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Wa state gun ban.
Horse Plains Drifter
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Just saw on the news that the mayor and police chief of Seattle are calling for a state wide "assualt" weapons ban. I might be clearing out of this state faster than I thought.
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...Go ahead, your TOO close to CA anyways...[;)]
The case went to the CO Supreme Court in Denver v. Colorado. The state filed suit on behalf of legal gun owners and the Court sided with the citizens of Colorado, informing Denver that it could have an AWB that applied to its citizens just fine, but that it was unconstitutional for Denver to prosecute non-citizens merely traveling from Point A to Point B, when Points A and B were not in Denver.
I realize that Seattle is the biggest city that you've got in WA. Denver, however, is the biggest city that CO has. Just because the big boys call for laws and pass laws does not mean that the little guys have to follow like sheep.
Rural Oregon is very gun friendly but the big cities and the college towns, off the scale liberal.
If it is any consolation, Denver did the same a few years ago. They declared an AWB and even went as far as to prosecute law-abiding citizens who were driving from one suburb to another, where AW were legal, but the trip took them through Denver. Denver claimed that its AWB applied to everyone, resident or not.
The case went to the CO Supreme Court in Denver v. Colorado. The state filed suit on behalf of legal gun owners and the Court sided with the citizens of Colorado, informing Denver that it could have an AWB that applied to its citizens just fine, but that it was unconstitutional for Denver to prosecute non-citizens merely traveling from Point A to Point B, when Points A and B were not in Denver.
I realize that Seattle is the biggest city that you've got in WA. Denver, however, is the biggest city that CO has. Just because the big boys call for laws and pass laws does not mean that the little guys have to follow like sheep.
Appears to be part of the planned/systematic disarming of the people.
Back to town comes His Honor with a big plan for solving violent crime in his city: "Let's get the Governor to take the guns away from all the people who DON'T commit crime in Washington." [V]
Washington gun law is written so no governmental agency in the state, whether town, city, county, or whatever, can pass gun laws more stringent than the State law. So, as much as the Mayor of Seattle would like to outlaw some - or all - guns from his fair city he can't do it without seeing the law passed at the State level.
This will go nowhere. There would be a political backlash of Biblical proportions if the State Legislature even thought about tightening Washington's gun laws. Just another liberal knee jerking.
Curious as to the actual incidence of violent crime using "assault rifles" in Seattle; whether such incidence justifies their banning or whether the ban is rather only preemptive, in which case all is lost and whatever government says is for the public good need not have any relation to cause or the facts of the matter.
we actually had a kid go into the Tacoma mall and shoot 5-6 people with an SKS about 6 mo ago. I think I posted on it at the time
we actually had a kid go into the Tacoma mall and shoot 5-6 people with an SKS about 6 mo ago. I think I posted on it at the time
An SKS by definition is not an "assault rifle".
Well, has there been any bloodshead involving "assault Weapon" type firearms? The same, more, or less sincethe ban expired?
If they want to cut down on crime that should PROMOTE gun ownership among law abiding citizens and promote concealed carry.
There have been statements made lately in the Minnesota press about "getting illegal guns off the street". How do you tell is a given gun is illegal? I raised my hand at this point and said simply, "Look at the hand that's holding it".
Washington gun law is written so no governmental agency in the state, whether town, city, county, or whatever, can pass gun laws more stringent than the State law.
Cool! Didn't know that.
quote:This will go nowhere. There would be a political backlash of Biblical proportions if the State Legislature even thought about tightening Washington's gun laws. Just another liberal knee jerking.Sure hope you are right on this one Lowrider.
quote:Originally posted by scottm21166
we actually had a kid go into the Tacoma mall and shoot 5-6 people with an SKS about 6 mo ago. I think I posted on it at the time
An SKS by definition is not an "assault rifle".
the recent house bill I mentioned classified any weapon with a capacity of over 5 rds as an assault weapon. also any weapon with a detachable magazine. they were trying to encompass home defense style shotguns, all SKS and ar style rifles (assault) and managed to include too many guns with those loose rules. my thought is this will be a new bill with more certain language but that same ol song and dance. take guns away from civilians[xx(]
True, an SKS is not an "assualt rifle". Unfortunately, they are talking about banning "assault weapons".
Fact is, an SKS is no different in basic function and capability than either a Remington 7600 or Browning BAR. That is what is so scary about this; that the mere use of a semi-automatic rifle on persons in a public place alone makes that rifle and all others like it an "assault rifle", and this regardless of previous definition of having a collapsible stock and/or pistol grip and/or detachable magazine and/or bayonet lug; in other words, a thing is defined by use rather than purpose or design; in other words, throwing a California roll out your car window and hitting a pedestrian makes it "Assault Sushi".
*sigh*[V]
it does in crackifornia.
gee I guess california DOES lead all the other states.
it creates diseases that infect other fools and cowards.
It is still easy to get a gun permit in Washington State and in Oregon. You can carry in the woods without a problem. But the cancer always seems to fester in the large cities and spread to the other cities within the state. Oregon has been battling with a couple of anti-gun nuts for a long time and so far keeping them at bay.
The city of Portland says you can't carry a gun with a permit to carry on any of the public transportation, but the county and the state says you can. They still will arrest you if they know you have a gun and then you have to pay the big money to sort it out. They know most people can't afford to go down the legal path so city officials just do what they want, until someone with the big bucks takes them to task and spends millions to set a presidence with case law. Liberals think they can make up law in their heads and that makes it so and you have to prove otherwise. That is the situation in most of the big cities in this country today
I guess since the attempt by several major cities over the last few years to sue the gun industry failed they will now try to pass local laws to eliminate firearms. Chicago, Washington DC and others have done it. San Francisco is attempting to do it and with the political climate in California the way it is today I imagine they will get it done.
It is still easy to get a gun permit in Washington State and in Oregon. You can carry in the woods without a problem. But the cancer always seems to fester in the large cities and spread to the other cities within the state. Oregon has been battling with a couple of anti-gun nuts for a long time and so far keeping them at bay.
The city of Portland says you can't carry a gun with a permit to carry on any of the public transportation, but the county and the state says you can. They still will arrest you if they know you have a gun and then you have to pay the big money to sort it out. They know most people can't afford to go down the legal path so city officials just do what they want, until someone with the big bucks takes them to task and spends millions to set a presidence with case law. Liberals think they can make up law in their heads and that makes it so and you have to prove otherwise. That is the situation in most of the big cities in this country today.
This is all well and good, but if the incidence of crime does not support legislation introduced to prevent or reduce it, then the motivation is other than for the public good, but rather a unilateral desire for the populace not to have guns. Big difference, and one cloaked in agenda and deceit. I would prefer the honest purpose "We just don't want guns around" rather than the contrived purpose of public good.
we all pay taxes to fund the building of a new highway bridge or tunnel to run around seattles waterfront
we all pay taxes to build safeco field when we voted against it
we pay taxes to pay for seahawks stadium when the majority of the population voted to keep the kingdome
we all pay taxes to fund light rail through the seattle corridor
I never go to seattle
the majority of washingtons population are liberal democrats who live in the seattle metro area. the other side of the state is like a whole different world desert, rural farms and high plains..and yet they pay too.
Seattle is the kingdom and wee are the peasants feeding the king and his court