WA State wants to punish gun owners who have firearms stolen

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When Seattle was safe…

I grew up in Washington State and moved to a red state over a decade ago.

The most populas county (King, where I grew up) was a decent and safe place growing up. As teens we would go downtown to the Seattle Center and run around by ourselves (go on the rides, monorail, etc.) with no incidents.

Fast forward after decades of democrat control and Washington state (and their most populas counties) are no longer safe.

Last September, a 2023 FBI crime data report showed that for the last five consecutive years when comparing Washington state to the national average, murders are 408% higher, vehicle thefts higher by 144%, and burglaries, robberies, and aggravated assaults are all higher since 2019.

Governor Jay Inslee (first elected in 2013, out of office as of this month) enacted some of the strictest gun control laws during his tenure in Washington state.

But for democrat gun grabbers, it is never enough. Now the demorats in the state legisltature are proposing even stricter gun storage laws and if your firearm is stolen because you didnt store it according to their mandate, one could face very stiff penalties.

From MyNorthwest:

“A new bill aimed at curbing rising gun thefts throughout the state has been drawn up for lawmakers to mull and debate in the Washington Legislature.

House Bill 1152 proposes specific requirements for storing a legally owned firearm for gun owners (they would have to store their firearms in a hard case or lock the trigger in a soft case) and significant penalties if the gun is stolen. The owner of a gun that becomes stolen could face a $1,000 fine, and if the thief who stole the firearm is someone who legally cannot own a gun and commits a violent crime with said gun, the gun owner could be charged with a separate felony.

“For example, in your vehicle, if you have to have the pistol, it has to be stored and unloaded in a container that’s opaque, locked, hard-sided and fixed to the vehicle. It has to be concealed and your vehicle has to be locked. If it’s a rifle or a shotgun, it needs to be stored in a soft-sided case and have a trigger lock,” Andrew Lanier, producer of “The Gee and Ursula Show,” said on the show. “Now, if that gun is stolen, you can be liable for a fine of up to $1,000 if it is not secured. If someone steals that gun, it is a misdemeanor.

“If someone who’s not allowed to own a gun, say, a felon or a minor, steals it and gets possession, it is a gross misdemeanor,” Lanier continued in his explanation of the proposed bill. “If someone not allowed to have a gun gets your gun and commits a crime with it, say, for example, someone holds up to 7-Eleven, now it becomes a felony if your stolen gun that was unsecured was used in a crime that hurts someone else. And I need to point out a Class C felony is up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. I don’t think you would get that much, but it would also mean that you’re a felon and no longer allowed to own a gun.”

Read the whole article here.

Democrats have been doing their best to implement “backdoor” laws that limit gun ownership. They will do everything they can to punish legal gun owners in hopes of eliminating the Second Amendment.

Loved ‘ya growing up, Washington. Sad to say I will never move back to that once beautiful state.

I will stay put in my red state of Oklahoma. Our residents and politicians would never tolerate such an infringement upon our Second Amendment right. Which is just how I like it. Course the only drawback to living in Oklahoma is dealing with this:

DCG

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DrE
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DrE
1 month ago

murders are 408% higher

Good grief.
Washington state is another failed state and Seattle another failed city. If a natural disaster hits (not hoping for one), both city and state would display the same ineptitude and plain criminal malfeasance as what Los Angeles is experiencing.

CalGirl
CalGirl
1 month ago

My brother adopted one of his wife’s troubled relative’s child… at about 2-3 yrs, old. Too much awful info to tell. He was, to say the least, so hard for the ENTIRE family to raise. Once grown, he took an awful turn. On one New Year’s Eve, while we were all out together as a family, he entered my parents’ home, with compatriots… & robbed my parents’ home of cash, jewelry, & family heirlooms (HELLO… so easy to trace!!!!) I guess my point is that…. with new laws that hold the owner as the primo responsible one… EVEN with everything locked up, had there been a gun involved in the theft, my parents…. NOT THE PERP, would have been charged ? I guess I am seeing that our society/laws have evolved to say” you are the guilty one for not protecting yourself adequately from the law-breaker.”

CalGirl
CalGirl
23 days ago
Reply to  DCG

So agree…but can we articulate this: What is the end game? If we follow the money, follow the game and gain…what do “they” hope to win with this “strategy?” It’s so messy, cumbersome, burdensome to those who survive their measures. Do they really think the majority of the American public will keep them in power with their punishing policies? Oh, or did I forget that they just imported 20 million illegals that they’d hoped to somehow register votes from momentarily?

traildust
traildust
1 month ago

“BLIZZAFLOODQUAKENADO” 😱 🤣

When my son was a toddler, he made up a term for the ultimate storm. He called it a “HURRICANO.” (never forgot that one)

DrE
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DrE
1 month ago
Reply to  traildust

In the L.A. inferno, there were actually fire tornados:
https://youtu.be/XHG6kwDCLEw?si=hoIoWSWzC2gR1khp