Wednesday, June 19, 2013

WA gun owners strike back!

Washington groups launch fight against gun control initiative - Seattle gun rights | Examiner.com
A coalition of Washington firearms community leaders is today launching a grassroots campaign to counter the well-financed gun control initiative backed by a Seattle-based gun control group, while also preventing firearms confiscation “by any government agency…without due process.”

Protect Our Gun Rights (POGR) includes leaders from the 17,000-member Washington Arms Collectors (WAC), Gun Owners Action League of Washington (GOAL) and the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). In an emergency meeting Monday evening in Renton, the WAC Board of Directors voted unanimously to support the effort with up to $200,000 and CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb also committed his organization to an equal amount. WAC will encourage member contributions to support this effort.
Here is the entirety of I-591:
Initiative Measure No. 591
(filed May 23, 2013)
PROTECT OUR GUN RIGHTS
AN ACT Relating to protecting gun and other firearm rights ; adding new sections to chapter 9.41 RCW; and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
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NEW SECTION.
Sec. 1.
A new section is added to chapter 9.41 RCW to read as follows:
It is unlawful for any government agency to confiscate guns or other firearms from citizens without due process.
NEW SECTION.
Sec. 2
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A new section is added to chapter 9.41 RCW to read as follows:
It is unlawful for any government agency to require background checks on the recipient of a firearm unless a uniform national standard is required.
NEW SECTION.
Sec. 3.
The provisions of this act are to be liberally construed to effectuate the intent, policies, and purposes of this act.
NEW SECTION.
Sec. 4.
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
NEW SECTION.
Sec. 5.
This act is known and may be cited as the “Protect Our Gun Rights Act.”
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I'm sure there's some rule against such a clear and concise initiative...

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