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 […]
Has Washington’s Governor Taken Anti-Gun Pettiness to New Low?
With a sweeping anti-gun-rights initiative vote looming in Washington, that state’s liberal Democrat governor may have just added more momentum to the grassroots campaign to defeat the gun control measure by deciding he would no longer sign certificates for the winners in a police marksmanship competition because the program involves the National Rifle Association. […]
Fonda Campaigns for Gun Control Measure; Will it Backfire?
Actress jane Fonda, shown here in an appearance on the Graham Norton show, campaigned in Seattle Tuesday for anti-gun Initiative 1639. (Screen snip, YouTube) Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda was in Seattle Tuesday campaigning for Initiative 1639, the multi-faceted 30-page gun control measure that has ignited Washington’s grassroots gun owners, but will the appearance backfire […]
WA Grassroots Activists Fill Social Media v. Gun Control Initiative
On the eve of the 9/11 anniversary, Washington State grassroots activists are filling social media with messages opposing gun control Initiative 1639, and there will be workshop Tuesday evening at the Oak Harbor Coachman Inn to add momentum. That session runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and is being offered by one NRA-affiliated group. Another […]
WA State CCW Spikes; I-1639 A ‘Blueprint,’ Say Backers
For the second time in less than a year, the number of active Washington State concealed pistol licenses has exceeded 590,000, with the state Department of Licensing reporting Wednesday that there are now 594,812 citizens licensed to carry in the Evergreen State, a new record. This revelation came as backers of a controversial gun control […]
Fury: WA Activists to Battle High Court’s I-1639 Reverse
Evergreen State gun rights activists are furious that the state’s liberal Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday to allow anti-gun Initiative 1639 back on the November ballot despite what appears to be a clear conflict with state legal requirements for initiative petitions. The Seattle Times broke the news late Friday afternoon, as did the Seattle P-I.com. […]
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