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I am proud to announce here, as one of the plaintiffs in the case, that the Seattle (WA) Parks Gun Ban has been STRUCK DOWN!
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I am proud to announce here, as one of the plaintiffs in the case, that the Seattle (WA) Parks Gun Ban has been STRUCK DOWN!
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Only down side is all the tax money those retards spent taking this to court. I really wish there was a way to make those bastards pay for it out of their own pockets.
What about all the lawyers, file clerks, admin assistants, parking lot attendants, news people... all gainfully employed by all this acticvity?! Just think of it as "stimulating the economy"... at least that's what the goobermint in Oregon does!!
They would still be just as employed if he payed for this out of his own pocket as they are when they pay for it out of our pockets. It just disgusts me that the taxpayers have to pay for that idiot's attempt to circumvent state law. Wasn't he told in advance by the AG that what he was proposing was illegal?(not that ignorance of the law would be an excuse if that had not been the case) IMHO he should be held legally, and monetarily accountable for that.
A lot of it depends on what Seattle is going to do. Mayor McGinn seems to be signaling from his press release that he won't appeal, but the City Attorney is saying that they're considering an appeal.
In the end, it falls onto Mayor McGinn to make that decision.
Gray, You didn't answer my question. Are you involved with over turning the similar ban in Snohomish county. The county where you live?
Being a plainif on the Seattle issue was easy, I am one as well and I became a plainif via a response to an email.
Looking forward to your activity in the county where you live as well.
I gotta get up there and patronize those county parks, I'd like my mortgage to get paid off!!
It's what happens when you stay up late and skim over threads. Oops. You have my complete attention (at least until I go to bed, which is in about 15 minutes, then I'll check up again).
<broken link removed> . I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch your name.
We (as Snohomish County gunowners) should be pursuing the County Council to repeal the parks gun ban off of the books. I wasn't at the Snohomish County meeting because I had to work and I could not get the time off.
We are also not sure at this point if the City of Seattle is going to appeal. They have the ability to within 30 days of the final judgment. McGinn has given some indication that he's going to go to the Legislature rather than appeal it upward. We'll see.
In the meantime, we should be active in Snohomish County Parks in terms of gathering there (though it's not exactly the best outside weather at the moment). As long as the parks ban is not in any way enforced by the County Park rangers and the Sheriffs (my understanding it's only been enforced once and this person was corrected after wards), getting standing to sue the parks ban off of the books and force the county code revisor to actually remove the text would be extraordinarily difficult. The city of Seattle threatened to enforce the ban against me and others as the plaintiffs, and had the full weight of the city behind it.
I would have no problem with open carrying myself in a Snohomish County park (haven't done this before), as the law is preempted and repealed. The County Council being stubborn about it doesn't change that fact. An illegal arrest for the parks ordinance is practically getting the county to buy your house for you without a mortgage. A state court has declared preemption means preemption, and the county, after being warned many hundreds of times by gun rights activists after the unenforcability of their gun ban. They have NO qualified immunity defense anymore.
No you didn't get my name...
Being a plaintiff on the Seattle issue was easy, I am one as well and I became a plaintiff via a response to an email.
"An illegal arrest for the parks ordinance is practically getting the county to buy your house for you without a mortgage" That statement is WAY over the top. Did Seattle pay off your home? No they didn't, no moneys were awarded. If I believed you for a second I would be marching about a Snohomish County park with my firearms in view and my home would be paid for.
Seattle won't appeal this decision, State court has ruled so they would need Federal court to over turn the ruling or spend millions to try rewrite the state constitution. Not going to happen.
Still wondering why you claim to be a key point in the Seattle parks issue but not involved with the Snohomish parks issue, the county where you live and expect spend more time in the parks.