I am writing to ask for your help. I am a concerned citizen who has just learned of mayor Nickels's plan to ban the legal possession of weapons on Seattle City Property, under the guise of "private property". There are some fundamental problems with this thinking. Obviously cities are not allowed to create their own gun laws under state pre-emption, and I know that you have issued an AG Opinion regarding this, which Greg Nickels is ignoring. But equally important is the fact that Mayor Nickels considers city property to be private property! The city is not a private entity like a corporation, but a public entity, making city lands (such as Seattle Center) public property, not private property. I fear that I will be arrested for exercising rights that are protected under the federal and state constitutions. Such abuse of power and blatent tyrany should not be accepted. I should not be punished and prosecuted under illegal legislation. Depriving me of my rights is a serious crime, and Greg Nickels is very guilty of it. His actions in passing this executive decision are not only illegal under state law, but also under federal law. I feel helpless in the matter and would ask that you please intervene and have mayor Nickels arrested under the following laws:
RCW 9A.80.010
Official misconduct.
(1) A public servant is guilty of official misconduct if, with intent to obtain a benefit or to deprive another person of a lawful right or privilege:
(a) He intentionally commits an unauthorized act under color of law; or
(b) He intentionally refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law.
(2) Official misconduct is a gross misdemeanor.
TITLE 18, U.S.C., SECTION 242
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, ... shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnaping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
Thank you for your help and for taking this matter seriously.