“It is clear to us that a handful of cities are trying desperately to erode Washington’s long-standing preemption law. Their goal is to discourage citizens from exercising their rights under the state and federal constitutions by financial intimidation. The city council clearly understands preemption, but went ahead with this ordinance, anyway, undoubtedly knowing it would be overturned by the court. It seems as though their ultimate goal is to convince voters that gun law uniformity is somehow a bad idea, so it should be changed.” – SAF executive vice president Alan Gottlieb in Edmonds councilmember secretly coordinates anti-gun bill with Seattle, gets sued [via mynorthwest.com]
If You Try To Defy Washington’s Preemption Law, Expect to Be Sued
courtesy myedmondsnews.com