The Washington State Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the state’s long-standing model firearms preemption statute in a lawsuit filed against the City of Edmonds by the Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association and three private citizens, in a case dating back to August 2018. Writing for the Court, Chief Justice Steven C. González stated, “We […]
WA Appeals Court Slaps Down ‘Safe Storage’ Ordinance
A Washington State Court of Appeals panel smacked down a so-called “safe storage” requirement for gun owners living in the City of Edmonds because it violates the state’s preemption statute. The Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association and three private citizens sued the city in 2018 after it adopted the storage requirement in defiance of […]
State Lawmakers, Sheriffs Urge Gov. Inslee to Allow Gun-Related Business
UPDATED 3/27—Forty-six Washington State lawmakers have signed onto a letter urging Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee to “promptly amend your March 23, 2020 Executive Order so that licensed firearms dealers are designated as essential businesses.” In addition, 15 county sheriffs and municipal police chiefs sent a separate letter via email to the governor, encouraging him to […]
WA Judge Allows SAF, NRA Preemption Lawsuit v. Edmonds to Proceed
Snohomish County, WA Superior Court Judge Anita L. Farris has ruled that all plaintiffs – including the Second Amendment Foundation and National Rifle Association – have standing in a lawsuit filed last year challenging a so-called “safe storage” ordinance adopted by the City of Edmonds. Judge Farris did what King County Superior Court Judge Barbara […]
WA Battleground: Attacks on Gun Owners Disguised as ‘Safety’
While the battle over gun rights is intensifying statewide in Washington, Seattle gun owners are being targeted for regulatory harassment with the city’s new “safe storage” requirements, and the Edmonds City Council has predictably accepted free legal representation in its own gun control effort, according to grassroots activists who argue that none of the new […]
WA Preemption Challenge: ‘We’re Not Asking for Much Here’
As the challenge to Washington State’s 35-year-old preemption gun law advances, an Edmonds City Council member’ remark published in the Everett Herald underscores the reason behind adoption of this statute in the early 1980s, and why the Second Amendment Foundation and National Rifle Association are suing to protect and enforce the law. “We’re not asking […]