More questions for sponsors of Initiative 1639 in Washington State have been raised. (Screen snip, Facebook) Buried in the text of a controversial gun control initiative now gathering signatures in Washington State is a proposed change in the language of a pamphlet published by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife that would eliminate notification […]
Armed WA Citizen Who Stopped Walmart Attack Releases Statement
The armed citizen who ended a wild shooting spree at a Walmart store in Tumwater, Washington has released a statement. (Dave Workman) The armed Samaritan who fatally shot a rampaging gunman at a Washington State Walmart Sunday has issued a statement detailing the incident from his perspective, while asking for privacy. “The events of last […]
Gun Groups Assert I-1639 Petitions Are Unreadable, Demand Fix
Two gun rights organizations based in Washington State have issued a demand to backers of Initiative 1639, the new gun control measure aimed at blocking sales of so-called “assault rifles” to 18-20-year-olds in that state, asserting that the typeface used to print the text of the initiative on the rear of each petition is too […]
WA Initiative Backers Crank Up Selective Emotion
In their new emotional funding appeal, backers of Initiative 1639 in Washington State ignore Sunday’s intervention by armed citizens to stop a mass shooter. (Screen capture, YouTube, TIME) Backers of a 30-page gun control initiative in Washington State are attempting to crank up public emotion to super charge signature gathering by talking about two high-profile […]
Walmart Shooting: WA Constitution, State Law Allow Armed Citizens to Act
If published reports about the fatal shooting of a gunman by an armed citizen in the parking lot of a Walmart in Tumwater, Washington Sunday are accurate, the “good guy with a gun” was likely acting within the parameters of the state constitution and the state use-of-force statute adopted more than 40 years ago. UPDATE: […]
The ‘War of Words’ Has Erupted Over WA Gun Control Initiative
It didn’t take long for the war of words and emotions to erupt as paid signature gatherers began in earnest to collect voter signatures for Initiative 1639, the latest gun control scheme offered by the billionaire-backed Alliance for Gun Responsibility, the Seattle-based lobbying group. Under I-1639, according to critics, all semi-automatic rifles, regardless of type […]
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