Washington State’s New Gun Control Proves Slippery Slope Argument

By Tom Knighton

Washington state Governor Jay Inslee was probably looking forward to having the chance to sign a gun control bill. Nothing he’s done has indicated he’s anything but a fan of firearm restriction, after all. Luckily, the anti-gun legislature was apparently eager enough to give him the opportunity.

Now, he’s signed them.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a group of bills Tuesday tightening rules on guns in some circumstances, part of a national shift toward more narrowly focused gun legislation.

Included in the bills were provisions allowing temporary gun bans on people being released from short-term psychiatric holds and people found incompetent to stand trial, and a prohibition on so-called “ghost guns” that lack serial numbers or are made from plastic and might be invisible to airport scanners.

The new rules also update existing gun-surrender requirements for people under restraining orders, adding a requirement for law enforcement to serve the orders.

Renee Hopkins, head of the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, an advocacy group that worked on the measures, said the bills passed Tuesday, combined with other regulations passed in previous years, make Washington “one of the states with the strongest laws in regards to preventing gun violence.”

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Source:: Bearing Arms