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AG Ferguson, Gov. Inslee legislation banning sale of assault weapons passes House in historic vote this evening
https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...ion-banning-sale-assault-weapons-passes-house
OLYMPIA — In a historic vote today, the Washington House of Representatives passed a ban on the sale of assault weapons. The measure, requested by Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Gov. Jay Inslee and sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, passed by a 55-42 vote.
This is the first time a proposal to ban on the sale of assault weapons passed a chamber of the Washington Legislature. House Bill 1240 now heads to the state Senate.
https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...ion-banning-sale-assault-weapons-passes-house
HB 1240 - 2023-24
Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety.
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1240&Year=2023
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/House Bills/1240-S.pdf?q=20230310214659
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:11
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds and declares that
gun violence is a threat to the public health and safety of
Washingtonians. Assault weapons are civilian versions of weapons
created for the military and are designed to kill humans quickly and
efficiently. For this reason the legislature finds that assault
weapons are "like" "M-16 rifles" and thus are "weapons most useful in
military service."
Assault weapons have been used in the deadliest
mass shootings in the last decade. An assailant with an assault
weapon can hurt and kill twice the number of people than an assailant
with a handgun or nonassault rifle. This is because the additional
features of an assault weapon are not "merely cosmetic";
rather, these are features that allow shooters to fire large numbers of
rounds quickly. An analysis of mass shootings that result in four or
more deaths found that 85 percent of those fatalities were caused by
an assault weapon.
The legislature also finds that this regulation is
likely to have an impact on the number of mass shootings committed in
Washington. Studies have shown that during the period the federal
assault weapon ban was in effect, mass shooting fatalities were 70
percent less likely to occur. Moreover, the legislature finds that
assault weapons are not suitable for self-defense and that studies
show that assault weapons are statistically not used in self-defense.
The legislature finds that assault weapons are not commonly used in
self-defense and that any proliferation is not the result of the
assault weapon being well-suited for self-defense, hunting, or
sporting purposes. Rather, increased sales are the result of the gun
industry's concerted efforts to sell more guns to a civilian market.
The legislature finds that the gun industry has specifically marketed
these weapons as "tactical," "hyper masculine," and "military style"
in manner that overtly appeals to troubled young men intent on
becoming the next mass shooter.
The legislature intends to limit the
prospective sale of assault weapons, while allowing existing legal
owners to retain the assault weapons they currently own.
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(Included in the definition of an Assault Weapon)
A semiautomatic rifle that has an overall length of less
than 30 inches; (SBR's)
(iii) A conversion kit, part, or combination of parts, from which
an assault weapon can be assembled or from which a firearm can be
converted into an assault weapon if those parts are in the possession
or under the control of the same person
So no more parts kits, replacement parts, springs, nothing?
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