Give An Inch, Washington Takes A Mile: Bill Proposed To Create Annual Licenses For Semi-Automatic Rifles

By James England

OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON — You know that AR-15 rifle sitting in your gun safe? Well, if you’re a Washington resident, you may need to apply for an annual license to continue to own it. Under a new measure proposed by Rep. Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, possession of a semi-automatic rifle will have to apply for a license from law enforcement every single year. This applies to private sales, as well.

Jinkins insists that this new proposed bill is not a gun ban.

via the Spokesman Review

“This is not a ban,” she said. “Washington voters have said, ‘We expect the state to keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people.’ ”

Another measure would allow for the state to revoke and take possession of firearms from people deemed a danger. This “extreme risk protection order” is a continuation of previous policy that allows the state to take away guns despite the person not having committed any crime.

Politicians like Jinkins insist that these gun control measures are the “will of the voters”, but with one of the supporters of the bill already being on the Judiciary Committee, this bill is expected to whip through the House and Senate.

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Source:: Concealed Nation