Washington State is bought and paid for by Microsoft and Bloomberg

The next step for the four counties in Seattle is to require registration to allow enforcement of 591. Moved here in 2008 , a career move. Not sure i would do it again. The people I work for treat me like family, I have no complaints there.
Idaho looks better all the time.
 
I moved here in 1986 for work. It was a great state until the early 90's. A huge influx from California moved and changed everything in Seattle.

The Fox Theater (or Roxy, or Music Hall built in 1929),a Spanish Baroque style theater, was torn down and in its place condos went up, REI came in and built a mega store and on the eastside, Microsoft built its 'campus' and brainwashed its employees (every MS employee I've met even married ones live on campus 24/7. They only go home for showers) and all the software companies that followed. That's when Starbucks opened its doors (Howard Shultz the CEO bought the Seattle Sonics and sold them to the Oklahoma group). The term people used was called Californification.

Washington has become a colony of the Socialist Republic.

Its would be really hard for me to leave as I have family here and I've always lived near the Pacific Ocean. Oregon is as bad as Washington, if not worse as they are closer to CA. The last state I would consider moving to is Alaska but the living cost is higher and I don't know how I'd fair during winters there.


Interior of the Fox Theater. Torn down to make way for condos. I used to walk by it every day.

 
Guneur, I've been here since 75. Moved up from AZ for work. I've seen it go from a very desirable place to live to a left wing bastion. I personally know several wealthy people who have moved here from CA. They brought their money (lots of it) and their politics. They are still coming because CA has a state income tax and we don't. They move here after they retire to shelter their pensions from state tax. For some of them that amounts to 5K or more a year. I know 2 people in my neighborhood who have moved from CA after they retired.

Our political climate is not good. We are becoming CA.
 
I did see one mediocre NRA sponsored anti 594 ad. The lawn posters were more of a pro NRA than an anti 544 design. Now my hobbyist gunsmith friend and I are lawbreakers. My taxes will have to go up to support the estimated hundreds of thousands this will cost the state to implement.
According to pro 594 folks, "we are just getting started" Doesn't take much to figure out their meaning. Glad to see that we in Washington State don't matter to the NRA, but our dues sure do.
 
One of the big problems with I594 was the way it was portrayed in the non stop Bloomberg ads. They kept hammering away at the background check on gun sales, now that the initiative is passed, I've seen a number of interviews where the phrase sales and gun transfers has been used. Reading the initiative, you now need to do a firearm transfer to buy a roman candle at the fireworks stand??? (it defines a firearm as any device that propels a projectile by the means of gunpowder) This is going to be a mess. I think most of the 30% that voted for the initiative didn't realize the "transfer" part. I also read the articles in the various news "rags" about "most of the gun owners favor".... I don't believe any of them. The news (print and electronic) media in this state is about as "anti gun" as they could get. Even the news reporting on the initiative was obviously biased in one direction. Too bad I'm too old and settled to move, Idaho is looking more attractive all the time. If this was 20 years ago it wouldn't even take a minute of thought. :confused:

"Reading the initiative, you now need to do a firearm transfer to buy a roman candle at the fireworks stand??? (it defines a firearm as any device that propels a projectile by the means of gunpowder)"

Sounds like the new law would apply to Federally required flare guns carried on boats. Since Roman candles and flare guns don't have serial numbers, I don't see how an FFL dealer could get a background check from the FBI, as, I think, the paper work to get the check needs to show the firearm data. In my area, that would add $50 bucks to the cost of purchasing a flare gun.
These kind of clauses increase the chances of court challenges.
Also, I wonder if the State Law applies on Indian Reservations. They sell smokes and fireworks against State Law, with impunity. Could be another money maker for the tribes. Hosting gun shows.

Best,
Rick
 
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The background check required by federal law does not include firearm data. The form does require that data, but onlt purchaser info is needed or used for the NCIS check.
 
The background check required by federal law does not include firearm data. The form does require that data, but onlt purchaser info is needed or used for the NCIS check.

Thanks, our FFL dealers do need the gun info, but it must be for the WA State forms. I know that we have had a defacto gun registration in this State for a couple of decades.
I don't know how the State will track Roman candles, flare guns and some blank powered tools. We will see, thats for sure.
This will become the lawyer relief act of 2015.

Best,
Rick
 

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