JaxChris
01-20-2010, 11:22 AM
If you know anyone in Washington state, please refer them to the link below to read the bill and make the calls to their state senator to get this stopped. First motion on this bill has taken place on 01/13/10.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6396&year=2009
Anything with a magazine, holds more than 10 rounds, and has a pistol grip behind the trigger (what weapon doesn't?) is classified as an Assault Weapon. This bill is seriously jacked. You would expect California or New York to have this kind of heavily restricted bill.
Might as well kiss most Semi-Auto pistols goodbye also with the way they will attempt to interpret this once if it passes.
My commentary is in red...
(20) "Assault weapon" means:
8 (a) Any semiautomatic pistol or semiautomatic or pump-action rifle
9 or shotgun that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine, with a
10 capacity to accept more then ten rounds of ammunition and that also
11 possesses any of the following:
12 (i) If the firearm is a rifle or shotgun, a pistol grip located
13 rear of the trigger; [so it is legal if you shoot backwards... like in your own face?]
14 (ii) If the firearm is a rifle or shotgun, a stock in any
15 configuration, including but not limited to a thumbhole stock, a
16 folding stock or a telescoping stock, that allows the bearer of the
17 firearm to grasp the firearm with the trigger hand such that the web of
18 the trigger hand, between the thumb and forefinger, can be placed below
19 the top of the external portion of the trigger during firing; [what? did he just say something about my mother?]
20 (iii) If the firearm is a pistol, a shoulder stock of any type or
21 configuration, including but not limited to a folding stock or a
22 telescoping stock;
23 (iv) A barrel shroud; [i.e. Handguard or Rail system, good bye all rifles with a magazine]
24 (v) A muzzle brake or muzzle compensator;
25 (vi) Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that
26 can be held by the hand that is not the trigger hand; [i.e. no more magwell holds for you]
27 (b) Any pistol that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine
28 at any location outside of the pistol grip;
29 (c) Any semiautomatic pistol, any semiautomatic, center-fire rifle,
30 or any shotgun with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept
31 more than ten rounds of ammunition; [so wait, I can pin a 10-round mag into the lower and pull the take down pin to reload? there is hope... if you remove the handguard, shave the magwell, use a 16"+ bull barrel, a monsterman grip, and a fixed stock]
32 (d) Any shotgun capable of accepting a detachable magazine;
33 (e) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder;
34 (f) Any conversion kit or other combination of parts from which an
35 assault weapon can be assembled if the parts are in the possession or
36 under the control of any person.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6396&year=2009
Anything with a magazine, holds more than 10 rounds, and has a pistol grip behind the trigger (what weapon doesn't?) is classified as an Assault Weapon. This bill is seriously jacked. You would expect California or New York to have this kind of heavily restricted bill.
Might as well kiss most Semi-Auto pistols goodbye also with the way they will attempt to interpret this once if it passes.
My commentary is in red...
(20) "Assault weapon" means:
8 (a) Any semiautomatic pistol or semiautomatic or pump-action rifle
9 or shotgun that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine, with a
10 capacity to accept more then ten rounds of ammunition and that also
11 possesses any of the following:
12 (i) If the firearm is a rifle or shotgun, a pistol grip located
13 rear of the trigger; [so it is legal if you shoot backwards... like in your own face?]
14 (ii) If the firearm is a rifle or shotgun, a stock in any
15 configuration, including but not limited to a thumbhole stock, a
16 folding stock or a telescoping stock, that allows the bearer of the
17 firearm to grasp the firearm with the trigger hand such that the web of
18 the trigger hand, between the thumb and forefinger, can be placed below
19 the top of the external portion of the trigger during firing; [what? did he just say something about my mother?]
20 (iii) If the firearm is a pistol, a shoulder stock of any type or
21 configuration, including but not limited to a folding stock or a
22 telescoping stock;
23 (iv) A barrel shroud; [i.e. Handguard or Rail system, good bye all rifles with a magazine]
24 (v) A muzzle brake or muzzle compensator;
25 (vi) Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that
26 can be held by the hand that is not the trigger hand; [i.e. no more magwell holds for you]
27 (b) Any pistol that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine
28 at any location outside of the pistol grip;
29 (c) Any semiautomatic pistol, any semiautomatic, center-fire rifle,
30 or any shotgun with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept
31 more than ten rounds of ammunition; [so wait, I can pin a 10-round mag into the lower and pull the take down pin to reload? there is hope... if you remove the handguard, shave the magwell, use a 16"+ bull barrel, a monsterman grip, and a fixed stock]
32 (d) Any shotgun capable of accepting a detachable magazine;
33 (e) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder;
34 (f) Any conversion kit or other combination of parts from which an
35 assault weapon can be assembled if the parts are in the possession or
36 under the control of any person.