NO, BELAY THAT! :banghead:
The only way to set this initiative duel on its ear is to pass I-591 and keep the vote down on I-594.
The anti-gun Seattle herd is going to vote I-594 out of Pavlovian reflex action simply because their handlers tell them to. A "NO' vote on 591 translates to a YES vote on 594.
We're in a fight. This is not the time to be fighting stupid with one hand tied behind our back.
Don't belay that. There are a few reasons why 591 isn't the answer.
* we don't need any more gun laws, let's work on repealing the ones we have.
* 591 contains a provision that says we will follow whatever federal standard for background checks there is. Where in the Constitution does it give the federal government the authority to set a standard for background checks? If the feds make a new standard that as restrictive or worse than 594 and 591 has passed guess what we get stuck with?
* there are a lot of low information voters that are confused as to which initiative is gun control and which is gun rights. When they have just the ballot I guarantee mistakes are going to be made.
* if they both pass and there is a challenge in the state courts guess which one the liberal judges of Washington State are going to go with?
We should have been fighting against 594, not starting a new initiative that is confusing people. Elizabeth Scott, Matt Shea, and the rest of the freedom coalition have come out against 591. Well respected legislators with great track records in giving us more freedom even think that 591 is terrible.