Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- Monday, anti-gun Lieutenant Governor Cyrus Habib issued an order that will ban all firearms from Senate Galleries at the Washington State Capitol when the session convenes on January 8th 2018.
This order, which expands upon a previous order from 2015 that banned the open carry of firearms in Capitol galleries, will now prohibit all firearms, including those carried by individuals with a legally issued Concealed Pistol License (CPL).
This misguided order does nothing to prevent criminal acts and will only disarm and restrict law-abiding gun owners from being able to defend themselves while visiting the Capitol.
Furthermore, Lt. Governor Habib’s announcement that this order will be used to help target popular semi-automatic firearms and standard capacity ammunition magazines is just another attempt to stigmatize commonly-owned firearms in Washington state as we head into the 2018 Legislative Session.
This order follows shortly after Attorney General Bob Ferguson renewed his push to ban so-called “assault weapons” during the upcoming session that begins in January.
Please stay tuned to your email inbox and www.nraila.org for further updates on this issue and other measures impacting your Second Amendment rights in the Evergreen State.
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Let’s review, who was it that said, on the Ammoland forum, just a few days ago that Washington State was one of the most gun friendly States in the country? Please step forward and admit, publicly, that you really didn’t know what the hell you were talking about.
Unfortunately Washington lost its only resistance to CA styled gun control when the senate went blue. Now with a blue senate, house, and governor (not to mention assistant governor and AG) the bills will be coming fast and furious to strip rights from law abiding citizens. Now more than ever we need voters standing up for their rights, but it seems impossibly considering the district that gave blue control to the senate had less than a 60% turnout at election.
Apathy, eroding our rights faster than politicians!
He might as well have said ” If you want to kill us come on in. We won’t shoot back. We have disarmed for your safety.” Bad guys love it.
Habib is just trying to make the slaughter of infidels easier for his fellow believers. What could go wrong?/sarc.