NRA Lawsuit against Washington State

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Update. Any case updates guys?

I got this reply from Sen Rodney Tom.

Thank you for contacting me. I appreciate hearing from you regarding House Bill 1052; Concerning firearm licenses for persons from other countries.

HB 1052 currently sits in the House Judiciary committee and I have not had the opportunity to look at it. However, I will make a thorough review of this bills as it comes across my desk.

Please do not hesitate to contact my office if you have any further questions, comments or concerns.

I look forward to your continued thoughts and input.

think Peace!

Rodney Tom
State Senator
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Joint report is ready the case would be ready for trial on Aug. 1 2009 challenging the legality of AFL.

There is a chance that by that time the legislature may scarp them (with the proposed bill)

Meanwhile if the injunction is signed the DOL will resume issuing AFLs even without the federal background check.
 
Is this injunction supposed to be signed this Friday 23? (today)

If so, that would mean, I could apply Monday. Please, correct me if I am wrong...
 
I think you can apply even now, call them up and ask (DOL).

The application will just wait until it's clear from the judge.
 
Just contacted the DOL few mins ago, the told me there is something going on in the legislature and I will have to wait until March. I mentioned the judge order (Effective today) issue, but she was totally unaware of it.

:confused:
 
Okay so here is the deal, the Judge has not signed the injunction yet, could be next week, HB1052 is also being looked at next week, so it would make sense the DOL is saying that.

Anyway, the HB will take a while to process, now if the Judge signs the injunction Monday morning then DOL will have to start processing licenses and they will have to put the AFL package back up on their website..

I do not hold much faith in the DOL and I see them as taking their sweet time getting their crap together.

In the meantime, print out the package, contact your consulate, you need their reply for #4 of the 4 pieces of info to send...
 
Yes that's part of the injunctive relief they're discussing. Since I have a bit of money I subscribed to Pacer, and I'm following the paper trail.

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The State does not impose either (to hold a License) of these requirements on U.S. Citizens resident in Washington.
Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of RCW 9.41.070 and RCW 9.41.170, and cotend that those statutes violate the Civil rights act, 42 U.S.C. 1981(a).

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Finally, plaintiffs seek an injunction prohibiting the Chief of Police of the City of Issaquah and the State of Washington and its political subdivisions, from enforcing RCW 9.41.170's requirement that permanent lawfully resident aliens obtain an alien firearms license, and RCW 9.41.070(4)'s requirement that they possess such a license as a condition to obtaining a concealed pistol license.

So if signed, we're reinstated (for the trial period) with full 2A rights.
 
Oh this is interesting...

UK Consul in Seattle is closed :)
According to the Application instructions you need a certified copy of your criminal history or lack thereof from your home countries consulate on the consulates letterhead paper, and performed in the last 6 months.

However RCW 9.41.170
(2)(a) Subject to the additional requirements of (b) of this subsection, the director of licensing may issue an alien firearm license without a certified copy of the alien's criminal history or the consul's attestation required by subsection (1) of this section, if the alien has been a resident of this state for at least two years and: (i) The alien is from a country without a consul domiciled within this state, or (ii) the consul has failed to provide, within ninety days after a request by the alien, the criminal history or attestation required by subsection (1) of this section.
 
Here's the English pages from the WA State Alien Firearm License Application in their original PDF format. I have the Cambodian, Vietnamese, Russian, Spanish, ... pages if anyone wants them. Just PM me.

For the record, the two times I went through this I would send the letter to my consulate (Canadian) requesting the info (background check, etc) and they would send me back a letter stating that they don't do that. I then sent that letter on to the DOL with my completed application and that was good enough.
 

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Yeah, but I don't have a consulate in WA state :)

I might send the letter stating
pusuant to RCW 9.41.170, I have been a WA resident for more than 2 years, and Washington state has no UK consulate at this time. Thus the information requested is not pertinent to this application.

See how the DOL likes those potatoes
 
Yeah, but I don't have a consulate in WA state
Click to expand...

Find the consulate that has jurisdiction over WA state. You should jump through the hoops if at all possible - the bureaucrats live for this crap and it is in YOUR best interests to not give them a reason to deny your application.
 
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