Dave Workman
Member
Advisory Only:
Seattle, WA Mayor Greg Nickels has announced that he will — in defiance of an advisory opinion from the attorney general that says he can't — enact a ban on legally-carried, concealed handguns on city property (parks, the Seattle Center, etc)
This is an attempt to break state preemption, which has been on the books for more than 20 years, perhaps 25, and is the model for many other state preemption laws.
If you live in Washington and visit Seattle occasionally or live there, a PUBLIC HEARING on this proposal is scheduled December 15 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall in Seattle.
NOTICE ALSO:
Written comments can be submitted at http://seattle.gov/firearmsrule/
PLEASE: If you submit written comments, be polite, brief, and stay on message.
Article 1, Section 24 of the WA State Constitution notes:
The Right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired..."
The State Preemption statute is RCW 9.41.290
Consult also RCW 9.41.300
Seattle, WA Mayor Greg Nickels has announced that he will — in defiance of an advisory opinion from the attorney general that says he can't — enact a ban on legally-carried, concealed handguns on city property (parks, the Seattle Center, etc)
This is an attempt to break state preemption, which has been on the books for more than 20 years, perhaps 25, and is the model for many other state preemption laws.
If you live in Washington and visit Seattle occasionally or live there, a PUBLIC HEARING on this proposal is scheduled December 15 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall in Seattle.
NOTICE ALSO:
Written comments can be submitted at http://seattle.gov/firearmsrule/
PLEASE: If you submit written comments, be polite, brief, and stay on message.
Article 1, Section 24 of the WA State Constitution notes:
The Right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired..."
The State Preemption statute is RCW 9.41.290
Consult also RCW 9.41.300