Washington raises age for assault rifle purchases to 21

[mystery-ak]

Washington raises age for assault rifle purchases to 21
By Morgan Gstalter - 01/01/19 08:19 PM EST

Washington state on Tuesday officially banned anyone under age 21 from buying semi-automatic assault rifles.

The ballot initiative, which passed with 59 percent support of voters in November, sought to implement a series of gun control reforms, the Associated Press reported.

The ballot initiative aims to limit gun violence by strengthening background checks for those buying assault rifles, upping the age limit to purchase such firearms and requiring safe storage for all guns. The age restrictions for semi-automatic assault rifles was implemented on Jan. 1., but the rest of the measure's requirements take effect on July 1.

Washington residents will now have to pass through FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) before purchasing long guns.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/423433-washington-raises-age-for-assault-rifle-purchases-to-21

[Skeptic]

Washington raises age for assault rifle purchases to 21
By Morgan Gstalter - 01/01/19 08:19 PM EST

Washington state on Tuesday officially banned anyone under age 21 from buying semi-automatic assault rifles.

The ballot initiative, which passed with 59 percent support of voters in November, sought to implement a series of gun control reforms, the Associated Press reported.

The ballot initiative aims to limit gun violence by strengthening background checks for those buying assault rifles, upping the age limit to purchase such firearms and requiring safe storage for all guns. The age restrictions for semi-automatic assault rifles was implemented on Jan. 1., but the rest of the measure's requirements take effect on July 1.

Washington residents will now have to pass through FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) before purchasing long guns.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/423433-washington-raises-age-for-assault-rifle-purchases-to-21

There should be a more defined and specialized qualification for those 18-21 year olds who use firearms as soldiers or officers. If you're already trained to use assault weapons with your government work you should be allowed to own assault weapons as a civilian.

[thackney]

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5444
http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2017-18/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5444-S.pdf

(29) "Assault weapon" means:
p. 5 SSB 5444
1 (a) A semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a
2 detachable magazine and has one or more of the following:
3 (i) A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action
4 of the weapon;
5 (ii) A thumbhole stock;
6 (iii) A folding or telescoping stock;
7 (iv) A second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by
8 the nontrigger hand;
9 (v) A flash suppressor, muzzle break, muzzle compensator, or
10 threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor, muzzle
11 break, or muzzle compensator;
12 (vi) A grenade launcher or flare launcher;
13 (b) A semiautomatic pistol, or a semiautomatic, centerfire, or
14 rimfire rifle with a fixed magazine, that has the capacity to accept
15 more than ten rounds of ammunition;
16 (c) A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a
17 detachable magazine and has one or more of the following:
18 (i) Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that
19 can be held by the nontrigger hand;
20 (ii) A threaded barrel, capable of accepting a flash suppressor,
21 forward handgrip, or silencer;
22 (iii) A shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or
23 completely encircles the barrel, allowing the bearer to hold the
24 firearm with the nontrigger hand without being burned, but excluding
25 a slide that encloses the barrel; or
26 (iv) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at any location
27 outside of the pistol grip;
28 (d) A semiautomatic, centerfire, or rimfire rifle that has an
29 overall length of less than thirty inches;
30 (e) A semiautomatic shotgun that has both of the following:
31 (i) A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action
32 of the weapon, thumbhole stock, or vertical handgrip;
33 (ii) A folding or telescoping stock; or
34 (iii) An ability to accept a detachable magazine;
35 (f) A shotgun with a revolving cylinder; or
36 (g) A conversion kit, part, or combination of parts, from which
37 an assault weapon can be assembled if those parts are in the
38 possession or under the control of the same person.
p. 6 SSB 5444
1 "Assault weapon" does not include antique firearms, any firearm
2 that has been made permanently inoperable, or any firearm that is
3 manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action.
4 (30) "Detachable magazine" means an ammunition feeding device
5 that can be loaded or unloaded while detached from a firearm and
6 readily inserted into a firearm.

[Restored]

They have to define an "assault rifle" in order to ban it. It's like changing the definition of an SUV to include a Chevy Cavalier.

An Assault Rifle is a selective-fire rifle (auto or semi-auto).

[thackney]

They have to define an "assault rifle" in order to ban it. It's like changing the definition of an SUV to include a Chevy Cavalier.

An Assault Rifle is a selective-fire rifle (auto or semi-auto).

They defined it.  It includes a Ruger 10/22.