High Capacity Magazines: Get them before July 1

[bearpaw]

If you want one get it before July 1.

https://www.kxly.com/high-capacity-ammo-magazines-will-be-banned-starting-july-1/

[Westside88]

I heard an employee at the Bass Pro gun counter telling a prospective customer they couldn’t sell him a firearm with a high (standard) capacity magazine because he might not be cleared by July 1 and they wouldn’t be able to give him the mag at that time.  Apparently some dealers are letting customers take mag possession at time of sale, but they wouldn’t

[pickardjw]

Yep, everyone filing their paperwork in 2A the other week were given the magazine(s) before they left.

[Platensek-po]

Anyone know where I can pick up a bx-25 magazine or 2 by Shelton/Olympia area? Places already won’t ship here

[Stein]

I heard an employee at the Bass Pro gun counter telling a prospective customer they couldn’t sell him a firearm with a high (standard) capacity magazine because he might not be cleared by July 1 and they wouldn’t be able to give him the mag at that time.  Apparently some dealers are letting customers take mag possession at time of sale, but they wouldn’t

If you pull a number right now at Cabelas you are probably still 3-5 numbers back by the time July 1 gets here.   

[Platensek-po]

Lol

[huntnnw]

Good thing I live minutes from Idaho . Can you not buy online or are they not shipping to WA residents?

[Stein]

It's illegal to import them as well.  Ironically, FFLs or manufacturers in the state can export them to other states, just not import.

[brew]

I heard an employee at the Bass Pro gun counter telling a prospective customer they couldn’t sell him a firearm with a high (standard) capacity magazine because he might not be cleared by July 1 and they wouldn’t be able to give him the mag at that time.  Apparently some dealers are letting customers take mag possession at time of sale, but they wouldn’t

If you pull a number right now at Cabelas you are probably still 3-5 numbers back by the time July 1 gets here.   

just came back from Lacey Cabelas...absolute ghost town.  No AR style rifles and most handguns gone.  5 employees at gun counter just standing around.   No customers at counter...went to Sportsman's Whse Puyallup Friday and same thing.  Did pick up some mags for my AR 10

[buckfvr]

Time to vote jay and bob off the island......

[Ridgeratt]

How will this affect a person who is moving to the land of restrictions?

If they owned them are they not grandfathered.
But they will be importing them in?

[buckfvr]

Dumb law cant tell whos got what, only makes it illegal to buy in this state, import etc. The state knows not what we have as the mags have never been controlled.

[phildobaggins]

How will this affect a person who is moving to the land of restrictions?

If they owned them are they not grandfathered.
But they will be importing them in?

Great question.. 

[Stein]

How will this affect a person who is moving to the land of restrictions?

If they owned them are they not grandfathered.
But they will be importing them in?

Hard to say, only exception for importing specifically says you must start in WA, leave the state and then come back with the same magazine.

If it were me, I would probably try to find a place to store them in WA and some kind of paperwork to prove they were in the state on June 30.  You could send it to a post office general delivery and they will hold it for 30 days, looks like you can ship firearm parts but not the firearm, but I'm not sure on that.

I'm not sure if it would be the burden of the state to prove, or the burden of the accused to prove.

Like most WA firearm laws, it's poorly written to the extent that it's hard for the good guys to stay legal.

[pianoman9701]

I heard an employee at the Bass Pro gun counter telling a prospective customer they couldn’t sell him a firearm with a high (standard) capacity magazine because he might not be cleared by July 1 and they wouldn’t be able to give him the mag at that time.  Apparently some dealers are letting customers take mag possession at time of sale, but they wouldn’t

Doesn't Cabelas sell magazines by themselves? If the ban takes effect July 1st, they should be able to sell all of those for 10 more days. This doesn't make a lot of sense but a lot of the changes at Cabelas over the last 30 years don't make sense.

[Ridgeratt]

I was asking about a person who was moving here from another state.
Johnny has to move here to take care of family.

[buckfvr]

I dont think you are required to declare them if you move here.

[treefarmer]

Anyone know where I can pick up a bx-25 magazine or 2 by Shelton/Olympia area? Places already won’t ship here

Cabelas had a ton of them last Friday. 

[Stein]

I dont think you are required to declare them if you move here.

Here is what the bill says, looks like you can't bring them in except for a few cases for police/military or if you are selling them through an FFL to someone outside the state.  I didn't see any grandfathering for magazines not in state on July 1 or for people moving in.

No person in this state may manufacture, import, distribute, sell, or offer for sale any large capacity magazine, except as
authorized in this section.

Here is the definition of import:

"Import" means to move, transport, or receive an item from a
12 place outside the territorial limits of the state of Washington to a
13 place inside the territorial limits of the state of Washington.
14 "Import" does not mean situations where an individual possesses a
15 large capacity magazine when departing from, and returning to,
16 Washington state, so long as the individual is returning to
17 Washington in possession of the same large capacity magazine the
18 individual transported out of state.

It seems the goal is to make it pretty tight, only grandfather stuff here on July 1.  What also isn't covered are people from other states that travel to WA, seems like they were left out too.

[pianoman9701]

I dont think you are required to declare them if you move here.

Here is what the bill says, looks like you can't bring them in except for a few cases for police/military or if you are selling them through an FFL to someone outside the state.  I didn't see any grandfathering for magazines not in state on July 1 or for people moving in.

No person in this state may manufacture, import, distribute, sell, or offer for sale any large capacity magazine, except as
authorized in this section.

Here is the definition of import:

"Import" means to move, transport, or receive an item from a
12 place outside the territorial limits of the state of Washington to a
13 place inside the territorial limits of the state of Washington.
14 "Import" does not mean situations where an individual possesses a
15 large capacity magazine when departing from, and returning to,
16 Washington state, so long as the individual is returning to
17 Washington in possession of the same large capacity magazine the
18 individual transported out of state.

It seems the goal is to make it pretty tight, only grandfather stuff here on July 1.  What also isn't covered are people from other states that travel to WA, seems like they were left out too.

That may be the undoing of this new law. Let's hope so.

[Stein]

It will be interesting to see if SCOTUS takes up the CA petition, I think there might be one from NJ already in consideration?

[Oldguy]

Ordered mine from GunMag Warehouse. Quick shipping and giving preference to Washington State orders for ontime delivery.

[Stein]

I'm on the fence, with grizz expanding their range I might be getting a 10mm sometime in the future.  I would probably go with compact and be limited to 10 anyway but might go full size.  I don't really want to spend $50-75 on some ornaments for my safe but it might be a good idea. 

[Sliverslinger]

I'm on the fence, with grizz expanding their range I might be getting a 10mm sometime in the future.  I would probably go with compact and be limited to 10 anyway but might go full size.  I don't really want to spend $50-75 on some ornaments for my safe but it might be a good idea.

I bought a half dozen Glock 20 mags at $20 each from an FFL friend a few months back even though I don’t own the Glock 20 yet for just this reason.