2020 Washington Legislative Current Bills with comments

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2020 Washington Legislative Current Bills with comments

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HB 1346 – Oppose
Preventing lead exposure in young people
*prohibits sale, gift or transfer of ammo to 18-20 year olds.
*Department of Health will regulate ammunition sales, range activities and issues fines
*24/7 unannounced inspections
*Discourages youth shooting sports and competitions



HB1374 - Oppose
Removes state preemption - Local regulation of firearms
*Eliminates a WA’s nationwide wide model for consistent regulations statewide
*Will create criminals by the mere act of traveling through a different jurisdiction
*Will treat citizens differently across the state
*Has no effect on criminal behavior



HB2467 – Oppose
Establish the State Patrol as single point of contact for all NICS background checks.
*as a statewide safety issue, cost of development and operation should be born directly by the state general fund
*increases background check fee from ZERO to $19 per transaction, (ammunition too if passed)
*Could be an excellent system, if implemented correctly.
*Existing taxes from rifles fees and firearms sales taxes are more than enough to cover this cost
*Does not restore same day delivery with approval.



HB2519 – Oppose
Preventing dangerous people from acquiring ammunition
*It’s already a federal crime for a prohibited person to be in possession of a single round of ammunition
*Background check fee applies to each ammunition purchase (proposed at $19 per purchase)
*California already reports 18% false denials and failing miserably
*Includes magazines, speedloaders, and other reloading components
*Bans all out of state sales, importation or shipping of ammunition to an unlicensed individual



HB2555 – Oppose
Adds “others/firearms” to the local law enforcement for approvals
*Local law enforcement agencies are already overloaded and underfunded
*frames, lower receivers, actions are all included under this provision
*DOL has no authority to create a new transfer form under this law
*adds waiting periods for firearm parts.

*Waiver of HIPPA rights

*Will drive citizens to doing more homemade frames



HB1068 – SB 5062 – Oppose
Limits magazine capacity
*No data supports that magazine capacity has any impact on public safety
*Criminal use of a large capacity magazine has no penalty enhancement
*Not a single criminal incident is proved to have ended due to “low capacity” magazines
*Punishes disabled citizens from self defense, if they cannot change a magazine in a lawful defense situation
*prohibits the manufacturer, sale or transfer of lawfully owned products.

*Already found to be unconstitutional in the US 9th District Court (Duncan v Bercerra)

*Discriminates against elderly, disabled, injured or citizens with some disabilities



SB 5174 - Oppose
Mandatory training requirements for CPL
*Excessive financial burden on low income residents
*Penalizes handicap or those with limited transportation means
*Training must be renewed every 5 years
*Clear violation of state constitution
*REQUIRES SEPARATE QUALIFICATION WITH EACH FIREARM TO BE CARRIED
*DOL has no statutory authority to issue permits



HB1350 – SB 5434 - Oppose
Establishes additional gun free zones
*95% of all mass shootings occur in gun free zones
*FBI data summarizes citizen response is very effective at ending events
*criminalizes law abiding citizens
*Does not increase penalties for prohibited persons carrying illegally
*includes knives, stuns guns, air guns,
*Eliminates state preemption firearm laws

SB6043 – Support
Establishes firearm legal insurance
*Allows citizens to purchase insurance to cover legal costs for the lawful use of a firearm
*Over rules state insurance commissioner decision to eliminate this coverage



HB2241 - SB6076 – Oppose
Assault Weapons Ban
*Prohibits sale and transfer of any semiautomatic rifle
*Prohibits possession of parts to build any semiautomatic rifle
*Illegal to sell out of state, so they must be turned in to law enforcement
*Eliminates thousands of manufacturing jobs in the state
*Eliminates manufacture, sale, transfer of magazines over 10 rounds.
*All long guns are used in less 2% of firearm related crime
*Illegal to import a semiautomatic rifle into the state. You can't move to WA with a rifle you already legally own.
*Requires registration of all existing semiautomatic rifles

*Magazine ban already found to be unconstitutional in the US 9th District Court (Duncan v Bercerra)



HB2240 – SB 6077 – Oppose
Limits magazine capacity
*No data supports that magazine capacity has any impact on public safety
*Criminal use of a large capacity magazine has no penalty enhancement
*Not a single criminal incident is proved to have ended due to “low capacity” magazines
*Punishes disabled citizens from self defense, if they cannot change a magazine in a lawful defense situation
*prohibits the manufacturer, sale or transfer of lawfully owned products.

*Already found to be unconstitutional in the US 9th District Court (Duncan v Bercerra)



SB6288 – Oppose
Establishes the office of firearm violence prevention
*Duplicates work already done by the Department of Health
*Non elected partisan appointees will recommends policy
*Awards grants to community based organizations



SB 6294 - Oppose
Mandatory training requirements for CPL
*Excessive financial burden on low income residents
*Penalizes handicap or those with limited transportation means
*Training must be renewed every 5 years
*REQUIRES QUALIFICATION WITH EACH FIREARM TO BE CARRIED
*DOL has no statutory authority to issue permits
*Clear violation of the state constitution



SB 6406 - Support
Penalties for theft of a firearm.
*increases penalties for theft of a firearm from a store or individual



SB 6402 - Support
Penalties for use of a stolen firearm in a crime.
*increases penalties for use of a stolen firearm during a crime