sudden valley gunner
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http://www.atg.wa.gov/AGOOpinions/Opinion.aspx?section=archive&id=21188
Rob Mckenna wrote:
http://www.atg.wa.gov/AGOOpinions/Opinion.aspx?section=archive&id=21188
Rob Mckenna wrote:
Seems some counties just enact broad stroke no shooting zones. Part of Galbraith in Bellingham comes to mind.Ballsmider, 71 Wn. App. at 162–163 (emphasis added) (citations omitted). The Court concluded that this reading of RCW 9.41.300(2) was consistent with RCW 9.41.290. According to the Court, the preemption language in RCW 9.41.290
applies to the entire range of firearms regulation, including “registration, licensing, possession, purchase, sale, acquisition, transfer, discharge, and transportation of firearms . . .” (Emphasis added). RCW 9.41.300(2) and its “[n]otwithstanding RCW 9.41.290” language merely give local governments authority, without penalty or other restrictions, to enact laws regarding the discharge of firearms in areas where there is a reasonable likelihood that humans, domestic animals, or property will be jeopardized. This limited exception does not swallow or render meaningless the general preemption statute which, as noted above, applies to much more than the regulation of the discharge of firearms.