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  • 01-01-2001 12:00 AM

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    2007 Senate Bill 5456 (Revising rules concerning nonresidents' participation in hunting and organized shooting events.)

    Introduced in the Senate on January 19, 2007

    The vote was 48 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 not voting

    (Senate Roll Call 0 at Senate Journal 0)

    Click here to view bill details.
  • 02-14-2007 11:35 AM In reply to

    Excellent Move

    I have friends that I have gone to New Zealand and Australia hunting with, but they can not get a license to hunt in Washington. We have to go to other states like Idaho, Utah, and Montana to hunt when they come to the US.
  • 02-15-2007 12:37 AM In reply to

    Understanding the Issue

    Senator Morton should be praised for working on this issue. Most people do not realize that Trap, Skeet, & Target shooting are highly competitive Olympic sports. Most people do not know that shooting competitions are long time Olympic sports. Even though Washington residents go and compete for Olympic medals our american news media is so biased they will not cover the Olympic shooting events. The way the laws read in the state of Washington right now, it would be impossible to hold the Olympics here in Washington because foreign competitors could not even bring their guns here to compete even though the federal government already has federal restrictions on illigal importation of firearms. However the federal laws do allow legitimate hunters and competitive shooters to enter the U.S. with guns for legitimate purposes. To my knowledge, Washington is the only state where residents of the state can go compete in Olympic shooting events around the world or hunt in most other countries of the world, yet residents of those same countries can not come and compete in shooting or hunting events here in Washington. Senator Morton's legislation is very well intentioned and geared to resolve this unbeleivable situation.
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