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At the risk of being accused of loading up the bandwidth, here is a post I just received from NRA-ILA. FWIW
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"Assault Weapons" Ban Proposed in Olympia!][/align]
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Senate Bill 6396, legislation that would bring California-style gun-control to the Northwest and ultimately ban many semi-automatic firearms commonly owned by Washingtonians.
This legislation would establish far-reaching restrictions onsemi-automatic firearms (dubbing them "assault weapons") andammunition magazines.SB6396 affects every firearmmodified to conform withthe now-extinct Clinton Gun-Banplus many other semi-automatic firearms that have no lineage to those rifles or any military-style orientation whatsoever.
Like the failed Clinton Gun-Banthat sunset in 2004,this bill is about demonizing certain firearms based on how they look, not about crime fighting. This gun ban scheme will only punish law-abiding citizens and will do nothing to curb crime or keep criminals from obtaining firearms illegally. This is simply another attack on our Second Amendment rights in Washington State.
Please contact both of your State Representatives and your State Senator TODAY at 800-562-6000 and politely urge them to oppose SB6396. More contact information for your legislators can be found
here.
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