Ks5shooter
Contributing Member
NJ likely will follow,our current governor wants to make this CA east
All Semiautomatic Rifles Are 'Assault Rifles'
In the full text of I-1639 under section (15) (a) "Verify, on an annual or more frequent basis, that persons who acquired pistols or semiautomatic assault rifles pursuant to this chapter remain eligible to possess a firearm under state and federal law"All semi-automatic rifles Will be Registered with yearly inspections...?
Yuck.
If this initiative passes, I will have totally lost faith in this state's gun-owners. Shame on us, we let I-594 pass; this initiative is the most egregious assault on gun rights ever, and if we let this happen, more shame on us.If this passes and we don't March on the capitol with our rifles then the state and the country is lost.
If this passes and we don't March on the capitol with our rifles then the state and the country is lost.
I hit the "Like" because you are Right.For those of us who have been watching the gun control evolution for several decades, it should be obvious that this was next. The goal is to exert control, as the name implies.
Good news.The Washington State Sheriffs Association, the Washington State Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor Association, and the Washington Council of Police & Sheriffs announced they oppose I-1639
The Washington State Sheriffs Association, the Washington State Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor Association, and the Washington Council of Police & Sheriffs announced they oppose I-1639
WA is a special place when it comes to gun control. The liberal dems are rabid and the gun owners won't get off their butts to vote.
I was talking to a fellow idiot Washington gun owner about this and he just blew it off. He owns several ARs and black rifles. He said he's going to ignore any new laws and his cop friends will do the same.This thing sounds so off the wall that in a rational world it would have no chance of passage. Maybe the intent of the proponents is not so much to pass it, but to move the "Overton Window" that defines what is acceptable in the gun debate. If indeed it does pass, that would mean that Washington gun owners were asleep at the wheel.
Wow. Using the search term "semi" I waded through all 30 pages.
There are things that don't make sense. Like being required to send a form in within 6 hours by registered mail. Didn't know the USPS office were open 24/7.
But the essence was in Sec 16 para 25. Which yes, includes every .22lr semi ever made. It does not include language though that says anything about "readily converted". Not that I would want to live under this law or try to flaunt it, but evidently if you turn your gas block around it would be legal. Somebody will pick up on that I suspect.
"Semiautomatic assault rifle" means any rifle which utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round, and which requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge. "Semiautomatic assault rifle" does not include antique firearms, any firearm that has been made permanently inoperable, or any firearm that is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action.
It could just be that you have too many of one and not enough of the other...?
Well I sure hope you folks can beat this.I think we have the numbers to defeat something like this. WA has a fairly high rate of concealed carry permits. About 8% I think.