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Washington: Tell Your Senator to Oppose Gun Control

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Washington: Tell Your Senator to Oppose Gun Control

The Washington state Senate Ways & Means Committee heard Senate Bill 6620 today, but it has not yet scheduled it for a committee vote.  Anti-gun legislators may attempt to use political maneuvers to bypass a committee vote and pull this bill straight to the Senate floor.  Please contact your state Senator and urge them to OPPOSE all anti-gun provisions in Senate Bill 6620 if it comes up for a floor vote.  Click the “Take Action” button below to contact your state Senator.


Senate Bill 6620, sponsored by Senator David Frockt (D-46), would raise the minimum purchasing age for semi-automatic rifles and shotguns in the State of Washington from 18 to 21 years of age based on cosmetic features.  Federal law already prohibits adults under the age of 21 from purchasing a handgun from a licensed firearm dealer.  Legislative proposals to prevent law-abiding adults aged 18-20 years old from acquiring modern semi-automatic rifles or shotguns would deny them access to the most modern and effective rifles for self-defense, thus depriving them of their constitutional rights.  

This legislation attempts to brand these firearms as having “tactical features” to drum up unnecessary fear of their ownership.  In reality, these firearms are only being defined by aesthetic features that in no way affect the functionality of the rifle.  Semi-automatic firearms only fire one shot per action of the trigger, and such technology has been available to American consumers for over a century.  Semi-automatic firearms are commonly owned by law-abiding citizens for various purposes such as self-defense, recreation, competition, and hunting.

SB 6620 would also establish what amounts to a 10-day waiting period for transfers of these firearms by requiring that they go through the state background check like handguns rather than the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) that is currently used for all long gun transactions.  While federal law allows for such transactions to be completed if three days have elapsed from the time of the "delayed" response, the state check requires a wait of ten days in such a scenario.

We need serious proposals to prevent violent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from acquiring firearms.  Passing a law such as this punishes law-abiding citizens for the evil acts of criminals.  The NRA supports efforts to prevent those who are a danger to themselves or others from getting access to firearms.  At the same time, we will continue to oppose gun control measures that only serve to punish law-abiding citizens.  These are not mutually exclusive or unachievable goals.  

Again, please contact your state Senator and urge them to OPPOSE all anti-gun provisions in Senate Bill 6620!

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