SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb suggested that an anti-gun lobbying group jumped the gun when it announced a federal lawsuit against Initiative 1639 had been dropped. The lawsuit was simply withdrawn and refiled in federal court in Tacoma. (Dave Workman) The Seattle-based gun prohibition lobby that supported a citizen initiative now being […]
‘Unenforceable?’ ‘Unconstitutional?’ Fight Heats over WA I-1639
Not only have a majority of Washington State’s county sheriffs publicly announced they will not enforce provisions of the voter-approved gun control Initiative 1639, a second county commission passed a resolution opposing the measure while one major state daily newspaper has chastised the lawmen for their stances. The Stevens County Commission unanimously resolved this week […]
Insurrection in WA State: Lawmen ‘Just Say No’
As anti-gun lawmakers in Washington State’s capitol at Olympia consider even more restrictions on firearms owners, resistance from law enforcement professionals to last fall’s Initiative 1639 is being reported internationally by The Guardian. What Second Amendment advocates considered an “extremist” gun control measure when they opposed it, I-1639 — passed by slightly less than 60 […]
County Prosecutor Says Anti-Gun Initiative ‘Almost Unenforceable Law’
Another legal voice has been added to the growing chorus vowing not to actively enforce provisions of anti-rights Initiative 1639, which passed by slightly less than 60 percent last month, and this time around it’s not a sheriff or police chief, but the prosecuting attorney of Lewis County. Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer, during a nearly eight-minute […]
Fiasco? MA Gun Owners’ Rights Collide with Fed. Law
The Boston Globe is reporting that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration “is resisting a mounting number of court orders from judges charging that it overstepped its legal authority, or misinterpreted the law, when it pushed to strip firearm licenses from hundreds of people it previously cleared to own a gun.” The newspaper said […]
Exercise in Hypocrisy: Liberals Rip Top Cop for Ignoring Gun Law
As Americans prepare for Thanksgiving, a war of ideals is unfolding between anti-rights liberals and conservative constitutionalists in sharply-split Washington State over a rural police chief’s decision to not enforce the state’s newly-passed – and some dare call it extremist – gun control initiative, and reader comments in the Seattle Times bare an ugly truth. […]
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