GOAL Post 2020-8 Legislative Update from Olympia 28 February 2020 TWO CUT-OFF DATES APPROACH SESSION ENDS MIDNIGHT, THURSDAY, 12 MARCH MOVEMENT ON SEVERAL BILLS SB 5782 (KNIVES) ADDED TO ACTIVE LIST HB 2947 (MAGAZINE BAN/BUYBACK) STALLED? BILL LIST CLEANED UP – DEAD BILLS GONE (FOR NOW) NO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED — YET Thirteen days [...]
GOAL Post 2020-5 Legislative Update from Olympia 7 February 2020 NEW BILLS FILED/FOLLOWED FIRST POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF BILLS MOVE, BILLS DIE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED REPEAT: ONLINE ACCESS FOR BILL COMMENTS STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS Well, they noticed you at the capitol rally! Rep. Senn (D-41) has filed a bill (HB 2925) prohibiting firearms on the Capitol [...]
GOAL Post 2020-3 Legislative Update from Olympia 17 January 2020 VITGINIA RALLY FIRST GUN CONTROL BILL THIS SESSION PASSES HOUSE NEW BILLS FILED BILLS MOVE OUT OF COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARINGS NEXT WEEK I was very pleased to see the turn-out at the rally in Olympia last Friday. But Monday’s turn-out in Richmond, Virginia set a [...]
GOAL Post 2020-1 Legislative Update from Olympia 10 January 2020 RALLY IN OLY FRIDAY 17 JANUARY LEGISLATURE CONVENES MONDAY, 13JANUARY (60 DAY SESSION) DEMOCRATS IN COMPLETE CONTROL NEW FACES BILLS HELD OVER FROM 2019 NEW GUN BILLS PRE-FILED LEGISLATIVE TUTORIAL LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR NO GUN BILL HEARINGS NEXT WEEK LEGISALATOR CONTACT INFORMATION HOW TO TESTIFY AT [...]
The Gun Banners are in Olympia Many of Your Firearms Will Be Illegal and You Won't Be Able to Sell Them Your Pistol Magazines Will Be Banned and You Won't Be Able to Buy More Your Self-Defense Carry Pistol Will Be Banned Rimfire .22's Included in the Bans The legislature is in session and [...]
Author Phil Shave is editor of Washington Arms Collectors Gun News and was WAC Executive director from 2013-2017. He retired as Chief of Law Enforcement at Washington state parks. Mr. Shave worked at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission for 18 years, and while there managed all the advanced training for all Law Enforcement [...]
GOAL Post 2018-10 Legislative Update from Olympia 9 March 2018 The 2017-2018 biennium set a record for the number of gun related bills filed: 48, 25 anti-, 20 pro- and three neutral. But as foretold in the Book of Matthew, “Many are called but few are chosen.” Only four of the 48 managed [...]
GOAL Post 2018-9 Legislative Update from Olympia 2 March 2018 BILLS MOVE SIX DAYS LEFT IN REGULAR SESSION RESPONSE TO FLORIDA SHOOTING WHAT DO POLICE OFFICERS THINK? Bills continue to move as the session winds down. SB 5992 (bump stock ban) has been sent to Governor Inslee for his signature. HBs 2363 (drone delivery of [...]
GOAL Alert 2018-2 Legislative alert from Olympia 25 February 2018 HOUSE COUNTERPART TO SB 6620 ACTION NEEDED, NOW! I’d say I’m sorry for the rush of messages, but I’m not. The rush is caused by end-of-session manipulation by Democrat “leadership” in Olympia, and calls for a strong response. As I have posted frequently, it ain’t [...]
GOAL Alert 2018-2 Legislative alert from Olympia 25 February 2018 HOUSE COUNTERPART TO SB 6620 ACTION NEEDED, NOW! I’d say I’m sorry for the rush of messages, but I’m not. The rush is caused by end-of-session manipulation by Democrat “leadership” in Olympia, and calls for a strong response. As I have posted frequently, it ain’t [...]