Bills take different approaches to issue of guns on campus: WA edition

Lawmakers have different views on the subject...

Two state lawmakers have offered dramatically different bills dealing with guns on college campuses and the measures touched off spirited debate Thursday at a Senate committee hearing in Olympia.


Read about it here:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/277760.html

and here:

http://tinyurl.com/yophv7


Then check out these WA State House and State Bills regarding these issues:

UPDATED

WA State Bill # Subject Sponsor Status

HB 2268 Weapons at schools Lantz (D-26) DEAD
REPLACED BY HB 3131

HB 3131 Weapons on school grounds Lantz (D-26) H. Rules
OPPOSE

SB 5791 School gun safety program Sheldon (D-35) DEAD

SB 6304 Firearm possession on campus Kohl-Welles (D-36) DEAD

SB 6686 CPLs for military members Roach (R-31) DEAD

SB 6841 Bans firearms on coll. campuses Murray (D-43) DEAD

SB 6860 Firearm possession on campus Roach (R-31) DEAD
More than 50 citizens in attendance supported SB 6860 and opposed SB 6841, of whom more than a dozen testified. In favor of banning guns on campus were only four individuals by one count. Only three testified in support of the ban.

SB 6861 Expands CPL reciprocity Roach (R-31) DEAD

SB 6864 CPL military reciprocity Roach (R-31) DEAD


Key to abbreviations: S. = Senate, H. = House, Jud = Judiciary, Ag/NR =
Agriculture & Natural Resources, Educ = Education, HiEd = Higher
Education, K-12 = Education, Lab/Comm = Labor, Commerce, Research &
Development, (X) = X-files (supposedly dead for this session)


There are many more of these bills, some but not all of the current .GOV employees are working hand over fist to erode your rights in WA State...


Link to a list of these bills:
http://www.washingtonarmscollectors.org/goal06.asp

Contact your legislator and politely tell them your thoughts on these issues:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx


ONE NEW GUN BILL INTRODUCED

HB 3359, by Rep Al O’Brien (D-1).

HB 3329 requires encoding – serial numbering – all handgun ammunition sold in the state of Washington.

BOTH the projectile (bullet) AND cartridge case marked with an identifiable serial number. It also includes pistol bullets for reloading. Retailers are required to report the sale of ammunition with the serial numbers involved and the identifying information taken from government-issued ID, to the state Department of Licensing. The requirement takes effect January 1, 2010.

As written, the bill would have a major impact on consumer ammunition costs AND on state bureaucracy, requiring significant staff expansion to meet record-keeping requirements.


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