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[Dharmaeye]

Ammo Serialization (Registration) Bill Proposed in Washington State!
Please Contact Your State Legislators Today!
 

Legislation has been proposed in Olympia that poses a very serious threat to our Right to Keep and Bear Arms and it needs to be stopped immediately.

 

House Bill 3359, sponsored by State Representatives Al O’Brien (D-1), Brendan Williams (D-22), Dennis Flannigan (D-27), and Jamie Pedersen (D-43), would require that all handgun ammunition manufactured or sold in Washington to be coded with an individual serial number, and entered into a statewide database at the time of sale.  Encoded ammunition would be registered to the purchaser and would include the date of transaction, the purchaser’s name, date of birth, driver’s license number, and the serial number of the ammunition.

 

This dangerous bill needs to be stopped now.  HB3359 only serves to harass law-abiding gun owners, as criminals are not likely to purchase ammunition through legal channels.  Please contact your State Senator and your State Representative today and respectfully urge them to oppose HB3359.  Contact information for your State Legislators can be found by visiting http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/statewide.aspx.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx

[DDMac]

Any information on how the manufacturers are supposed to serialize the ammo, or are they expected by the politicians to stop distribution in Wa.? A good Heller v DC decision would put a stop to all this tripe.

Mac.

[howlrwy]

Here's the good news I just received about this!

Thank you for your e-mail message opposing House Bill 3359 -  Concerning
pistol ammunition.  As of today, the bill is still in the House
Judiciary Committee.  The good news is that the bill failed to receive a
public hearing before the cut off period, therefore, the bill is dead.
I searched for other similar bills in the Senate, but found non matching
the language of HB 3359.

Please know that I do not support this bill and will oppose the measure
if by some miracle the bill is moved out of committee and to the floor
for a vote.  This is a rare occurrence, and I don't anticipate that it
will happen.

Again, I hope that you will continue to let me know your views.

Sincerely,

Senator Dan Swecker
20th Legislative District
(360) 756.7638

[Hazcat]

Wow!  That sounds like a REAL ANSWER!!!

All I get from mine are the auto answer type.

How is the guy on other issues cause at least on this and his communication skills he's a keeper.

[tombogan03884]

 Senator Swecker DEFINITLY deserves the support of ALL our Wa. state members !

[Sponsor]

[howlrwy]

Senator Swecker DEFINITLY deserves the support of ALL our Wa. state members !

I'll second that.  I've never got a canned reply from him, and he stands up for what is right.

[howlrwy]

Another good reply from one of our congressmen in WA.



Thank you for your e-mail regarding HB 3359 (concerning pistol
ammunition).  I wanted to provide you with a quick update on this bill.

On February 8, 2008, the legislature marked a key deadline for bills to
be heard in committee in their house of origin, except House fiscal
committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation Committees.  For
the most part, if a bill has not passed a policy committee, it is no
longer eligible for further consideration.  However, there are always
exceptions.

Transportation and Finance matters had a deadline of yesterday, February
12, 2008, and any matter necessary to implement the budget is exempted
from the deadline. 

HB 3359 failed to have a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee prior
to yesterday's deadline.  Therefore, it is unlikely that this bill will
be successful this Session.  However, if HB 3359 somehow makes its way
through the Legislative process and to the House Floor for a vote I will
be sure to keep your comments in mind.

Again, thank you for taking the time to contact my office.  Your views
are important to me.

Sincerely,

Richard DeBolt
Republican Leader
20th Legislative District
(786) 786-7896