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 […]