Richard6218
Regular Member
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Here is my post to the city's "feedback" site:
I cannot understand why you continue to press this issue in the face of negative advice of the State Attorney General (AGO 2008 No. 8) overwhelming public opinion and the obvious conflict with State law (RCW 9.41.290), the Constitutions of the United States (Second Amendment) and of the State of Washington (Article XI, section 11), as well as 18 USC 241 and 18 USC 242. Your staff is giving you bad legal advice.
The response to your proposal is inevitably going to be litigation, which you cannot win. It is beyond my understanding why you want to bankrupt the City of Seattle in stressful economic times for such a losing cause.
The whole purpose of RCW 9.41.290 was to eliminate the confusion created by inconsistent policies of all the various municipalities and counties in the State. By enacting preemption, the legislature created uniformity throughout the State. Your proposal is a huge step backward in this issue.
As a practical matter, your prohibition of the possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens is not only unconstitutional and illegal, it will not solve the problem of gun violence. A firearm lawfully carried is the citizen’s protection against criminals when the police cannot be on the scene in time to prevent a crime. Your proposal to disarm law-abiding citizens is not only illegal and unconstitutional, it is unconscionable.
Here is my post to the city's "feedback" site:
I cannot understand why you continue to press this issue in the face of negative advice of the State Attorney General (AGO 2008 No. 8) overwhelming public opinion and the obvious conflict with State law (RCW 9.41.290), the Constitutions of the United States (Second Amendment) and of the State of Washington (Article XI, section 11), as well as 18 USC 241 and 18 USC 242. Your staff is giving you bad legal advice.
The response to your proposal is inevitably going to be litigation, which you cannot win. It is beyond my understanding why you want to bankrupt the City of Seattle in stressful economic times for such a losing cause.
The whole purpose of RCW 9.41.290 was to eliminate the confusion created by inconsistent policies of all the various municipalities and counties in the State. By enacting preemption, the legislature created uniformity throughout the State. Your proposal is a huge step backward in this issue.
As a practical matter, your prohibition of the possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens is not only unconstitutional and illegal, it will not solve the problem of gun violence. A firearm lawfully carried is the citizen’s protection against criminals when the police cannot be on the scene in time to prevent a crime. Your proposal to disarm law-abiding citizens is not only illegal and unconstitutional, it is unconscionable.