Please take action to help defend and protect our Second Amendment rights!

Pro-gun Initiative 591 Protect Our Gun Rights and anti-gun Initiative 594 will be heard by the House Judiciary Committee on 1/28/14 at 1:30 PM in House Hearing Rm A, John L. O'Brien Building.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/Committees/JUDI/Pages/Agendas.aspx

Both initiatives will also be heard by the Senate Law and Justice Committee on 1/29/14 at 1:30 PM in Senate Hearing Rm 1, J.A. Cherberg Building.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/SENATE/COMMITTEES/LAW/Pages/Agendas.aspx


Actions you can take to make a big difference:

• Attend the Committee hearings at the times and places listed above. Large numbers of Second Amendment supporters showing up at the hearings will send a clear message to the legislators and the general public via the media that will be present. Capitol Campus map: http://www.des.wa.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/campus-map.pdf
o Carpool if you can; there is limited parking.
o Sign-in and indicate that you SUPPORT I-591: Protect Our Gun Rights and you OPPOSE I-594. If you sign up to testify and are called, be brief, have your facts straight, and stay within your allotted time. Be professional. There should be pro-Second Amendment groups testifying; their carefully composed testimony will also represent us. Just being there will make a big difference.
o Dress appropriately (i.e. no camo, no goofy T-shirts, etc.)
o NO clapping, cheering, booing, hissing, catcalls, etc. NO SIGNS. They don't allow signs.

• Call the legislative hotline: 1-800-562-6000. Let them know that you are respectfully asking that your representatives SUPPORT I-591: Protect Our Gun Rights and OPPOSE I-594 the anti-gun initiative.

• Contact the Committees and respectfully ask them to SUPPORT I-591: Protect Our Gun Rights and OPPOSE I-594 the anti-gun initiative. Write as if you are testifying in-person: Be brief, have your facts straight, and be professional. It is best to use your own words, but your message might be something like:

I am writing to respectfully ask that you SUPPORT I-591: Protect Our Gun Rights because it is very simple and will protect our Second Amendment rights.

I am also writing to respectfully ask that you OPPOSE I-594 which is an unnecessary, over-reaching attack and burden on the rights and freedoms of law-abiding citizens; it will have no effect on criminals and do nothing to prevent the malevolent and evil acts of criminals.


House Judiciary Committee
http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/Committees/JUDI/Pages/MembersStaff.aspx

Email addresses (copy and paste the list or use their individual contact pages):

Laurie.jinkins@leg.wa.gov; drew.hansen@leg.wa.gov; jay.rodne@leg.wa.gov; terry.nealey@leg.wa.gov; roger.goodman@leg.wa.gov; larry.haler@leg.wa.gov; steve.kirby@leg.wa.gov; brad.klippert@leg.wa.gov; dick.muri@leg.wa.gov; tina.orwall@leg.wa.gov; maryhelen.roberts@leg.wa.gov; matt.shea@leg.wa.gov; brady.walkinshaw@leg.wa.gov


Senate Law and Justice Committee
http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/LAW/Pages/MembersStaff.aspx

Email addresses (copy and paste the list or use their individual contact pages):

mike.padden@leg.wa.gov; steve.oban@leg.wa.gov; adam.kline@leg.wa.gov; Jeannie.darneille@leg.wa.gov; kirk.pearson@leg.wa.gov; Jamie.pedersen@leg.wa.gov; pam.roach@leg.wa.gov


We need to work together on this issue and others that are likely to come our way in the near future.

Thank you for your help.

Please pass this on to others that want to protect and defend our Second Amendment rights.


Also see the NRA-ILA article on the subject:
"Washington: “Universal Handgun Registration” Scheme to be Heard Next Week in Olympia"

http://www.nraila.org/legislation/state-legislation/2014/1/washington-%E2%80%9Cuniversal-handgun-registration%E2%80%9D-scheme-to-be-heard-next-week-in-olympia.aspx

There are currently several topics on this so I'm going to lock this one but keep it here for informational purposes.


I was asked by the OP to temporarily make this a sticky. Since this is a very important issue I will do so.