I have largely been silent about WA State's recently passed anti-gun and anti-gun owner Initiative 1639.
I feel that much has been written on it already. Portions of it go into effect on Jan 1, 2019, mainly the parts restricting 18-20 year olds because they are not mentally "developed" yet.
Keep in mind that starting Jan 1, 2019 you can also now voluntarily give up your firearms rights in WA: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.352
There appears to be no remedy to reinstate them. Imagine if there was a mechanism where you could give up your 1st Amendment Rights! That's probably next. Pro-gun bloggers need to be stopped.
Anyway, the Initiative is terribly written, and for some reason, lacks capitalization of things. But, it speaks for itself. It clearly and anti-gun owner.
If you buy a handgun or a semi-auto rifle after July 1 you will no be re-background checked every year.
Wonder what will happen if they decide that either or no longer legal? You know - like a bumpstock which are forbidden.
And how would you implement such a thing...without a registry?
Mandatory waiting periods for everyone including law enforcement.
Police Chief/Sheriff notification and approval of your purchases (even though they can't be trusted not to wait either).
Or how about the provision where the Dept of Fish & Wildlife are no longer to inform the people of State Preemption even though it is still the law?
And I say this knowing full well that WA State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a ban against magazines Christmas Eve.
The opening section "explanation" is very telling of the mindset and where this is going in the future.
Clearly I-1639 was only the beginning.
