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They want to ignore your 4th Amendment right and enter your house to inspect how you store your firearm. How do you think they are going to know you have an "assault weapon?" Registration of your firearms...
They don't want you to transport multiple firearms, or even an "assault weapon" unless you are going to the range or hunting. And they don't want you to have magazines over 10 rounds when accompanied by a firearm that uses it.
IANAL, but this is how I interpret what is written.
If this makes its way through, we will become the next California.
18 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 9.41 RCW
19 to read as follows:
20 (1) No person in this state shall manufacture, possess, purchase,
21 sell, or otherwise transfer any assault weapon, or any assault weapon
22 conversion kit, except as authorized by subsection (3) of this section.
23 Any assault weapon or assault weapon conversion kit the manufacture,
24 possession, purchase, sale, or other transfer of which is prohibited
25 under this section is a public nuisance.
26 (2) No person in this state shall possess or have under his or her
27 control at one time both of the following:
28 (a) A semiautomatic or pump-action rifle, semiautomatic pistol, or
29 shotgun capable of accepting a detachable magazine; and
30 (b) Any magazine capable of use with that firearm that contains
31 more than ten rounds of ammunition.
32 (3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any of the
33 following:
34 (a) The possession of an unloaded assault weapon for the purpose of
35 permanently relinquishing it to a law enforcement agency in this state.
36 Any assault weapon relinquished pursuant to this subsection shall be
37 destroyed;
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1 (b) The transfer of any assault weapon by a licensed manufacturer
2 or dealer to a law enforcement agency in this state for use by that
3 agency or its employees for law enforcement purposes;
4 (c) The possession of an assault weapon that was legally possessed
5 on the effective date of this section, but only if the person legally
6 possessing the assault weapon has complied with all of the requirements
7 of subsection (5) of this section;
8 (d) The possession of an assault weapon that has been permanently
9 disabled so that it is incapable of discharging a projectile.
10 (4) Subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to any person:
11 (a) While lawfully engaged in shooting at a duly licensed, lawfully
12 operated shooting range;
13 (b) While lawfully participating in a sporting event officially
14 sanctioned by a club or organization established in whole or in part
15 for the purpose of sponsoring sport shooting events.
16 (5) In order to continue to possess an assault weapon that was
17 legally possessed on the effective date of this section, the person
18 possessing the assault weapon shall do all of the following:
19 (a) Safely and securely store the assault weapon. The sheriff of
20 the county may, no more than once per year, conduct an inspection to
21 ensure compliance with this subsection;
22 (b) Possess the assault weapon only on property owned or
23 immediately controlled by the person, or while engaged in the legal use
24 of the assault weapon at a duly licensed firing range, or while
25 traveling to or from either of these locations for the purpose of
26 engaging in the legal use of the assault weapon, provided that the
27 assault weapon is stored unloaded and in a separate locked container
28 during transport.
29 (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any person
30 in this state who, after the effective date of this section, acquires
31 title to an assault weapon by inheritance, bequest, or succession,
32 shall, within thirty days of acquiring title, do one of the following:
33 (a) Comply with all of the requirements of subsection (5) of this
34 section;
35 (b) Dispose of the assault weapon pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of
36 this section; or
37 (c) Permanently disable the assault weapon so that it is incapable
38 of discharging a projectile.
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1 (7)(a) Any person convicted of violating subsection (1) or (2) of
2 this section is guilty of a class C felony.
3 (b) Any person convicted of violating subsection (5) of this
4 section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
5 (8) This section does not apply to:
6 (a) Marshals, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens or their deputies,
7 or other law enforcement officers of this or another state while acting
8 within the scope of their duties;
9 (b) Members of the armed forces of the United States or of the
10 national guard or organized services, when on duty;
11 (c) Officers or employees of the United States duly authorized to
12 possess assault weapons; or
13 (d) Any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing,
14 or dealing in assault weapons, or the representative or agent of the
15 person who is properly licensed under federal or state laws to do so
16 and who is acting within the usual and ordinary course of the business.