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We all should be thankful for having Pam Roach in our corner.
Everyone owes her her some words of gratitude & praise.
You can drop her a thank you at:
[email protected]
We're digressing badly off topic, but I work for an Israeli corporation and have mixed feelings about my new management. Very nationalistic, and most are retired IDF officers who think barking at employees will lead to productive results. To be fair, it has little to do with their ethnicity, and much more to do with their politics and world view.
Besides, I'm told in Israel there's a max 1 firearm per person (or maybe even household?).
I found the analogies the "for" witnesses used to be lacking. There are already laws that are supposed to prevent youths from purchasing guns.
Here's a response from my senator who will not get my vote come next election.
Thank you so much for writing in regard to Senate Bill 6396, which deals with a ban on assault weapons. Any time we're dealing with gun issues and Second Amendment rights, there tends to be a lot of confusion about what a bill does or does not do.
This legislation isn't going anywhere this session. You should know that it appears as though there is very little momentum for this bill, as reported in the Seattle Times.
The intent of this legislation is to mirror the old federal legislation that has lapsed regarding an assault weapons ban.
It is not mirroring the lapsed assault weapons ban. It is a gross ignorance of current laws and violations of current Constitutional Amendments.
I firmly believe that there is a happy medium that allows us to keep guns that can rapidly fire away from dangerous criminals or those suffering from mental illness while at the same time preserving the right of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves and/or have guns for hunting purposes.
My gun fires as fast as my trigger finger allows, just like every semiautomatic rifle, shotgun or handgun. Rapid fire is a phrase to insinuate "machine gun" as a scare tactic. If you want a law to keep guns away from people with mental illness, then make such a bill that addresses that person, not the tool.
My father has been an NRA member for more than 40 years, so we often have this debate within our family as to what is a reasonable restriction on gun ownership.
Thanksgiving at your house must SUCK! Did you bring tofu-turkey instead of shooting a bird?
I think we can all agree that there are certain weapons, such as a bazooka, that have no place in the public forum. So to say that there should be no gun restrictions is a fallacy that is not supported by the current interpretation of law.
A bazooka is already illegal you idiot. If you're going to reach so high, why don't you just say, 'we can all agree that there are certain weapons, such as a nuclear warhead, that have no place in the public forum.' That sounds just as scary.
On the other hand we do need to recognize our forefathers' decision to guarantee our right to bear arms and the reasoning behind it. If the bill advances through the two houses of the Legislature, we will have many opportunities to amend its language and pursue a reasonable and balanced final product.
So you need to go so far LEFT in your proposed bill to include annual search by law enforcement of said 10+ capacity banned weapons?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and opinions. I look forward to our continued dialogue on this issue.
think hope for Peace!
Rodney Tom
Former State Senator
Mayor Davidson,
I'm confused over the appearance of your uniformed Police Chief in front of a Senate Judiciary Committee today. Did you send her there to speak out against my Constitutional Rights? If so, you should know that she did a good job of embarrassing you. Chief Pillo made some ridiculously inaccurate statements on both crime statistics and gunsmithing.
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Thanks for the Links! What a 30 min joke!
... he did very well for a guy presenting a bill that looks like a 10 year old wrote it.
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=276365
Updated 1 hour, 56 minutes ago.
Olympia won't take on assault weapons ban
By CHRIS SULLIVAN
KIRO Radio
Despite pleas to ban assault rifles, Washington lawmakers don't appear ready to tackle the issue this session.
The legislation focuses on "military-style" assault weapons, which can fire rapidly and carry large magazines of ammunition.
After nearly an hour of passionate debate Tuesday, there weren't enough votes to get this latest attempt out of committee.
Ralph Fascitelli, board chairman for Washington Ceasefire, supports the ban of semi-automatic pistons, pump-action rifles, and shotguns. "If it holds more than 10 bullets, it my mind, it is. If it automatically loads and discharges bullets, it is. If it's original design and intent was to kill humans, it is," said Fascitelli.
He said it's important to make sure the wrong people don't have the opportunity to use assault weapons. "Many crimes are committed by angry, disturbed individuals without a criminal record who turn deadly in a moment of rage when they have access to weapons of war, such as these assault weapons," said Fascitelli.
But gun supporters, like Brian Judy of the National Rifle Association, says this ban wouldn't have kept the assault rifle out of the hands of Christopher Monfort, the man charged with killing Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton.
"I want to give you a bit of breaking news you probably won't hear in the Washington media. That is that 70 million gun owners didn't break the law today. Millions didn't break the law with firearms that are classified as assault weapons under this bill," said Judy.
He added that trying to define assault weapons won't work.
"You can ban all semi-automatic firearms or you can ban none of them, but if you try to carve out some arbitrary sub-set, what you're going to end up with is a confusing and utterly ineffective nightmare of law and regulation," said Judy.
Sponsors said the bill is similar to the federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2004. It would cover an array of different pistols, shotguns and rifles, including semiautomatic rifles with large ammunition magazines and pistol-grip stocks.
The Aaron Sullivan Public Safety and Police Protection Bill is Senate Bill 6396. The bill was named in honor of 18-year-old Aaron Sullivan, who was shot and killed by a SKS 7.62-caliber rifle in Seattle in July.