Washington - The War on Guns

Preemptive Strike

AN ACT Relating to the restoration of local government authority to regulate firearms by adopting ordinances or regulations relating to firearms that are in addition to or more restrictive than the requirements of state law; [More]

Big tyrants start small.

[Via Jess]

Washington State Pile-On

The Assault on Our 2nd Amendment Rights [More]

I could spend time quibbling with that characterization, but the priority here is understanding the areas of attack:

HB-1240 has a long list of weapons that will be banned under this legislation.

HB-1178 – Concerning local government authority to regulate firearms.

HB-1143 – Concerning requirements for the purchase or transfer of firearms.

HB-1144 – Enhancing requirements for the purchase or transfer of firearms.

HB – 1240 – Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety.

They’re all over at the above link, plus Washington Gun Law details them out and points out the urgency for action. [Watch]

[Via Jess]

Ready to Hit the Ground Running

Prefiled WA State bills:

SB 5078: Protecting public safety by establishing duties of firearm industry members.
SB 5006: Clarifying waiver of firearm rights.

Washington Gun Law says the bills are starting to drop in Olympia. [Watch]

[Via Jess]

Power Play

2 arrested in power substation vandalism in Washington state [More]

Nice guns! Morons.

What, no apology…? Then again, it’s not like David Horsey has ever been anything but a lying propagandist for his masters.

[Via Jess]

News You Can Wipe With

Governor Inslee, AG Ferguson Propose New Gun Laws [More]

Great job there, “real reporter” Greg Neft!

I couldn’t tell the difference between your “report” and a press release!

[Via bondmen]

Unintended Consequences

[T]he Attorney General’s Office has filed suit against Federal Way Discount Guns claiming that they unlawfully sold high capacity magazines in violation of RCW 9.41.370. However, while this is certainly bad news for that business, did the Attorney General just hand the plaintiffs in Sullivan v. Ferguson and Brumback v. Ferguson, the very “standing” that the AG claimed that the plaintiff’s lacked? [Watch]

Be nice to think the grabbers screwed up and in doing so screwed themselves…

[Via Jess]

Useful Idiots No Longer Needed

An emerging wildlife war has its first skirmish this week in Spokane, where a reformist group is looking to deprioritize hunting and hunters [More]

Yo, Fudds for Biden: remember when Polyphemus said he’d eat you last?

And since when do we call commies “reformists”?

[Via Steve T]

Too Soon?

Shooting outside rave in Washington injures at least 8, police say [More]

Curious… the new federal law appears to have had no effect.

Didn’t make much difference in Chi-Town, either…

Maybe we just need to give it some time?

A War of Attrition

SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION FILES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO WA MAGAZINE BAN [More]

The state has unlimited resources. Who thinks forcing tapped-out citizens to go chasing one infringement after another is what the Founders had in mind?

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