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Interesting questions continue to be raised about the billionaire-supported I-594 that was passed after thousands of deceptive ads. Nowhere near all of the problems but they're starting to come out. The media decided they wanted the ad money from billionaires and keeping them happy was more important than fairly and objectively informing the public. (A flood of FCC protests against renewing their licenses for failing to operate in the public interest might be interesting.)
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Does new law take into consideration 'devices'? | Letter
Nov 15, 2014 at 3:00AM
Editor,
Will Home Depot, Walmart, Lowe's, Cabela's and countless other sporting goods and hardware stores, as well as construction companies in Washington and even the state Department of Transportation, comply with Initiative 594 when it becomes law, and will this state's prosecuting attorneys prosecute those who don't?
The definition of firearm contained in state law and in I-594 reads, "… A weapon or device from which a projectile or projectiles may be fired by an explosive such as gunpowder."
Notice the key words "or device" in the definition.
Walmart and many sporting goods stores sell 12-gauge flare guns used for signaling straight off the shelves.
These flare guns have previously been determined to be firearms by the WSP Crime Lab in Tacoma because they fire a projectile by an explosive.
I-594 requires background checks for these sales, loans and transfers.
Home Depot, Lowe's and other hardware stores sell Ramset nail guns, which use a gunpowder charge to fire nails, usually into concrete or steel.
These nail guns have actually been used in the past to murder people. I-594 requires background checks on these sales, loans and transfers.
When the Washington DOT sends out their artillery gun with a road crew for avalanche control, there is no exception in I-594 for that temporary transfer.
I-594 requires a background check for it.
I-594 also requires that the gun be delivered to the federal firearms license for the transfer, so which FFL will the Department of Transportation tow their artillery gun to for transfer to the road crew?
If a construction company has any of these powder actuated nail-driving devices on their shelves for their employees to take to job sites to use — I-594 requires a background check for that temporary transfer.
And if one employee at the job site gives that powder actuated nail gun to another employee to use — another background check is required.
Even most of the little plastic champagne bottle poppers that shoot the confetti when the string is pulled are devices that fire a projectile with an explosive charge — there is a tiny gunpowder charge in most of them.
Will retail party stores comply with the required background checks, and will they be prosecuted if they don't?
The question is, are the same people who supported this Initiative now going to insist that it be enforced and violations prosecuted?
We are going to have retailers like Home Depot selling semi-automatic firearms as defined by current state law and I-594 to the public right off the shelves with no background checks in direct violation of I-594.
The second sale or transfer becomes a felony. Are we just going to allow these felonies to occur everyday?
John Havercroft
Stanwood
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Does new law take into consideration 'devices'? | Letter
Nov 15, 2014 at 3:00AM
Editor,
Will Home Depot, Walmart, Lowe's, Cabela's and countless other sporting goods and hardware stores, as well as construction companies in Washington and even the state Department of Transportation, comply with Initiative 594 when it becomes law, and will this state's prosecuting attorneys prosecute those who don't?
The definition of firearm contained in state law and in I-594 reads, "… A weapon or device from which a projectile or projectiles may be fired by an explosive such as gunpowder."
Notice the key words "or device" in the definition.
Walmart and many sporting goods stores sell 12-gauge flare guns used for signaling straight off the shelves.
These flare guns have previously been determined to be firearms by the WSP Crime Lab in Tacoma because they fire a projectile by an explosive.
I-594 requires background checks for these sales, loans and transfers.
Home Depot, Lowe's and other hardware stores sell Ramset nail guns, which use a gunpowder charge to fire nails, usually into concrete or steel.
These nail guns have actually been used in the past to murder people. I-594 requires background checks on these sales, loans and transfers.
When the Washington DOT sends out their artillery gun with a road crew for avalanche control, there is no exception in I-594 for that temporary transfer.
I-594 requires a background check for it.
I-594 also requires that the gun be delivered to the federal firearms license for the transfer, so which FFL will the Department of Transportation tow their artillery gun to for transfer to the road crew?
If a construction company has any of these powder actuated nail-driving devices on their shelves for their employees to take to job sites to use — I-594 requires a background check for that temporary transfer.
And if one employee at the job site gives that powder actuated nail gun to another employee to use — another background check is required.
Even most of the little plastic champagne bottle poppers that shoot the confetti when the string is pulled are devices that fire a projectile with an explosive charge — there is a tiny gunpowder charge in most of them.
Will retail party stores comply with the required background checks, and will they be prosecuted if they don't?
The question is, are the same people who supported this Initiative now going to insist that it be enforced and violations prosecuted?
We are going to have retailers like Home Depot selling semi-automatic firearms as defined by current state law and I-594 to the public right off the shelves with no background checks in direct violation of I-594.
The second sale or transfer becomes a felony. Are we just going to allow these felonies to occur everyday?
John Havercroft
Stanwood
