Posted November 12, 2018 7:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Washington state decided that it didn’t have enough gun control laws, so it passed a whole butt-load of them last week. For better or worse–and it’s mostly worse–these laws will soon take effect.

Among them are new restrictions on rifles, including a requirement for a more enhanced background check, a training requirement, a so-called safe storage law, and increased age requirements to purchase them among other things.

Gun stores in the state, however, are bracing for increased demand as people flock to the stores to pick up guns before the new regulations go into effect.

“The response to this is always classic,” said Wade Gaughran, owner of Wade’s Eastside Guns. “People will buy guns to beat the deadline.”

The initiative also authorizes the state to require gun sellers to add $25 to sales of semi-automatic rifles to pay for new regulations.

Under a “safe storage” provision, gun owners could face criminal penalties if someone not legally allowed to have the rifles, such as a child or felon, gains access to them and fires the gun or uses it in a crime. The safe storage provision does not apply if the gun was secured with a trigger lock or similar device or if …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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