House Bill 1163 establishes extensive statewide recordkeeping and mandates annual verification of permit holders, effectively creating a de facto gun registry. Gun registries have historically done little to prevent crime but have given the government excessive oversight of lawful gun owners—an intrusion that many Washingtonians rightfully oppose.
With all the doubling down on 2A violations from lists, to bans, to huge state fees to practice a right, I can't help but consider this to be a plan so SCOTUS shoots them all down and the political plan is to run on expanding the court in 2028.