[7] In 2009, shortly before receiving campaign contributions from the Rairdon Auto Group, Representative Kristiansen cosponsored HB 2182.
Legislative documents describe HB 2182 as "AN ACT Relating to reducing the business and occupation tax rate for retailers, wholesalers, and service providers of motor vehicles" and an amendment of RCW 82.04.860.
[8] In 2016, Dan Kristiansen received $1,950 from the National Rifle Association of America during WA House Dist.
[9] In response to the Parkland high school shooting which killed 17 people, new gun regulations were proposed by the State Legislature.
Kristiansen then told a fictitious story about a knife attack in Norway that he claimed took the lives of two dozen children at a youth camp.