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Washington Legislature Passes Semi-Auto Rifle Ban

Posted on by Sassy Liberty

A ban on dozens of semi-automatic assault guns is now on Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s desk.

The prohibition was approved by the state assembly on Wednesday, and the Democratic governor has stated that he will sign it.

As expected, liberals on social media are hailing this as the best thing since sliced bread.

They are, as usual, completely off the mark.

Our country is in the grip of a catastrophic mental health crisis, which has been exacerbated by the Biden Administration.

Anyone with common sense recognizes that this prohibition will do little, if anything, to address the issue.

Washington will be the eighth state to enact such a prohibition.

The Washington Times reported on the legislation, though they did so with an obvious bias:

A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles cleared the Washington state Legislature on Wednesday and the governor is expected to sign it into law.

The high-powered firearms – once banned nationwide – are now the weapon of choice among young men responsible for most of the country’s devastating mass shootings.

The ban comes after multiple failed attempts in the Legislature and in a year that has seen the most mass shootings during the first 100 days of a calendar year since 2009.

The law would cover more than 50 gun models, including AR-15s, AK-47s and similar style rifles, which fire one bullet per trigger pull and automatically reload for a subsequent shot. The bill bans their future sale, distribution, manufacture and importation, although some exemptions are included for sales to law enforcement agencies and the military in Washington.

Washington State’s Democrat governor Jay Inslee could hardly contain himself on Twitter:

KX News has more:

The law would go into effect immediately once it’s signed by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, who has long advocated for such a ban. When the bill passed the state House in March, Inslee said he’s believed in it since 1994 when, as a member of the U.S. Congress, he voted to make it a federal law.

“We refuse to accept gun violence as normal. Gun violence, in all its forms, can be prevented,” Inslee tweeted after the legislation first passed the Senate, thanking the Democratic lawmakers who control both chambers.

A ban on so-called assault weapons is far off in the U.S. Congress. But President Joe Biden and other Democrats have become increasingly emboldened in pushing for stronger gun controls — and doing so with no clear electoral consequences.

Nine states including California, New York and Massachusetts, along with the District of Columbia, have already passed similar bans, and the laws have been upheld as constitutional by the courts, according to Washington’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

It’s easy to garner the support of the progressive left by simply going with the simple “guns=bad” mantra.

Unfortunately, no one wants to talk about the underlying issues at hand, such as mental illness.

Regardless, disarming law-abiding folks makes liberals happy…

Many have pointed out that politicians like Inslee continue to miss the mark:

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