Washington State I-594 is Firearm Registration

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"One thing I thought of that may have I-594 sponsors running for the exit door is hiring our State's Initiative Writer-in-Chief, Tim Eyman, to craft a new state Income Tax on Billionaires for the next go round. I have a feeling it would be very popular among the electorate."


I think this is a great idea. What would next steps be to introduce such a tax? Can hardly imagine the greedy officials ignoring a new tax. ;-)
 
If every gun owner in the USA sent $1.00 to help us in this fight against the gun grabbing billionaire, ex- Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, we would win this fight. He has out spent us 10 to 1 to buy this election. If Washington gun owners loose, you can bet many other states will be next. He's already looking to give millions to the anti-gunners in Nevada and Arizona, just like he did in Colorado. Please help us. Send as much as you can afford to: Protect Our Gun Rights, 12500 NE 10th Place Bellevue, WA 98005.
 
I've seen a lot more "No on 594" signs popping up lately. The "Yes 591/No 594" sticker suddenly appeared at campus in the last week. Four or five were on faculty cars. Even more telling, I've yet to see a single pro-594 sticker or sign around town.
 
I've seen a lot more "No on 594" signs popping up lately. The "Yes 591/No 594" sticker suddenly appeared at campus in the last week. Four or five were on faculty cars. Even more telling, I've yet to see a single pro-594 sticker or sign around town.
That's great news. WA residents are doing awesome, keep it up!
 
Any idea where one can obtain a "No on 594" sign?

I managed to get my hands an a bumper sticker...

Edited to add:

I still don't want to stick the sign in my yard for security reasons but I'd like to plant one someplace in town were lots of folks will see it. Is it illegal to just put up a sign on the side of a public road?
 
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I am in Tennessee, but I have been following the UBC thing. What people don't seem to realize is that a bill may sound good in its title or summary, yet be a terrible law with unintended consequences.

Tennessee did not pass a proposed leash law, which lead to proponents bashing the opponents as members of a good old boys network opposing sensible animal protection. However, not all animal lovers agreed: "People may call these 'animal protection' bills and bemoan the fact that they didn't pass but there were darn good reasons why all of these bills deserved to die. Just because something sounds good or makes you feel all warm and fuzzy doesn't mean it's really good for animals or animal owners."
-- Wednesday, April 2, 2014 "Good Ol' Boys? Not So Fast" http://tnpetlawnews.blogspot.com/

The bill would establish a minimum leash length of 10 feet; a shorter leash would be a crime with legal penalties. Buried in the bill were no common sense exemptions for short leashes on veterinary tables, or other situations where a shorter leash would help not hurt the animal. Not to mention the fact that you could encourage people to use humane leashes without needing a formal law.

The I-594 Universal Background Check Bill in Washington State has a nice sounding proposal for background checks for private non-dealer used gun sales same as required for licensed dealer sales.

But it has very limited provisions for temporary transfer of possession with exemptions from background checks for hunting instructors, firearms safety instructors, etc., handing a gun to a student in a typical hunter safety / firearms safety class setting. The 18 pages of the Washington State UBC are full of nonsense beyond BG check for all gun sales.

I believe there are exemptions for temporary transfer of possession at formal commercial gun ranges, very narrowly defined. What I and my family and friends do on the mountain--try out each other's guns in informal, private shooting sessions on family property--would be a crime under the I-594 rules requiring transfer of possession (even temporary) through a licensed dealer with a background check. For example, it would be a crime to loan a hunting companion your spare gun if theirs broke.

Personally I think people who profit from controversy support these innocent sounding bills deliberately poison pilled to raise objections from those who bother to read them, whether they are the ten foot leash bill or the universal background check bill. Power or money or both can be acquired through generating political conflict, then exploiting public ignorance of the facts or details.
 
myself on a local WA forum said:
Forgot to mention in my previous post about I-594; under this proposed law, suppose your buddy comes over to visit. You pull your new gun out of the safe to show him, lock the slide back, check it's empty, and hand it to him. He says "I can't handle it, I-594 just passed" and hands it right back to you. Bam, you're both felons now.

When you handed it to him that was the first "transfer", a gross misdemeanor under I-594. When he handed it back that was the second "transfer", a felony under I-594.

To legally show him your new gun and let him handle it (forget shooting it, just handle it), the two of you have to head over to your friendly local 01 FFL, pay the $30 going rate for a transfer, fill out a 4473, wait for NICS to clear, and pay the 9.3% WA usage tax. Now your buddy can handle your gun. To legally get your gun back, repeat (yes, pay $30 + the usage tax, fill out another 4473, call NICS right back, all of it).

Note: I failed to clarify in my first post, when I say "transfer" I'm talking in the I-594 sense. When I say transfer (no quotes) I'm talking in the 1968 GCA sense, the 1968 GCA being the big Federal law that governs everything from dealer licensing to sales to records that are kept for 20 years.

Another sidenote: It gets even better. Suppose you're a single guy and share an apartment with a room mate. Suppose you go out of town for awhile on vacation, and he has the combo to your safe because he stores some documents in there he doesn't want to lose if there's a fire. Is that a "transfer"? Are you willing to bet your and his not going to jail that it isn't? Because you are.

I've come to the inescapable conclusion that this thing isn't a bad bill by accident, it's setup to create as many insta-felons as possible. After all, felons can't own guns.
 
I've come to the inescapable conclusion that this thing isn't a bad bill by accident, it's setup to create as many insta-felons as possible. After all, felons can't own guns.

Well, really felons shouldn't own guns, they most certainly can however. And , they most assuredly don't plan on submitting to a background check in order to get one.
 
Well, really felons shouldn't own guns, they most certainly can however. And , they most assuredly don't plan on submitting to a background check in order to get one.
He meant felons can't legally own guns, we all know they can get them.
And the statement that they shouldn't is a personal opinion. Personally I have no problem with someone who got caught downloading music as a teenager being at the range next to me or being able to protect his family.
 
^ Thanks, I should have clarified that.

What I meant is that I can't help but come to the conclusion that the whole point of laws like this is to make as many people as possible into felons. They've already got the 1968 GCA law in place. Pass enough laws like this ...
 
Well I mailed my ballot off today, please do the same. If you are not registered to vote, it's to late now, and, well, shame on you.
 
Same here.

A couple things:

Plenty of people never send their ballots in. Urge them to, give them stamps if necessary. Most people put stuff like this off. Talk to them, there is still time to tell people how bad 594 is.

If you are not registered to vote you can still do it in person registration up until Oct 27. Around here you can go to the office in Seattle or Renton.
 
Sadly, I'm pretty sure its going to be passed anyway, regardless of what we do. Too much money behind it and the I5 corridor owns our state. They are a blue island in a sea of red. Now, what I'd LOVE to see is this become a universally ignored law, just like the cellphone while driving law thats almost never enforced.
 
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