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Friday, 28 December 2018 18:56

WA State Initiative 1639 - portions go into effect Jan 1, but that's just the beginning...

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?

The purchaser shall be given a copy of the department of fish
and wildlife pamphlet on the legal limits of the use of
firearms((,)) and firearms safety((, and the fact that local laws
and ordinances on firearms are preempted by state law and must be consistent with state law))
 
I think that we know that Firearms Preemption is next for the chopping block.
And I say this knowing full well that WA State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a ban against magazines Christmas Eve.
 
 
Anyway please read it. I know, it is painful, because it reads like it is written by a high schooler, on their phone, who was too lazy to capitalize: I-1639final but you need to know what is in it.
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.

 

 

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