With Thursday’s court-mandated changes of the ballot title for Initiative 1639 – the latest gun control scheme from the billionaire-backed Alliance for Gun Responsibility – the fight is on as paid signature gatherers are now hitting the streets to gather what the Everett Herald estimated must be close to 350,000 signatures, while grassroots rights groups […]
Rights Activists East, West Have Alternative to Anti-Gun Efforts
While the Seattle-based gun prohibition lobby prepares to launch its shortened signature gathering effort later this week in Washington State, rights advocates there and in North Carolina have an alternative approach to making schools, and communities safer. Tuesday in North Carolina, four state lawmakers introduced House Bill 1039, the “School Self-Defense Act.” According to Grass […]
Taking A Stand Against Billionaire-backed Anti-2A Measure
UPDATED: The activist who is challenging the ballot title of the billionaire-backed, anti-rights Initiative 1639 in Thurston County Superior Court wrote a blog over the weekend that details his opposition, and he underscores the importance for voters to read the measure to understand what is actually in it. “This initiative,” writes Glen Morgan, whose challenge […]
Seattle Mayor: ‘Lock up Guns’ but What About Preemption?
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Thursday unveiled a new gun control proposal that, according to the Seattle Times, will penalize gun owners $500 to $10,000 “for failing to lock up and safeguard their firearms.” But most Times readers responding to the report appear to be unimpressed and in a few cases downright opposed. There are […]
Big Bucks for Nonsense, Grassroots for Real Common Sense in WA
While a Seattle-based gun prohibition lobbying group is basking in the riches of wealthy elitist donors to push another initiative to erode Second Amendment rights – this time for young adults they claim aren’t mature enough to own firearms – another genuine grassroots effort is underway to make schools safer without violating anyone’s rights. Initiative […]
Ballot Title Challenges Filed v. WA Gun Control Initiative
At least three different challenges have been filed against the Ballot Title of anti-gun Initiative 1639 in Washington State, including one that alleges the measure “proposes a variety of new and unprecedented restrictions on firearm ownership,” including failure to inform voters that it creates a new hidden tax on guns, and creates “new felony-level crimes […]
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