My understanding is that, prior to I-1639 a WA resident purchasing a pistol allowed a 1 time release of their otherwise confidential health information, but that the changes in I-1639 made it persist into perpetuity and granted the state whatever frequency of inquiries they wanted.
Also I believe they added almost all semi-auto rifles subject to this waiver and added them to the "registry" that existed prior just for pistols in WA state.
My question for anyone that may have the legal expertise or may know.
I halted firearm purchases prior to I-1639 as I felt these changes among others were a drastic overreach, I also sped up some purchases, but didn't get everything on my list. I won't spend my whole life in this state and at some point will move. However, if I am basically signing up for a permanent cataloging of all future purchases by this state's licensing department and signing up for a violation of my health information forever, on whatever whim the state feels like checking it, I can wait to make these purchases.
Thanks for your time.
Also I believe they added almost all semi-auto rifles subject to this waiver and added them to the "registry" that existed prior just for pistols in WA state.
My question for anyone that may have the legal expertise or may know.
- If I move out of state after previously having signed this waiver, can you petition the state to nullify it? It would seem if you are no longer a WA state resident, the state does not have the authority to continually check your mental health status into perpetuity with whatever frequency it wants.
- If I move out of state can I petition the state to remove pistols from the WA state Pistol Database that were purchased PRIOR to I-1639 AND/OR pistols/semi-auto rifles purchased AFTER I-1639?
I halted firearm purchases prior to I-1639 as I felt these changes among others were a drastic overreach, I also sped up some purchases, but didn't get everything on my list. I won't spend my whole life in this state and at some point will move. However, if I am basically signing up for a permanent cataloging of all future purchases by this state's licensing department and signing up for a violation of my health information forever, on whatever whim the state feels like checking it, I can wait to make these purchases.
Thanks for your time.
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