Washington Senate suspended the rules and approved an amended Carry Ban SB5038

[woodswalker]

Last night, the Washington Senate suspended the rules and approved an amended version of Carry Ban Legislation, Senate Bill 5038.  The measure now heads to the House for further consideration. It is more important than ever for NRA Members and Second Amendment Supporters to contact their State Representative and urge them to OPPOSE this anti-gun measure.


Senate Bill 5038 makes it a crime to openly carry, on the person or in a vehicle, a firearm or other “weapon” if the person is participating in, or attending, a “permitted demonstration” in a public place.  Despite permitting individuals to use an area for the exercise of their First Amendment rights, anti-gun legislators want to ban those individuals from exercising their Second Amendment rights in the same permitted space.  The Constitution was not written with gradually disappearing ink where one right is more important than another.  The Second Amendment should not be infringed upon in any capacity, especially where other Constitutional Rights are being freely and openly expressed.

Further, SB 5038 makes it a crime to open carry a firearm on Washington State Capitol grounds.  Open carry on the capitol campus during 2A rallies has always been peaceful and without a single incident of violence, however, it will now be banned without reason.

NRA Members are strongly encouraged to contact their State Representative and politely ask them to OPPOSE anti-self-defense legislation, Senate Bill 5038​

[timberghost72]

Link to email your reps. Takes 30 seconds.

https://act.nraila.org/actions/campaigns/11329

[HillHound]

Done

[pd]

$20 says this will be rejected by SCotUS.  Anybody want to bet me?

[bigtex]

$20 says this will be rejected by SCotUS.  Anybody want to bet me?

It's modeled after a similar law in Alabama.

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[pd]

$20 says this will be rejected by SCotUS.  Anybody want to bet me?

It's modeled after a similar law in Alabama.

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Does that mean you accepted my challenge?  I can wait the several years for this to resolve.

[silverdalesauer]

Done.

[Mulie87]

Done and I agree with pd.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Done

[bugs n bones]

Done

[lastmk8]

Done and Done, now maybe my Beagles should submit one also...

[ghosthunter]

Done

I got to think that it will get thrown out in time.

[Mjensen]

Done

[TheStovePipeKid]

Done. What a load of rubbish. I guess they must have changed the definition of "shall not" in the urban dictionary.

[BLDtraLR]

This---   The Constitution was not written with gradually disappearing ink where one right is more important than another.  The Second Amendment should not be infringed upon in any capacity, especially where other Constitutional Rights are being freely and openly expressed.    .    DONE  as everyone should be doing.

[KNOPHISH]

I told my reps it’s a Constitutional infringement and they took an oath to defend it.

[Moose Master]

Can't open carry into a bar or a courthouse so explain to me how this is different on the capital grounds?  I don’t see that portion being thrown out of court.

[fishngamereaper]

If you where following the house was in session today talking about this...new  amendment adds emergency clause...

It's going to vote...make your voices heard.

[Special T]

Can't open carry into a bar or a courthouse so explain to me how this is different on the capital grounds?  I don’t see that portion being thrown out of court.

Ive Been to a Bar in Nevada where a guy open carried having a whiskey... didnt bother me.

Just because those places have been deemed verboten  doesnt mean that  it mist be so everywhere. L

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[Moose Master]

Can't open carry into a bar or a courthouse so explain to me how this is different on the capital grounds?  I don’t see that portion being thrown out of court.

Ive Been to a Bar in Nevada where a guy open carried having a whiskey... didnt bother me.

Just because those places have been deemed verboten  doesnt mean that  it mist be so everywhere. L

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Last time I checked this ain't Nevada.   My comment was specifically for capital grounds.

[Special T]

Can't open carry into a bar or a courthouse so explain to me how this is different on the capital grounds?  I don’t see that portion being thrown out of court.

Ive Been to a Bar in Nevada where a guy open carried having a whiskey... didnt bother me.

Just because those places have been deemed verboten  doesnt mean that  it mist be so everywhere. L

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Last time I checked this ain't Nevada.   My comment was specifically for capital grounds.

If your aware of Washington's history and its constitution it has always been distrustful of power and embraced the 2A. Washington has changed Nevada has not.

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[huntnphool]

$20 says this will be rejected by SCotUS.  Anybody want to bet me?

It's modeled after a similar law in Alabama.

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Does that mean you accepted my challenge?  I can wait the several years for this to resolve.

 Don’t hold your breath!

[Jingles]

Well let's go all the way back to the demonstration portion of the bill. Does not the First Amendment serve as a permit to freely exercise your "right to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for redress of grievances"? So why does anyone need a permit to hold a peaceful demonstration? We already have one in the Constitution and requiring a special permit violates that right.