WA Bump Stock Owner ID Protected by Last-Minute Legislation

By Dave Workman

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Washington State gun owners who “sold back” their bump stocks for $150 apiece to the State Patrol won’t have their names and addresses released after all, thanks to a bipartisan Senate bill that passed overwhelmingly in the final hours of the legislative session, thwarting an attempt to expose gun owner names by someone who filed a Public Records Act request under an apparent fake name.

Lawmakers allocated $150,000 for the buyback effort, and bump stock owners obviously rushed to get the money, since the devices had been made illegal by earlier legislation. But when a PRA request filed by someone identifying himself as “Yati Arguna” became public knowledge, social media lit up with some activists ridiculing buyback participants because they had unwittingly exposed themselves to what amounted to a legal invasion of privacy.

The Arguna request came via email to the State Patrol, and it was overly candid, according to one WSP source.

“This is a public records request,” the Arguna note stated. “I seek …Read the Rest

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