Washington State Gun Owners Rally against I-594

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  • Blackhawk2001

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    What's more impressive to me is that they were able to organize such a large gathering. I remember that when I lived at Ft Lewis in the late 70s, concealed carry permits allowed soldiers to legally carry firearms both on- and off-post and high school kids often went hunting after school. I can see where the majority-rural populations of most counties in Washington would be willing to rebel against the increasingly socialist governmental policies of the Seattle-Belleview-Olympia liberal-dominated state government.
     

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    I also find it interesting that over 1000 *armed* people gathered and committed mala prohibita "felonies" with no one getting so much as a paper cut or an arrest for "littering" at a protest designed and carried out specifically without governmental permission. Contrast that with Ferguson or Rodney King or Katrina or any number of unorganized protests, with mostly unarmed protesters, who actively sought out things to destroy and sought out people to maim or kill. It would be hubris to say that the reason is based in political party, and it would be prejudicial and bigoted to claim the reason was racial. (I have seen nothing to indicate that representatives of multiple races were not present in any and all of the above.) I think, instead, that it shows, clearly and unquestionably, that gun owners are a peaceable sort, people who are capable and skilled at arms, but who also understand that there is a time to use violent force, as repelling a home invader, and a time to disobey civilly.

    Now.... I can see two results coming of this: in the first, the anti-gun rights crowd will be quick to point out that all of those present committed crimes and are thus, ineligible to possess firearms now. In the second, I can see Al and Jesse and their ilk and useful idiots pointing to this and saying that it's evidence of racial bias: "Whitey", to use the term they seem to favor, can get away with flagrant felony violations, while the Black man can't even steal a handful of cigars or a walk down the street for Skittles without being assaulted and killed.

    To them, I say only: Look to the reason.
    The gun rights protest demonstration was absolutely peaceable, serving the purpose of voicing, loudly, their objection to an unjust law.
    The people in the Superdome during and after Katrina killed, raped, destroyed, and defiled.
    The evidence was clear that the two dead criminals both violently assaulted people who were doing the jobs they were expected to do, either by volunteer (Zimmerman) or by employment (Wilson). Further, the protests that followed the latter saw buildings burned, windows broken, stores looted, and people killed, while this protest, if anyone even needed a bandaid, I'd be surprised, and more so if one of the protesters didn't have the needed bandaid on them and offered it to whoever needed it.

    It's not about race or economics or victimless felonies-on-paper. It's about being peaceable, good citizens who have had enough, versus being "angry youth" looking for an excuse to cause mayhem.

    That's my view of it, anyway.

    Blessings,
    Bill
     
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    I also find it interesting that over 1000 *armed* people gathered and committed mala prohibita "felonies" with no one getting so much as a paper cut or an arrest for "littering" at a protest designed and carried out specifically without governmental permission. Contrast that with Ferguson or Rodney King or Katrina or any number of unorganized protests, with mostly unarmed protesters, who actively sought out things to destroy and sought out people to maim or kill. It would be hubris to say that the reason is based in political party, and it would be prejudicial and bigoted to claim the reason was racial. (I have seen nothing to indicate that representatives of multiple races were not present in any and all of the above.) I think, instead, that it shows, clearly and unquestionably, that gun owners are a peaceable sort, people who are capable and skilled at arms, but who also understand that there is a time to use violent force, as repelling a home invader, and a time to disobey civilly.

    Now.... I can see two results coming of this: in the first, the anti-gun rights crowd will be quick to point out that all of those present committed crimes and are thus, ineligible to possess firearms now. In the second, I can see Al and Jesse and their ilk and useful idiots pointing to this and saying that it's evidence of racial bias: "Whitey", to use the term they seem to favor, can get away with flagrant felony violations, while the Black man can't even steal a handful of cigars or a walk down the street for Skittles without being assaulted and killed.

    To them, I say only: Look to the reason.
    The gun rights protest demonstration was absolutely peaceable, serving the purpose of voicing, loudly, their objection to an unjust law.
    The people in the Superdome during and after Katrina killed, raped, destroyed, and defiled.
    The evidence was clear that the two dead criminals both violently assaulted people who were doing the jobs they were expected to do, either by volunteer (Zimmerman) or by employment (Wilson). Further, the protests that followed the latter saw buildings burned, windows broken, stores looted, and people killed, while this protest, if anyone even needed a bandaid, I'd be surprised, and more so if one of the protesters didn't have the needed bandaid on them and offered it to whoever needed it.

    It's not about race or economics or victimless felonies-on-paper. It's about being peaceable, good citizens who have had enough, versus being "angry youth" looking for an excuse to cause mayhem.

    That's my view of it, anyway.

    Blessings,
    Bill
    Nailed it!!:+1:
     

    eric001

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    From the article's quotes, the protesters seem to have stayed within the fine lines of not threatening violence, but absolutely not backing away from tyranny either. All in all, this looks like a really classy way to get the point across.

    And I most sincerely hope that the politicians responsible for this travesty of legislation suffer massively in the next elections up there. It'd be nice to see a real trend set where supporting the anti-Constitutional moneyed crowd gets folks unelected across the board. Might finally put a dent in the idiocy being bought into law.
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    EOD Guy

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    Sad thing is this fence crossing picture in a hunter's safety course is now illegal in WA.

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    dusty88

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    You don't want them. They're the ones who elected the nimrods who passed I-594.

    Nah, I think these are the people controlled by the liberals in their cities, much as rural Illinois is controlled by Chicago.

    The only good thing about some of these states passing bad gun laws is that maybe we WILL see more people move to the state with the laws they favor.

    And hats off to them! It takes guts to risk a felony charge like that.
     

    cbhausen

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    Kudos to those folks for having the balls to do this. And a damn shame good folk with good old horse sense are outvoted by the blue cities' liberals whose chosen representatives impose their tyranny on all. If it ever gets to this point in Indiana (or by Federal law) you can certainly count me among folks like these. The Colonists affirmed our rights with their spilled blood and, well, we all know about the Tree of Liberty.
     

    Drail

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    I think that the most significant thing here is the fact that none of the police seemed to be inclined to enforce the law. (don't get me wrong - I don't blame them - I would not enforce it either) All of the madness going on since the Ferguson shooting and rioting has changed the minds of at least some of the police. But the idea that an entire group of law enforcement officers would even consider NOT following the orders of their masters really makes you think about what we are seeing in this country now. I would be interested to know where the "stand down" order originated.
     
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