Posted: 3/7/2008 6:17:03 AM EDT
GOAL Alert 6-2008
Once more, my friends, into the breach: ESHB 3148
Under RCW 9.41.170, resident aliens residing in Washington must acquire an Alien Firearms License (AFL) before being allowed to possess a firearm. Washington is one of only a couple of states that still retain this holdover from “immigrant Jim Crow” days, despite the fact that resident aliens already must pass a background check before acquiring resident alien status. Possession of a firearm by a resident alien, without an AFL, is a felony.
The AFL program is administered by the Department of Licensing. AFL issue is somewhat similar to the concealed pistol license process, except that DOL is the issuing agency. Under a reinterpretation of federal law, for a couple of years now the FBI has denied access to its criminal data bases to conduct AFL background checks, because DOL is not a “law enforcement agency” and thus cannot have access to information from these data bases. No federal background check, no AFL.
At this time, nearly a thousand resident aliens in Washington hold expired AFLs, with no way to renew them. Hundreds more have applied for AFLs, but their applications cannot be processed until the data base issue is resolved.
ESHB 3148 would accomplish exactly that. It passed the House UNANIMOUSLY, so the bill is clearly not controversial. It passed UNANIMOUSLY out of Senate Judiciary. The bill had stalled in Senate Rules until yesterday, when Senator Mark Schoesler (R-9-Ritzville), a solid advocate of the rights of gun owners, pulled the bill to the Senate floor.
Today is the second chamber cut-off. If ESHB 3148 is not voted on today, it dies for the session. And a thousand of your neighbors remain at felony risk.
Call or e-mail your state senator, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TODAY, and ask them to call for a floor vote on ESHB 3148, and vote “YES” on the bill.
Dear Senator
Please support ESHB 3148 and ask that it come up for a vote today. ESHB 3148 corrects a technical glitch that places hundreds of Washington residents at felony risk. The bill passed unanimously from both the House of Representatives and the Senate Judiciary Committee. Vote “AYE” on ESHB 3148 TODAY.
The Legislative Hotline number is 1-800-562-6000
Senate e-mail addresses:
Senator Don Benton <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=17> [email protected] District 17 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=17> R
Senator Jean Berkey <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=38> [email protected] District 38 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=38> D
Senator Dale Brandland <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=42> [email protected] District 42 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=42> R
Senator Lisa Brown <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=3>brown [email protected] District 3 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=03> D
Senator Mike Carrell <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=28> [email protected] District 28 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=28> R
Senator Jerome Delvin <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=8> [email protected] District 8 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=08> R
Senator Tracey Eide <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=30> [email protected] District 30 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=30> D
Senator Darlene Fairley <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=32> [email protected] District 32 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=32> D
Senator Rosa Franklin <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=29> [email protected] District 29 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=29> D
Senator Karen Fraser <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=22> [email protected] District 22 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=22> D
Senator James Hargrove <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=24> [email protected] District 24 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=24> D
Senator Brian Hatfield [email protected] District 19 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=19> D
Senator Mary Margaret Haugen <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=10> [email protected] District 10 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=10> D
Senator Mike Hewitt <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=16> [email protected] District 16 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=16> R
Senator Steve Hobbs <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=44> [email protected] District 44 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=44> D
Senator Janéa Holmquist <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=13> [email protected] District 13 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=13> R
Senator Jim Honeyford <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=15> [email protected] District 15 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=15> R
Senator Ken Jacobsen <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=46> [email protected] District 46 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=46> D
Senator Jim Kastama <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=25> [email protected] District 25 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=25> D
Senator Claudia Kauffman <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=47> [email protected] District 47 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=47> D
Senator Karen Keiser <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=33> [email protected] District 33 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=33> D
Senator Derek Kilmer <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=26> [email protected] District 26 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=26> D
Senator Curtis King <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=14> [email protected] District 14 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=14> R
Senator Adam Kline <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=37> [email protected] District 37 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=37> D
Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=36> [email protected] District 36 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=36> D
Senator Chris Marr <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=6> [email protected] District 6 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=06> D
Senator Rosemary McAuliffe <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=1> [email protected] District 1 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=01> D
Senator Bob McCaslin <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=4> [email protected] District 4 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=04> R
Senator Joe McDermott <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=34> [email protected] District 34 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=34> D
Senator Bob Morton <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=7> [email protected] District 7 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=07> R
Senator Ed Murray <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=43> [email protected] District 43 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=43> D
Senator Eric Oemig <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=45> [email protected] District 45 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=45> D
Senator Linda Evans Parlette <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=12> [email protected] District 12 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=12> R
Senator Cheryl Pflug <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=5> [email protected] District 5 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=05> R
Senator Margarita Prentice <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=11> [email protected] District 11 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=11> D
Senator Craig Pridemore <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=49> [email protected] District 49 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=49> D
Senator Marilyn Rasmussen <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=2> [email protected] District 2 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=02> D
Senator Debbie Regala <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=27> [email protected] District 27 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=27> D
Senator Pam Roach <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=31> [email protected] District 31 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=31> R
Senator Phil Rockefeller <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=23> [email protected] District 23 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=23> D
Senator Mark Schoesler <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=9> [email protected] District 9 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=09> R
Senator Tim Sheldon <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=35> [email protected] District 35 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=35> D
Senator Paull Shin <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=21> [email protected] District 21 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=21> D
Senator Harriet Spanel <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=40> [email protected] District 40 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=40> D
Senator Val Stevens <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=39> [email protected] District 39 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=39> R
Senator Dan Swecker <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=20> [email protected] District 20 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=20> R
Senator Rodney Tom <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=48> [email protected] District 48 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=48> D
Senator Brian Weinstein <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=41> [email protected] District 41 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=41> D
Senator Joseph Zarelli <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/MailForm.aspx?Chamber=S&District=18> [email protected] District 18 <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=18> R |
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