marlinguy wrote on Mar 11
th, 2016 at 6:22pm:
Very good question, and from what I understand one that many law enforcement personnel are also having trouble with the new Washington law. Most police departments have stated they have such a confusing law that they're stumped on how to enforce it, and wont even try.
When it was first presented, many people told me they interpreted the law as you couldn't even hand a gun to another person (with intent to sell) unless a dealer was in the middle of it to do the handling. Unsure if that's the way it's written or not, but sure has a lot of good honest gun owners confused and worried.
I think most of the rural counties outside of the Puget Sound metro area do that and many said so during the campaign. Most LOE officers opposed it even if the brass supported. I'm sure if they happened to see it, they would probably be looking the other way.
I'm sure my nephews, the Twin Sheriffs in Ripley's Believe it or Not: Rob and John Snaza, feel that way. John announced it during the 594 campaign, but Rob wasn't sheriff yet.
Any petty prosecution for sporting use would be purely vindictive. Most laws are intentionally vague to promote debate and full employment for attys.
Slumlord is correct, firearms will get to be such a PIA, most will just avoid the issues and play video games. After spending most of the last decade and a half campaigning to keep the d@** projectiles on site, I can honestly say I wish I hadn't bothered. The situation is as bad as it has ever been. Total waste of my time and effort.
I could have been practicing at the track and now be fast enough to snatch that gazelle I posted in the Off Topic Section. What a happy camper I could be now