Trigger Dr
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I received these e-mails today as part of the WDFW commision rules chanes. GET BUSY with calls to your respective government contacts.
----- Original Message -----
From: WALTER D CHRISTENSEN
To: protect2ndamd@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: NO Mandatory Concealed Pistol License
this afternoon in Oly the WDFW commission voted to accept the Dept's recommendation to require a Wash. State Concealed Pistol permit when either a muzzleloader hunter or an archery hunter carries a modern handgun during their respective hunting seasons. This rule will include open carry. The WDFW interim director, Phil Anderson, stated for the record that this was his decision to require this ruling. His verbal testimony should be available on-line on the dept's webpage in a few days. The basis for this decision is a direct result of the dept's enforcement chief, Bruce Bjork, request.
From: James H Williams
To: Fish and Wildlife Commission
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:57 AM
Subject: NO Mandatory Concealed Pistol License
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[size=Proposed rule changes (WAC 232-12-051 and 232-12-054) will permit archery and muzzleloaders hunters to carry modern handguns but they must possess a concealed pistol license.]
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[size=These WAC changes violate Washington State Law. Washington State is an "open carry state." Washington State law does not require a concealed pistol license if the handgun is not concealed. The WDFW Commission can not require a license if Washington State law does not. If the hunter carries the handgun concealed, then and only then, would a concealed pistol license be required. For example, if the hand gun is strapped at the waist and visible, there is no requirement for a concealed pistol license.]
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[size=Archery and muzzleloaders should carry modern handguns in accordance with Washington State Law.]
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I received these e-mails today as part of the WDFW commision rules chanes. GET BUSY with calls to your respective government contacts.
----- Original Message -----
From: WALTER D CHRISTENSEN
To: protect2ndamd@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: NO Mandatory Concealed Pistol License
this afternoon in Oly the WDFW commission voted to accept the Dept's recommendation to require a Wash. State Concealed Pistol permit when either a muzzleloader hunter or an archery hunter carries a modern handgun during their respective hunting seasons. This rule will include open carry. The WDFW interim director, Phil Anderson, stated for the record that this was his decision to require this ruling. His verbal testimony should be available on-line on the dept's webpage in a few days. The basis for this decision is a direct result of the dept's enforcement chief, Bruce Bjork, request.
From: James H Williams
To: Fish and Wildlife Commission
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:57 AM
Subject: NO Mandatory Concealed Pistol License
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[size=Proposed rule changes (WAC 232-12-051 and 232-12-054) will permit archery and muzzleloaders hunters to carry modern handguns but they must possess a concealed pistol license.]
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[size=These WAC changes violate Washington State Law. Washington State is an "open carry state." Washington State law does not require a concealed pistol license if the handgun is not concealed. The WDFW Commission can not require a license if Washington State law does not. If the hunter carries the handgun concealed, then and only then, would a concealed pistol license be required. For example, if the hand gun is strapped at the waist and visible, there is no requirement for a concealed pistol license.]
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[size=Archery and muzzleloaders should carry modern handguns in accordance with Washington State Law.]
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