Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Gun control legislation moves ahead in Olympia

A number of gun control bills are moving to the Washington state Senate floor after advancing from committee before the deadline and could be considered at any moment.  Please contact your state Senator and urge them to OPPOSE Senate Bills 5062, 5174, 5434, 5143, 5027, 5745, and 5181. 
The Substitute to Senate Bill 5062, sponsored by Senator Patty Kuderer (D-48), was filed at the request of Attorney General Bob Ferguson.  It would ban the possession of ammunition magazines with a capacity greater than 10, encompassing most standard capacity magazines commonly used by law-abiding citizens, such as with handguns popular for self-defense.  Those who own non-compliant magazines prior to the ban would only be allowed to possess them on their own property and in other limited instances such as at licensed shooting ranges and nationally sanctioned sport shooting events.  These magazines would have to be transported unloaded and locked separately from firearms and stored at home locked, making them unavailable for self-defense.
Senate Bill 5174, sponsored by Senator Guy Palumbo (D-1), would increase the government red tape that law-abiding adults must go through in order to obtain a Concealed Pistol License by requiring a mandatory training course. 
The Substitute to Senate Bill 5434, sponsored by Senator Claire Wilson (D-30), would increase the areas where law-abiding citizens are prohibited from possessing firearms, including holders of a Concealed Pistol License (CPL) carrying a handgun for self-defense.  It would allow local governments to make public parks and recreational facilities into “gun-free zones” where law-abiding citizens would be unable to defend themselves and their loved ones against criminals who simply ignore such arbitrary boundaries.  In addition, it would mandate that child care facilities be “gun-free zones” and post signs indicating so.
Senate Bill 5143, sponsored by Senator Manka Dhingra (D-45), would require law-enforcement to seize firearms and ammunition when they are called to the scene of an alleged domestic violence incident and hold them for at least five business days.  This would result in property being confiscated without first going through due process and subjecting citizens to bureaucratic red tape to get their property returned. 
Senate Bill 5027, sponsored by Senator David Frockt (D-46), would expand Washington’s existing Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO).  It would affirm that the ERPO can be issued against minors while also infringing upon the self-defense rights of law-abiding parents or others in the household without due process.  
Senate Bill 5745, sponsored by Senator Marko Liias (D-21), would expand Washington’s existing Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) to allow Second Amendment rights to be suspended for individuals alleged to make certain threats by third party accusers with little, if any, real evidence and limited “due process” for the respondent.  
Hearings for the orders would be ex parte, where the respondent would not be present to challenge the accuser and defend against allegations made against them.  The issuance of an order would immediately prohibit the respondent from exercising their Second Amendment rights.  The Right to Keep and Bear Arms should not be treated as a second-class right and should only be restricted consistent with the constitutional requirements of due process.
Liias is from the Dark Ages. This act alone violates more civil rights than the rest of the malicious acts Olympia is considering. 
Senate Bill 5181, sponsored by Senator Kuderer, would suspend Second Amendment rights without due process for six months from individuals who are admitted for a 72-hour mental health evaluation, but who are not subsequently involuntarily committed.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

New gun control moves in the legislature

The phony liberal tyrants move more firmly against the people.

Senate Bill 5745, sponsored by Senator Marko Liias (D-21), would expand Washington’s existing Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) to allow Second Amendment rights to be suspended for individuals alleged to make certain threats by third party accusers with little, if any, real evidence and limited “due process” for the respondent.  
Hearings for the orders would be ex parte, where the respondent would not be present to challenge the accuser and defend against allegations made against them.  The issuance of an order would immediately prohibit the respondent from exercising their Second Amendment rights.  The Right to Keep and Bear Arms should not be treated as a second-class right and should only be restricted consistent with the constitutional requirements of due process.
Senate Bill 5434, sponsored by Senator Claire Wilson (D-30), would increase the areas where law-abiding citizens are prohibited from possessing firearms, including holders of a Concealed Pistol License (CPL) carrying a handgun for self-defense.  It would turn child care facilities, libraries, public parks, and recreational facilities into “gun-free zones” where law-abiding citizens would be unable to defend themselves and their loved ones against criminals who simply ignore such arbitrary boundaries.  In addition, child care facilities would be required to post a “Gun-Free Zone” sign.
Please contact committee members and urge them to OPPOSE Senate Bills 5745 and 5434

Monday, February 18, 2019

The Legislative Week in Preview

New bill looks to clear path for state universal health care
Senate Democrats took an early step in setting our state on a path toward socialized medicine last week. Democrats introduced legislation to commission a workgroup tasked with studying a universal health care system that included a taxpayer funded option. Some Senate Democrats have even said Gov. Inslee’s public option doesn’t go far enough.

The Democrats join the dogpile.  The tax burden for state run health care is expected to be crushing. The irresistible lure of power over our paltry lives proves too much for the "Democratic" gang in the Legislature.  As a bonus to goose-stepping leftists, we the People lose our right to chose with whom we associate when we need health care.

State AG threatens legal action over Trump emergency declaration
Because campaigning never stops for Bob Ferguson, the state Attorney General announced he was planning to sue the President yet again. Ferguson said he would consider legal action should President Trump declare a state of emergency – which happened on Friday. “If Washington is harmed, my office will take appropriate steps to block this unlawful action, just as we’ve blocked more than a dozen illegal and unconstitutional policies of this president,” Ferguson said.

Fergone seems to think guarding the national border is not a suitable role for the President. 

Taking a rare break from campaigning, Ferguson wrote that county sheriffs refusing to enforce Washington new gun laws could be liable. “The taxpayers of your city or county assume the financial risk of your decision to impose your personal views over the law,” he wrote. So far twelve sheriffs have said they would not have said they would not enforce the new gun regulation law passed last year by voters. 

We should note that Ferguson is happy to remain silent when it comes to the illegality of heroin injection sites.

Far left policies have serious economic consequences and the people of New York experienced that first hand last week when Amazon announced they would no longer move forward with bringing 25,000 jobs to NYC  ---  Thousands of good paying jobs lost because of liberal politics. 

“I believe the head tax debate here in Seattle had a little something to do with laying the foundation for these conversations that happened in New York,” said Seattle Councilmember Lisa Herbold. To top it all off, Amazon announced they have no near term plan for future growth in Seattle.

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Stupid plastic bag ban

Talk about overreach.  Now Washington State is going to be just like California, no matter how stupidly.  In the Legislature's bill digest we find the following:

SB 5323 Would prohibit- a retail establishment from:

(1) Providing to a customer or a person at an event:
    (a) A single-use plastic carryout  bag;  or
    (b)  a  paper  carryout  bag  or  reusable carryout bag made of film plastic that does not meet recycled content requirements; and

(2)  Using  or  providing  certain  polyethylene  or  other noncompostable plastic bags.Authorizes a retail establishment to provide a reusable carryout bag or a recycled content paper carryout bag of any size to a customer at the point of sale.

SB 5323 Would require  a  retail  establishment  to  collect  a  pass-through charge of not less than ten cents for every recycled content paper carryout bag or reusable carryout bag made of film plastic it provides.

SB 5323 Would prohibit a city, town, county, or municipal corporation from implementing a local carryout bag ordinance.

SB 5323 Would provide that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.  Feh.

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