Hundreds of grassroots activists from around Washington State gathered on the capitol steps in Olympia Friday to defend their Second Amendment rights from what they feel are serious attempts to erode those rights by state lawmakers, the governor and attorney general. They heard from four gubernatorial candidates—Tim Eyman, Loren Culp, State Sen. Phil Fortunato […]
Bipartisan Bill to Repeal WA Gun Control Initiative Introduced
Ten Republicans and one Democrat have signed onto a bill in the Washington State House of Representatives aimed at repealing controversial gun control Initiative 1639, the 30-page measure passed in November that is now being defied by a majority of county sheriffs, at least one police chief and two county commissions. Democrat State Attorney General […]
WA Gun Activists Gather, Set Sights On Pistol ‘Database,’ I-594 Repeal
Washington State Second Amendment activists bundled up against bone-chilling cold to gather on the state capitol steps in Olympia Friday morning, where they cheered efforts to eliminate the decades-old state pistol database, and a promised attempt to repeal provisions of Initiative 594. The latter measure is the 2014 citizen initiative that requires so-called “universal background […]