The Lake Forest Park City Council is holding a public hearing on Thursday, October 9, 2014, at 7:00pm, in the Lake Forest Park City Council Chambers, 17425 Ballinger Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 98155, to receive comments on Resolution 1434/ Consider Taking a Position on Initiative 594 Concerning Background Checks for Firearm Sales and Transfers.
Citizens are invited to comment at the public hearing or submit written comments prior to the meeting to the City Clerk at the above address, or by email.
I-594 defines transfer as a change of possession and requires background checkson all transfers, unless specifically exempted. This is transfers, not sales.
ReplyDeleteThe exemptions provided are GIFTS to family (only gifts), shooting a gun at an authorized governing body gun range (indoor range), WHILE hunting (not to go hunting), or under immediate threat of death (not for protection).These are the only exceptions provided under 594 ergo, these are the only legal things to do under 594.
The exceptions are actually just affirmative defenses (see section 9), not exemptions meaning that any possession of any gun for any reason is supect to commiting a crime unless you can prove that youre the rightful owner of the gun. There is no presumption of innocence.
Family storing your guns while your out of town? Criminal without two background checks, two use taxes (on each firearm), two fees, and two trips to the FFL.
Shooting guns with family in the woods where legal and sharing guns while doing it? Criminal under 594 without two background checks, two trips to the FFL, two use taxes (on each firearm) and two fees.
Teaching a friend how to properly operate a firearm on private or public land where legal to shoot? Criminal under 594 without two background checks, two trips to the FFL, two use taxes (on each firearm) and two fees.
I-594 defines transfer as a change of possession and requires background checkson all transfers, unless specifically exempted. This is transfers, not sales.
The exemptions provided are gifts to family, shooting a gun at an authorized governing body gun range, and under immediate threat of death.
The exceptions are actually just affirmative defenses (see section 9), not exemptions meaning that any possession of any gun for any reason is supect to commiting a crime unless you can prove that youre the rightful owner of the gun. There is no presumption of innocence.
Family storing your guns while your out of town? Criminal without two background checks, two use taxes (on each firearm), two fees, and two trips to the FFL.
Shooting guns with family in the woods where legal and sharing guns while doing it? Criminal under 594 without two background checks, two trips to the FFL, two use taxes (on each firearm) and two fees.
Teaching a friend how to properly operate a firearm on private or public land where legal to shoot? Criminal under 594 without two background checks, two trips to the FFL, two use taxes (on each firearm) and two fees.
Penalty for not doing a background check under these circumstances? FELONY (misdemeanor on the first offense)
This law doesn't target criminals, it targets you and me. It makes firearms ownership too onerous to do legally. It's a civilian disarmament scheme orchestrated by the wealthy elites like bloomberg, ballmer, gates, allen, and haueur who don't have to protect their families. I-594 is not intended for public safety it is intended for criminalization of gun ownership.