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Legislative Update from Olympia                                                6 April 2017


    PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SB 5552


Rep. John Koster (R-39) has proposed a floor amendment to Senate Bill 5552 that would waive I-594 background check requirements for transfers of firearms if both transferor and transferee hold a valid Washington concealed pistol license (CPL).

This is a common sense amendment that fully complies with the stated intent of I-594, that the buyers of firearms are subjected to a comprehensive background check.  In fact, the background check conducted to issue a CPL is more comprehensive than that conducted by an FFL per I-594 requirements.  This common sense measure more than satisfies the I-594 background check requirement.

PLEASE CALL YOUR TWO REPRESENTATIVES ASAP AND ASK THEM TO SUPPORT THE KOSTER AMENDMENT, EITHER NUMBER 438 OR 439 (BOTH ARE MIRROR-IMAGE AMENDMENTS).

Contact information for your Representatives may be found at http://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder or at http://leg.wa.gov/House/Pages/MembersByDistrict.aspx.  Or you can call the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000   TDD 1-800-635-9993

SB 5552 may be called up for a floor vote at any time.  Please act quickly.


Upcoming WAC gun show(s):

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