Narrowing this down to the mag ban and CPL training which have a chance of passage. We need FOUR democratic senators to guarantee none of this passes! We currently have Takko, Hobbs and Mullet on our side with Van De Wege leaning! If you have time for nothing else please call your reps and these folks! You should still call everyone, including those "committed" to us, because representatives can flip flop.

If you are in the district of one of these reps please make it clear that you're a constituent, if you are not a constituent you should still call but be honest about where you're from. If you shop or spend time in their district tell them, and explain the merits of your views and how their votes will effect you.

Bills to mention are HB 2240/SB 6077 (standard capacity mag ban) and SB 6294 (increased cost and requirements to obtain CPL).

TALKING POINTS FOR MAG BAN:

The 15 round "compromise" is NOT acceptable and JUST AS BAD as 10! You have to mention this! (Please comment on the updated bill HERE https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2240)

Essentially all modern firearms use >10 round magazines.

WA has no systems in place whatsoever to register existing magazines.

Owners have to PROVE that they owned the magazines before the ban, which is impossible and essentially criminalizes 10s of thousands of WA gun owners.

Washington state law enforcement mass shootings work group explicitly DID NOT recommend a mag ban or AWB.

CA ban is being challenged in the 9th circuit in April, why pass a law that has at least a ~50% chance of being immediate struck down during a short session when time is crucial? There are more important bills.

TALKING POINTS FOR CCW TRAINING:

CCW holders are extremely law abiding and even less likely to commit a violent crime than police officers. Washington has had its CCW system since the 1950s without issue.

The training costs disproportionately effect low income residents who are more likely to have need for a CCW license.

Standards of training and teaching are unclear, how will the WSP certify trainers and with what funding?

SENATOR PHONE NUMBERS (ordered by priority):

Sen. Kevin Van de Wege (24th District) (360) 786-7646 [Absolute TOP priority is VDW!]

Sen. Steve Hobbs (44th District) (360) 786-7686 [Also leaning towards us]

Sen. Annette Cleveland (49th District) (360) 786-7696

Rep. Frank Chopp (43rd District) (360) 786-7920

Sen. Emily Randall (26th District) (360) 786-7650 [Randall won her seat by 70 votes, don't let her forget]

Sen. Mona Das (47th District) (360) 786-7692

Sen. Claire Wilson (30th District) (360) 786-7658

Sen. Andy Billig (3rd District) (360) 786-7604

Sen. Steve Conway (29th District) (360) 786-7656 [Keep the pressure on even if they're "committed"!]

Sen. Mark Mullet (5th District) (360) 786-7608 [Keep the pressure on even if they're "committed"!]

Sen. Dean Takko (19th District) (360) 786-7636 [Keep the pressure on even if they're "committed"!]

Rep. Laurie Jinkins (Speaker of the House) (360) 786-7930 [Ask her not to call these bills for floor votes]

SENATOR EMAILS (email one and BCC all others, semi-colons good to go for pasting into email, no reason not to email EVERYONE but consider sending an individually addressed message to VDW or your rep, if you're a constituent mention it!):

To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

From what I've heard personally calling we are STRONGLY swaying Conway, Takko and Mullet. We need ONE more! Please call and email right now! Call every senator on this list, hugely important.

We ARE making an impact. When you call or email, at this point, please say you live in their district or have recently moved there. Be polite but make good points as highlighted above and make it crystal clear this will cost them your vote and that of many, many others. They need to get hundreds of calls today. Tell others.

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Holy shit the House amended 2240 yesterday to 15 rounds thus bringing it back to parity with SB6077!!

The disparity was preventing both bills from moving forward.

HB 2240 amended 05 Feb 2020

HUGE thanks for posting this @Boatswain!!!  This is very concerning!

Quoted:

Wait, I thought HB 2240 was 15 while SB 6077 was 10.

I have to go to a meeting now otherwise I would check myself.

ETA:  Just checked.  Yes, SB6077 is still 10 rounds.

Ah, I see your edit now.

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So the mag ban bill is still full steam ahead, but now 15rds?

Quoted:
I totally own that FUBAR.

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I have a suspicion there are a couple democrats that wouldn't actually vote this way as it would hurt their reelection chances and possibly party funding for doing so, but are trying to keep the house and senate bills different to prevent this from moving forward... Keep the pressure on, we need to keep these bills from matching and the votes short!

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If I understand the process correctly, they have until February 19 to schedule a floor vote in each house, right?

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I did, spoke to his staffer, they are getting a lot of calls.

Quoted:
Look like 6294/1315 is still not scheduled for the floor in either house, if we can get through Wednesday that ones dead.

The big ones this year looks like this mag ban and the child care gun free zone. No mag ban on the senate calendar yet, if the house bill can be delayed past Wednesday it's dead (looks unlikely at this point).

Might be worth a round of emails to the dem house members about the mag ban today, but with their numbers makes it unlikely to matter.

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Bad wording on my part.

NRA-ILA has intel that house democrats will attempt put it on the agenda and call for a vote on Sunday.