[rktman]

Geez, only $3.6 million?

[Buckeye McFrog]

That’s why our founders made this a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. Not one based on mob rule via plebiscites taken after overly-hyped incidents.

[PROCON]

The headline is misleading.

The initiative language redefines 'semi-automatic' to mean ALL rifles with semi-auto feeds, even a Remington .22 rifle.

It's step one in their gun registration ploy.

[13foxtrot]

WA one of the last free states is about to fall.

Among other things, I1639, if passed, requires training certification to buy a firearm and the certification has to be renewed/refreshed every 5 years. Also, gun buyers would have to agree to give the state access to all of their medical records and mental health records.

Next up after the gun grabbing will be instituting state/county/city incomes taxes.

[PROCON]

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[Robert357]

Actually the headline is wrong. The initiative puts a waiting period on ANY semiautomatic rifle. It defines as an assault weapon any semi-automatic rifle. It doesn't need to have a bayonet lug, flash suppressor, pistol grip, detachable magazine, or military look.....it just needs to be a semi-auto. Even a kids Remington nylon 66 22 tube magazine rifle (if passed) will be classified as an assault rifle.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

What the hell does a 10 day waiting period for an AR-15 do? It is such a waste of time.

[GregoTX]

The Constitution clearly says the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, however the purchasing of arms to bear can be infringed upon for up to 10 days while the government investigates the purchaser and will decide of the citizen is qualified.

We just don't always quote the whole thing.

[DonPaulJonesII]

Well, when your enemy knows that you won’t fight what do you expect but in your face agression. How did ugly women and beta cucks manage to have more balls and backbone than the Republicans? Hmmm. So, Washington patriots, pound those keyboards then go have some warm milk and cookies. The prog scum will take it from here since you won’t. Or can’t. King George III raised taxes and all hell broke loose. Here and now, well, you have already lost. But you still have your precious “honor!” Or something.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

So, will 18 year olds vote for a law that forbids them from buying an AR-15 till they are 21?

[umgud]

The initiative also puts special background checks in place

What are "special background checks"?

[aimhigh]

More people are killed with hammers than AR-15s.

[Ancesthntr]

Besides all of the constitutional issues here (and they are legion), I’d like to know:

How does a waiting period for someone who already has a semi-auto is supposed to do any good whatsoever? Let’s say that someone owns 3 ARs and 2 Ruger 10/22s, and now wants to buy an AK. What, they can’t kill someone with the rifles they already have? Somehow, the 10-day waiting period will prevent them from grabbing a gun in the heat of the moment (”Gee, willickers, I’d have just walked into that school and offed a couple dozen kids and teachers...but then there’s this 10-day waiting period. Damn! What about my existing guns? Well, there’s a 10-day waiting period, DUH!”)

GMAFB with these idiot gun-grabbers (but I repeat myself).

[Pollster1]

In other words, buy an AR-15 the first time you think you might one. Don’t wait until you are sure. Similarly, buy extras if you might want more than one, and do it before you decide you want one. Once you decide you need an AR, it’ll be too late if this unconstitutional infringement passes.

[right way right]

I won’t be surprised if this fails in Washington, there are more pro gun rights people than many think out here, and it will help get Washington’s disheartened conservatives to the polls too.
It’s a mixed bag challenge.
Heck, there is a gun shop next to every pot shop where I live.