jt59
Regular Member
Unfortunatly, the legislature created a loophole for them...
(1) The state, local governmental entities, any public or private agency, and the employees of any state or local governmental entity or public or private agency, acting in good faith, are immune from liability:
RCW 9.41.0975
Officials and agencies — Immunity, writ of mandamus.
(d) For failing to issue a concealed pistol license or alien firearm license to a person eligible for such a license;
IANAL, but I read this a little differently...these local delays are not a "Failure" to issue (as in we're not going to do it) vs. doing it in a timely manner....
In the end it "es machs nichts", because no one here is actually going to take any action that will affect the process issue as opposed to "their" issue....you'll get them when they come.
Is it right?...no. Is it inconvienient?...yes. Legally do you have recourse? Maybe....Is the money or time you will spend worth the outcome? That depends on how much money you have.
After your CPL shows up, 60 days late, are you going to be willing to go the distance and continue to spend your $$ for all those other poor souls that are still waiting in all those other juridictions? You tell me....
Otherwise, this seems to be mostly raging against the system :cuss:
I take hope in the fact that the overall numbers of CPL holders are swelling and they care enough to show up and wait in a line for 2-3 hours to get started....late to the party maybe, but still showing up.
As a group, we complain a lot, debate a lot, learn a lot on sites like this individually,yell at each other way too much, have a few guys that show up and we claim local wins like Oak Harbor, and other local challenges like Spokane, Vancouver, Pierce County Parks, Wenatchee parks, testify a little as individual citizens with the expectation that a public hearing is actually going to change a legislators position, organize some events weekend rally's when no one in power is around to hear it, and wonder why we haven't moved the ball very well to our issues (IMHO).
Annual membership in SAF is $15.00....everybody signed up? Let's argue about the NRA agenda and $25 bucks.
It feels like we're a rocking chair on the porch...a lot of activity but not much progress...especially when I put it in persepctive to these stories...
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020439372_gungrassrootsxml.html
An eternity ago, there was a poll on this site asking a simple question...Should WA OC organize itself formally into a group and take up any of these issues or join in solidarity with other organized efforts....the response was less than encouraging...and the reasons less so....
Nick, can you find the discussion link? Maybe this time, the crisis is enough...the issues worth fighting against....or we can do what we have been doing and continue to rail into the wind and listen to the echo.
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