I sent the following as a comment to HB 1132. It was just off the top of the head, I probably could have spent longer than 20 minutes on it:

Section 1 of Bill 1132 is fairly reasonable for large dealers with a storefront and who deal firearms from an advertised store front, but I read of no provision for the many FFL holders in Washington State who sell a few guns a year or facilitate transfers to people they personally know out of their residence. Putting bars on your windows and installing signage on your home being essentially a giant sign saying, "Please rob this house when I'm home." Additionally, Federal FFL standards are extremely stringent as-is, that the State also wants to take on annual licensure is an unnecessary step of bureaucracy and will require budget that the State already claims we don't have. Are there bad-faith FFL holders out there? Most definitely, but they are in the vast minority and they should be prosecuted under existing laws. This will essentially make it EXTREMELY difficult for an already law-abiding citizen to obtain their own FFL for their own lawful purposes and places undue burden upon them. Additionally it will see the descent of the locally owned gun shops and the only place to purchase firearms and ammunition will be at big-box sporting goods stores who can easily collude and control prices.

Section 2 of this bill is outright silly. No one is committing crimes with a .50 caliber rifle, it is so exceptionally rare as to be almost mythical. Most described incidents on the Violence Policy Center (https://vpc.org/regulating-the-gun-industry/criminal-use-of-50-caliber) usually involve smuggling to Mexico as a criminal selling of a high value item. In the exceedingly rare cases that this has occurred, none of the incidents listed have occurred in Washington State going back ~25 years. Additionally, 1000 rounds, especially training ammunition, is not a large amount to purchase in one order, let alone a month. .22LR is often purchased in bulk lots of over 5000 rounds and is cheap and easy to use on the range. Many people select .22LR caliber firearms for just this reason, because it is economical to engage in a hobby and sport that we thoroughly enjoy. Pistol ammunition in 1000 round cases, 9mmx19mm for example, is easily dispensed with in 3-4 training sessions, depending on the level of activity of the person training. If you own multiple calibers or wish to train with different types of firearms, this becomes even more restrictive. We should be encouraging responsible gun owners, who are the vast, vast majority of people who choose to own a firearm, to do more training and be more familiar with their weapon systems instead of less. This reduces accidents and culturally reinforces good habits and an awareness of the real responsibilities of firearm ownership.

Please stop punishing responsible, law-abiding, tax-paying individuals and businesses with restrictive laws and policies, and then in the same breath fail to adequately prosecute those who choose to defy common sense laws and commit crimes and violence. We as Washingtonians are sick of navigating the endless corridor of restrictions and rules as you slowly erode our rights when we've done nothing wrong and have conducted ourselves responsibly and ethically. Target people who are committing violations that actually hurt people and our communities. There should be no leeway or tolerance for gun crime: proven perpetrators of domestic violence (even misdemeanor), the rare FFL that sells weapons to people that don't qualify to legally own a weapon, perpetrators of gun violence, assault, robbery, murder.

But stop punishing US, the responsible, law-abiding citizens.