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TACOMA, Wash. – A gun store manager said a sweeping new gun control package signed into law Tuesday by Washington’s governor demonstrates the power of a one-party state to chip away at Americans’ constitutional rights.
“They have an agenda and that agenda is to get rid of guns,” Bruce Smith, the manager of Surplus Ammo and Arms in Tacoma, told Fox News. “And eventually, all guns.”
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Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson pushed for the gun control package, which includes a ban on the manufacture, sale or import of so-called “assault weapons,” mandated safety training and a 10-day waiting period to buy a gun, and a bill requiring gun makers and dealers to take “reasonable steps” to keep their products out of the hands of “dangerous individuals.”
The bill requiring safety training and a waiting period takes effect Jan. 1, 2024, but the “assault weapons” ban took effect immediately. Washington is the 10th state to adopt such a ban.
Smith wasn’t surprised to see the ban pass since Democrats hold the majority in both chambers of the Washington State Legislature, as well as the offices of governor, secretary of state and attorney general.
“Any time there’s a one-party state,” Smith said, “whatever comes to their mind, they can actually put through.”
Smith said Washington used to be “one of the best states for gun rights in the country,” but lawmakers have chipped away at the Second Amendment over the past several years.
“If this law goes into effect and the judge doesn’t throw it out,” Smith said, “we will by far be the worst state in this country for firearms rights.”
Recent polling suggests Washington residents overwhelmingly support a ban on “assault weapons,” a term lawmakers use to define many semiautomatic rifles including AR-15s and AK-47s. (Fox News Digital)
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