WA Senate passes bump stock ban

http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/...an/1069897001/

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"It aligns current practices with our state laws and our state laws have never allowed for fully automatic weapons," said Democratic Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, who described himself as a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. "Therefore, I believe our state should not allow bump stocks."

Senator Van De Wege should think before he speaks. WA allowed machine guns for anyone allowed to own a gun until restrictions were placed on them in 1934 and 1994. Now, other than police and military, they're restricted to licensees who are issued a license on demand as long as they fill out the application correctly.

http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/bienni...lls/5992.E.pdf
Basically the bill treats bump stocks like machine guns. The ban on making them goes into effect in July 2018, the ban on possession is on July 2019.

The votes were mostly divided on party lines. There were a few GOP yeas and at least one Democrat nay vote. The bill will go to the House where the Democrats have a small majority.

As far as I'm concerned all of the debate/motions/activity on this bill was a waste of time as it criminalizes non-violent behavior for the most part and will most likely have zero effect on crime except for those people who are foolish enough to not destroy, sell or dispose out of state their newly banned accessories.

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