Here are a few ideas.
- constitutional carry
- legalize NFA firearms - short barrel rifles, short barrel shotguns, & full-automatics
- amended a strong castle doctrine to the constitution
- parking lot carry - HB 2137 - 2011-12 (what happened to that bill?)
- campus carry
- state preemption for knives or turn the CPL into CWL with exemption for those with CWL
- eliminate the use tax on firearms transfers
- create and enforce penalties for baseless calls to authorities concerning MWAGs (just like those that would cover someone yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater)
Emphasis added as talking points.
First is about the NFA.
Article VI of the Constitution only says that federal laws are “supreme” when made “in pursuance of” the Constitution.
This does not imply that any old law Our lovers of power (read that as Congress) wish to pass, actually bind the Several Sovereign States and the People to it, without question.
It is a shame that in United States v. Miller - 307 U.S. 174 (1939), that Miller did not challenge his being arrested for failure to purchase a Tax-Stamp for a sawn-off (short barreled) shotgun as being that the NFA itself was unconstitutional as it violated the 2A. As it was he simply argued that the Tax-Stamp for a short barreled shotgun violated the 2A, and then did not present evidence that short barreled shotguns were in common Military use during WWI for close quarter combat, as well as were kept in Military inventory for guard realted functions. Had that been done, the NFA may have been struck down by the SCOTUS back in the late 1930's.
http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/307/174/case.html
So our State following many others, such as the Missouri Legislature is trying to do, by passing Local Legislation Nulifying the Federal Laws with words to the effect of "All federal acts, laws, orders, rules, and regulations, whether past, present, or future, which infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 24 of the Washington Constitution shall be invalid in this state, shall not be recognized by this state, are specifically rejected by this state, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this state."
Speaking of the Supreme Court.
Let me say this as clearly as I can, those nine justices aren’t infallible gods.
They ae not the final arbiter of what the Constitution means, as they have even questioned and subsequently overturned their own rulings in the past.
The Constitution means what the Founders and Ratifiers told us it means, no matter what Our Congress, the President, or the Supreme Court wish to say.
Now about the emphasis pertaining to our Washington State CPL.
For those who are not aware, it used to be a CWP (Concealed Weapon Permit) years ago before Washington converted from a "May Issue" to "Shall Issue" State. My first Washington State Carry Permit was a CWP.