I was informed of this activity by Joe Waldron of Washington Arms Collectors (as well as other pro-gun orgs.) Here is an excerpt from the email...
"Washington Ceasefire conducted a press conference outside Bull's Eye
Shooters Supply this morning to announce their "Contract for a Safer
Washington" for the 2003 legislative session. The "Contract" includes
five measures that will be offered in Olympia in January (pre-filing
begins in early December).
The five measures are:
1. Ballistic fingerprinting -- a bill to require firearms sold by
retail dealers (I don't know if it's just new guns or ALL firearms) to
have a projectile and case to provide to the Washington State Patrol who
will keep the ballistic imaging data base.
2. Gun show loophole -- at this time I don't know if this is a refiling
of last year's HB 2202 or something new. It's probably the former.
3. Mental health and domestic violence record improvements and sharing.
(ACLU will love this.)
4. Mandatory "crime gun" tracing -- again, if this is the same draft
bill they were shopping around two years ago, it will require the state
to maintain a list of these "crime guns," basically a gun ban wish list.
5. Enhanced penalties for firearm dealer violations (incredible,
proposing a "solution" to a problem that hasn't even been defined yet --
no one knows yet how the Bushmaster got from Buls' Eye to John
Muhammad, so how can you offer a solution to an unknown problem."
So, I guess you could say they are in fine form here in the Pacific Northwest