Municipal government and school officials in Seattle, Washington are talking gun control and a renewed effort to repeal the state’s 37-year-old preemption statute, according to a report in the Seattle Times, in response to a fatal school shooting earlier in the week. According to the newspaper, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell “called for the state to […]
Months After Court Loss, Edmonds Repeals Gun Law; What About Seattle?
Three months after losing unanimously before Washington State’s liberal Supreme Court in its challenge to state gun law preemption, the City of Edmonds has repealed its “safe storage” ordinance, but that still leaves nearby Seattle with a similar regulation on the books, which the high court’s decision effectively nullified. Seattle adopted its ordinance about the […]
Seattle-based Gun Banners Claim Success, Data Tells Different Story
While the Seattle-based, and billionaire-backed gun prohibition lobby was raising big bucks and celebrating legislative and election “success” Wednesday during an annual fund-raising luncheon, crime data tells a story of abject failure anti-gunners avoid and hope nobody else notices. The lead paragraph in the Alliance for Gun Responsibility’s news release about the event sums it […]
‘Mayoral Myth’ Exposed—Most States Have Preemption Laws
UPDATED, 2/7/22 @ 5:56 P.M. – Bruce Harrell, the recently-installed mayor of Seattle, tried to invent a myth when he told reporters—without challenge—that Washington is one of a handful of states with a firearms preemption statute, a claim that is demonstrably false. “We have too many guns pouring into the cities, and into our country,” […]
New Seattle Mayor Wants Same Old Thing: Gun Control, End Preemption
The Seattle Times is reporting how newly-installed Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is “focused on gun responsibility,” a term that translates to “gun control,” and his wish list for the current legislative session includes limiting the purchase of so-called “ghost guns” and—according to his niece and deputy mayor Monisha Harrell—an end to state preemption. Washington […]
