Whitney
Regular Member
I want to share an email and hopefully get some work started front loading opposition.
Today I received reply from the AG office of Constituent Services regarding my FOIA request regarding the following Attorney General news release.
http://atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-proposes-ban-assault-weapons-high-capacity-magazines.
I have to mail a check to the office of Constituent Services, then hurry up and wait for the CD. I will make the information available here or link it up for sharing.
~Whitney
<<<<<<<<<< email share follows >>>>>>>
Dear Whitney,
Thank you for writing, I apologize it has taken me so long to respond! There's still no actual bill on the so-called assault weapon ban so there's nothing for me to react to; if/when there actually is a bill and if/when we hear it in the House Judiciary Committee (on which I sit, which has jurisdiction over gun issues) I'll be looking for testimony and evidence that the categories of firearms/magazines targeted by the ban are more lethal than what's left out of the ban. But that will come much later; we are some months away from having any actual concrete piece of legislation to examine, much less a hearing on it.
Thanks for writing & please come by and visit if you're ever in Olympia!
Best, Drew
Representative Drew Hansen
Chair, Higher Education Committee
23rd Legislative District
369 John L. O'Brien
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504
(Office) 360-786-7842
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-----Original Message-----
From: whitney.slater@gmail.com
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 6:52 AM
To: Hansen, Rep. Drew <Drew.Hansen@leg.wa.gov>
Subject: Oppose Bob Fergusons Ban on Commonly Owned Semi-Autos
whitney slater
poulsbo, WA 98370
October 16, 2016
The Honorable Drew Hansen
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
Dear Representative Hansen,
Dear State Rep/Sen:
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has announced the he will ask the legislature to ban commonly owned semi-automatics - a dramatic reenactment of federal legislation which was so ineffectual it was allowed to expire.
I agree with Gun Owners of America that the federal ban on so-called assault weapons had NO IMPACT upon crime whatsoever.
In fact, in the first 10 years after the ban expired, FBI statistics show that the national murder rate dropped 18 percent.
So even though the once-banned guns are now legal again -- Americans are much safer. How do the anti-gunners explain that?
The fact is, they cant.
When you took your oath of office, you swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States -- including the Second Amendment which says the right of the people to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
I hope that you will OPPOSE Fergusons gun ban and uphold your oath of office. Please let me know what you intend to do.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
whitney slater
Today I received reply from the AG office of Constituent Services regarding my FOIA request regarding the following Attorney General news release.
http://atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-proposes-ban-assault-weapons-high-capacity-magazines.
I have to mail a check to the office of Constituent Services, then hurry up and wait for the CD. I will make the information available here or link it up for sharing.
~Whitney
<<<<<<<<<< email share follows >>>>>>>
Dear Whitney,
Thank you for writing, I apologize it has taken me so long to respond! There's still no actual bill on the so-called assault weapon ban so there's nothing for me to react to; if/when there actually is a bill and if/when we hear it in the House Judiciary Committee (on which I sit, which has jurisdiction over gun issues) I'll be looking for testimony and evidence that the categories of firearms/magazines targeted by the ban are more lethal than what's left out of the ban. But that will come much later; we are some months away from having any actual concrete piece of legislation to examine, much less a hearing on it.
Thanks for writing & please come by and visit if you're ever in Olympia!
Best, Drew
Representative Drew Hansen
Chair, Higher Education Committee
23rd Legislative District
369 John L. O'Brien
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504
(Office) 360-786-7842
Click here to sign up for our e-newsletter!
-----Original Message-----
From: whitney.slater@gmail.com
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 6:52 AM
To: Hansen, Rep. Drew <Drew.Hansen@leg.wa.gov>
Subject: Oppose Bob Fergusons Ban on Commonly Owned Semi-Autos
whitney slater
poulsbo, WA 98370
October 16, 2016
The Honorable Drew Hansen
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
Dear Representative Hansen,
Dear State Rep/Sen:
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has announced the he will ask the legislature to ban commonly owned semi-automatics - a dramatic reenactment of federal legislation which was so ineffectual it was allowed to expire.
I agree with Gun Owners of America that the federal ban on so-called assault weapons had NO IMPACT upon crime whatsoever.
In fact, in the first 10 years after the ban expired, FBI statistics show that the national murder rate dropped 18 percent.
So even though the once-banned guns are now legal again -- Americans are much safer. How do the anti-gunners explain that?
The fact is, they cant.
When you took your oath of office, you swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States -- including the Second Amendment which says the right of the people to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
I hope that you will OPPOSE Fergusons gun ban and uphold your oath of office. Please let me know what you intend to do.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
whitney slater
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