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Legislation Introduced to Attack Gun Shows in Washington

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ICEMAN:
Just saw that Kain, thanks for posting.

This legislation is being introduced by my own State Representative from my district; Brendan Williams.  :bash:


The proposed law reads:

1 AN ACT Relating to liability for the criminal use of firearms sold
2 at gun shows or events; and adding a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 9.41 RCW
5 to read as follows:
6 (1) A person who sells, delivers, or otherwise transfers, at a gun
7 show or event, a firearm to any person whom a criminal background check
8 in accordance with RCW 9.41.090 and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 921 et seq. would
9 have revealed was ineligible under RCW 9.41.040 to possess a firearm,
10 is strictly liable for damages for the injury or death of another
11 person that results from the criminal use of that firearm by any
12 person.
13 (2) For the purposes of this section, "gun show or event" means a
14 place or event, a gun trade show, gun collectors' show, flea market, or
15 auction, other than a permanent retail store, at which three or more
16 individuals assemble to display, sell, lease, or transfer new or used
17 firearms or firearm components to the public and that is not exempt
18 from collecting sales tax under RCW 82.08.0251. "Gun show or event"
19 includes the entire premises provided for the gun show or event,
p. 1 HB 2477
1 including parking areas near the gun show or event that the sponsor
2 knows or should reasonably know will be used for parking for the gun
3 show or event.
--- END ---
HB 2477
 

Find your own legislator here and write to them, it is very easy;

DO IT NOW!
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx

croix:
Sent my three emails out. Didn't take long and the link provided by Iceman made it simple to get all of my state legislators at one shot. Thanks Ice and thanks to Kain for bringing this one to my attention.

ICEMAN:
Good job Croix! Thanks for taking the time.

I hate having to try to keep up on this crap, but I want my kids to have the same opportunity that I have had. Screw the damned politicians!

croix:
Writing to my three democrat legislators felt a little like p*ssing into the wind, but needed to be done. I thought that I was going to have to write to each of them individually (still not that difficult with copy and paste) but that web site had a radio button that asked if I wanted to send copies to all three. One email - three useless politicians. Cool.

Holg3107:
I could be wrong here but i thought they passed a bill a few years ago that required all firearms sold at sanctioned gun shows to be registered to the new owner? Doesn't that require a background check? I could be wrong, either way this is just another unenforcable piece of legislation that will be extremely difficult to moniter. Unless the gun you are selling is registered to you LOL, this seems to be a bit of a stretch.

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