber=House&Year=2017:
It is the intention of legislative “leadership” to ram
this bill through before the end of the session.How much time will be given to
public testimony remains to be seen – at this point nu public hearings are
scheduled.
It is imperative that you contact your legislators as
soon as possible to ask that they remove Part III from the bill.Parts I and II
are likely legitimate, but Part III is strictly a ploy to use school and
children’s safety as a cover for more gun control.
You can find your legislators by visiting: http://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder
Once you find your district, simply scroll down to see
your Senator and Representatives listed.Click on their name and it will take
you to their information, including a link to e-mail them.
Or you can call the Legislative Hotline toll-free at (800)
562-6000.
We need to flood the legislature with you going on record
opposing Part III of SB 6620/HB 3004.
This is just step one on their agenda.There is already
discussion of raising the age limit for the purchase of ALL firearms to age 21.
The Constitution does not impose an age limit on the exercise of fundamental,
enumerated (listed) constitutional rights.Not to mention the fact that you can
enlist in the military, or be drafted, and fight for your country at age 18.
If anyone receiving this is attending the WAC gun show in
Puyallup today, please make copies of this and take them to the show.Thank
you.
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Posted by: GOAL WA goalwa@cox.net
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1 comment:
Wow, I'm betting it's going to get rammed through before anybody can mount a counter to it... sigh
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