Posted: 1/5/2010 10:13:13 PM EDT
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Looks like Rep. Bailey wants to limit blackpowder and dictate storage and transportation of smokeless. I would guess the provision would prohibit binary explosives (tannerite) as well.
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So where did you find this to read? Her web page and teh Washington Legislature page list it but has nothing to read. Thanks for the link.
I see no good coming of this. I already have to deal with storage issues for explosives in Washington. I have to pay $100/year for a license from the state and an annual background check. ATF doesn't even cost that much and their permit is good for 3 years. The state is using the annual as a revenue geenerator. Through others across the country that are also having to deal with the ATF on this issue, we are having a very difficult time getting clarification on several issues, one of the main ones of which is the storage of BP. Some agents are saying it must be stored in a magazine (start talking $250) outside or in a detached garage (attached garage with a variance but typically in a separate room build in the garage using 5/8' drywall) while other agents say just keep it away from an ignition source. I am also subject to inspections of my magazine and records at anytime by the ATF AND the state. Do you want to deal with that for your smokeless powder or a little BP you may have? 
Throw the state into it and I can see it only getting worse. It only took me a year to finally get my license from the state. ETA: Ok, not too bad. Only a wood box for storage. But it still requires a magazine for 25-50 # transport in private vehicle. It still pisses me off that if I have BP for a flintlock, I can have 50 punds of it in my house. If I have 1 # of it and don't have a flintlock, I have to have it in a stored in a magazine and recorded/inventoried. 
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It always seems kind of odd to me, like it's just an exercise is "Hey, look at us in the legislature, we're doing our job!" when laws are passed or changed and there seems to be no penalty for breaking the old or the revised law in the first place. I looked around and couldn't find any punishment or fines for violations.
At least it's not a year round legislative session. Then we'd have CA style bullshit all the time. |
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I may have read it incorrectly, but it looked liked increasing regulation to me. Also, since powder sales are virtually unrestricted, this law
A punishes after the fact or B is a segue for additional legislation and regulation. Would Tannerite be affected by this legislation? SRM |