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2A Legislation in Washington

Hello SMF’ers! Today is the public hearing by the Washington State House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee to discuss the bills that seek to infringe on your Second Amendment rights. Below are the bills and a short description:

An executive session and potential vote on the bills is scheduled on January 19^th at 10:30AM.

House Bill 1902 requires individuals obtain a permit with live-fire training to be able to exercise the right to purchase firearms. A similar permitting scheme was recently held unconstitutional by an Oregon judge.

House Bill 1903 further victimizes otherwise law-abiding gun owners and places the liability on crime victims for theft of their own property by penalizing failing to report missing or stolen firearm within 24 hours.

House Bill 2021 expands the authorized and/or required destruction of firearms held by state and local government entities.

House Bill 2054 rations Second Amendment rights by limiting firearm dealers from transferring or selling more than one firearm per 30 day period to an individual.

House Bill 2118 places costly onerous requirements on law-abiding FFLs that could put them at serious risk of going out of business because of the financial burden to comply.

Senate Bill 5444 increases “gun-free zones” where law-abiding citizens are left defenseless in publicly accessible areas, including parks, public transit, and government buildings. Nothing in the bill requires these “sensitive places” have any measures to protect citizens and prevent armed criminals from ignoring this arbitrary boundary and entering, such as metal detectors, security guards, or a police presence.

Senate Bill 5985 codifies the unconstitutional provisions of Washington’s recent ban on commonly-owned firearms into the section of state code on background checks

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Tips for Tracking Legislative Bills

With our Washington lawmakers busy writing more and more bills to restrict freedom (as opposed to protecting freedom) we wanted to share a few helpful tips for staying on top of important legislation:

1. BillTrack50 App - You can set up this app to track specific bills that you would like to follow. They offer a FREE Citizen account, as well as paid accounts with more features.

2. Sign up to receive legislative updates from the state sent right to your inbox.

3. To log your pro/con for a public hearing make sure you register as soon as possible. The registry closes 1 hour prior to the hearing and no further votes will be logged.

4. Read the bill text thoroughly! There are a lot of important details that can be missed when we just read a summary.

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The team at SMF is monitoring these bills and will be providing an update after the executive session on January 19th at 10:30 AM. As always, we will continue to fight for your constitutional right to bear arms.

2A House and Senate Bills