Stop the Assault Weapon Ban in Olympia, Wash.
As you will recall, NRA-ILA has informed you about Senate Bill 6396, legislation that would bring California-style gun-control to the Northwest and ultimately ban many semi-automatic firearms commonly owned by Washingtonians. SB6396 was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee but no action was taken.
YOUR CALLS AND EMAILS ARE WORKING! It is important that NRA members keep the pressure on their legislators by respectfully urging them to oppose SB6396.
SB 6396 is more far-reaching than it appears on the surface and will absolutely impact a gigantic swath of Washington firearm owners, including concealed pistol license holders, hunters and competitive pistol shooters. As examples, consider the following restrictions that flow from the provisions of this horrendous piece of gun control legislation:
- Every semiautomatic AND PUMP-ACTION rifle or shotgun that has a detachable magazine and has a pistol grip located rear of the trigger (yes, that is just about all of them) is defined as an “assault weapon” and is banned under SB 6396!
- If you and your child/children are out in the woods plinking with his or her Ruger 10-22 and there are more than 10 rounds in the magazine, you are a FELON!
- If you are a Concealed Pistol License holder and your semi-auto self-defense pistol contains more than 10 rounds, you are a FELON!
- The use of firearms defined as “assault weapons” (see first bullet point) are banned for use in hunting!
- Competitive shooters will be impacted as any semi-auto pistol that has a detachable magazine and is equipped with a muzzle brake or compensator is defined as an “assault weapon!”
- If you own a firearm(s) defined as an “assault weapon” on the date this bill becomes law, you can keep it if you are willing to allow your Sheriff to come into your home once every year to ensure you store your firearm(s) appropriately!
Senate Bill 6396 is proof that the gun-ban groups and politicians are not interested in only banning semi-automatic firearms that happen to look like military firearms. This bill shows where they really want to go with their agenda! This gun ban scheme will only punish law-abiding citizens and will do nothing to curb crime or keep criminals from obtaining firearms illegally. This is not only another attack on our Second Amendment rights in Washington State, but an attack on your Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches of your home!
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What the heck does anybody want with an assault rifle or other high-powered, automatic weapon. If you want to hunt, there are lots of smaller and safer arms that will do the job. I think that the NRA are just a bunch of yahoos and rednecks who want to live back in the days of the Old West. Hooo-eeee! Ride 'em, Cowboy!!
You've been misled...or you are yourself one of the dishonest propagandists who have tried to demonize ordinary NON-automatic firearms with the invented "assault rifle" (or assault weapon) name.
None of the current gun control disputes have anything significant to do with AUTOMATIC WEAPONS.
Bringing such into the discussion displays either ignorance of firearms OR a dishonest attempt to skew the discussion away from the facts.
Of course if you wish to have that argument, the 2nd Amendment obviously does protect the (existing) right of every American to keep and bear (means: OWN and CARRY around) the exact types of firearms commonly issued to the individual infantryman or police officer which does in fact include automatic rifles.
(Even Associate Justice Ginsberg understood this in oral arguments on DC v. Heller).
No gun control "works" in any case:
None of the US Department of Justice, CDC, nor the National Academy of Science has been able to identify any (ANY!) gun control law which can be shown to reduce any (ANY!) of murder, violent crime , suicides nor accidents.
As to "what the heck does anybody want"? That's easy, firearms represent and provide for both protection from criminal attack and the freedoms they established and protect for all Americans.
Good enough reason for me -- your mileage may vary.
Matt Dillon when we need him!
In case your too young to remember, Matt was the sheriff on Gunsmoke and he always had everything under control in the wild west.
Where do we find idiots like the sponsor of legislation that will have absolutely no effect on crime reduction. Is there a secret factory somewhere in a secluded abandoned industrial park where jerks like this are mass-produced? Plus, where is the enforceability? With the county sherriff? They've got better things to do.
Politics like this is just one of the reasons that I left the state in 2002. In addition to weather, taxes , and traffic.
Notice that the Originator and other sponsors are all from Seattle. That should answer your questions. WA is in reality 2 different states: Seattle and its environs (Santa Monica North), and the rest, which is like the rest of the Western U.S.
The Dems are unlikely to pass this travesty because they remember Slick Willie's gun ban and what happened in 1994. Just ask Tom Foley whether gun bans motivate the opposition.