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Legislature 2003
Terror bill stirs debate over status of firearms
By David Postman and Sarah Lorenzini
Seattle Times Olympia bureau
OLYMPIA — An anti-terrorism bill has spurred debate among lawmakers: Is a gun a weapon of mass destruction?
The fight could jeopardize the sweeping bill proposed by Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire to create six new terror-related crimes with harsher penalties than allowed under current state law.
A group of House Democrats wants House Bill 1210 to specifically include firearms as weapons of mass destruction, to make it clear that a terror-related gun crime would be punishable by the stiffer penalties.
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Legislature 2003
Terror bill stirs debate over status of firearms
By David Postman and Sarah Lorenzini
Seattle Times Olympia bureau
OLYMPIA — An anti-terrorism bill has spurred debate among lawmakers: Is a gun a weapon of mass destruction?
The fight could jeopardize the sweeping bill proposed by Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire to create six new terror-related crimes with harsher penalties than allowed under current state law.
A group of House Democrats wants House Bill 1210 to specifically include firearms as weapons of mass destruction, to make it clear that a terror-related gun crime would be punishable by the stiffer penalties.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134653784_guns15m.html