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Tag Archives: Secure Firearms Ownership

DONE! Governor Inslee signs assault weapons ban and two more gun safety bills into law

Excerpt: On April 25th, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law three pivotal new gun safety laws: a ban on assault weapons, a permit-to-purchase requirement, and a duty to impose reasonable controls law that gun manufacturers, distributors, and sellers must abide by. 
Published at:1:30 PM on Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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VICTORY! Assault weapons ban clears Legislature, heads to Governor Inslee’s desk

Excerpt: On April 19th, the state House of Representatives and Senate came to an agreement on mutually acceptable final language for House Bill 1240, which prohibits the manufacture, importation, distribution, selling, and offering for sale of assault weapons.
Published at:6:22 PM on Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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VICTORY! Firearm Industry Responsibility & Gun Violence Victims’ Access to Justice Act heads to Governor Inslee’s desk

Excerpt: SB 5078 received a concurrence vote on April 14th, 2023. That means the Senate agreed with the changes that the House made to the bill, completing its journey through the bicameral legislative process.
Published at:1:51 PM on Friday, April 14th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Nearly three-fifths of Washington voters support the Firearm Industry Responsibility & Gun Violence Victims’ Access to Justice Act

Excerpt: 59% of voters surveyed last month for NPI by Public Policy Polling said they supported enacting a new law to protect public safety by establishing duties of firearm industry members. 36% said they were opposed and 4% were not sure.
Published at:2:50 PM on Monday, April 10th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Firearm fanatics remind us that they believe guns should have more rights than people

Excerpt: For firearm fanatics, those "unalienable Rights" of people are a secondary concern. More important to them than lives, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness is the manufacture, sale, import, and availability of guns. It's as if the guns are alive. The concern these firearm fanatics have for guns is really something. 
Published at:11:48 AM on Monday, April 10th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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68% of likely Washington voters support enacting a permit-to-purchase law for guns

Excerpt: 68% of 874 voters interviewed across the state from March 7th-8th support the policies proposed by Representative Liz Berry (D-36th District: Seattle) and dozens of her House colleagues in House Bill 1143, which is now under consideration in the Senate. 29% are opposed and 3% said they were not sure. 
Published at:10:16 AM on Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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VICTORY! Washington State House votes to ban military style assault weapons

Excerpt: “The House today put public safety above the interest of the gun lobby,” Attorney General Bob Ferguson said. “The devastation of mass shootings extends far beyond the casualties and injuries. Mass shootings traumatize entire communities. We must stop selling these weapons of war in Washington.”
Published at:10:41 PM on Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Support for an assault weapons ban in Washington State is growing, NPI poll finds

Excerpt: 58% of respondents to NPI's winter 2023 Washington State poll said they are supportive of banning assault weapons, while 40% said they were opposed and 3% said they were not sure. A majority of likely voters continue to be strongly supportive. 
Published at:5:00 PM on Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Firearm Industry Responsibility/Gun Violence Victims’ Access to Justice Act clears Senate

Excerpt: “This legislation provides accountability for a gun industry that has too often failed to take necessary precautions to prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands,” Governor Inslee said. “Industry negligence costs lives — this bill lets the industry know we won’t abide this status quo any longer."
Published at:5:20 PM on Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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NPI urges Legislature to enact a ban on military style assault weapons with HB 1240

Excerpt: Read NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve's written testimony in support of House Bill 1240, which would prohibit the manufacture, importation, distribution, sale, or offer for sale of any assault weapon, subject to various exceptions for licensed firearm manufacturers and dealers, and for individuals who inherit an assault weapon.
Published at:3:30 PM on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs attacked; five killed by gunman at nightclub

Excerpt: The horrific attack, which authorities are investigating, reminded many of the slaughter at Orlando's Pulse nightclub in 2016, which remains the deadliest incident in the history of violence against LGBTQ+ people in the United States and one of the worst mass shootings in American history. 
Published at:3:17 PM on Sunday, November 20th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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SurveyUSA validates NPI’s finding that most Washingtonians want an assault weapons ban

Excerpt: The validity of NPI's assault weapons ban research has been affirmed by an entirely separate poll backed by KING5, The Seattle Times, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, and Washington State University’s Murrow College of Communication.
Published at:10:54 AM on Friday, July 15th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Six murdered, dozens wounded by sniper at July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois

Excerpt: At least six people were killed and more than two dozen were hospitalized by a sniper with a high-powered rifle on the rooftop of a building along a parade route in downtown Highland Park, Illinois, a lakeside suburb north of Chicago. Among the casualties were between four and five children.
Published at:3:00 PM on Monday, July 4th, 2022
Written by:Rich Erwin
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After decades of inaction, U.S. Senate passes modest bipartisan gun safety package

Excerpt: "This bipartisan legislation will help protect Americans. Kids in schools and communities will be safer because of it. The House of Representatives should promptly vote on this bipartisan bill and send it to my desk," said President Joe Biden.
Published at:10:03 PM on Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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