U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Only days after Ammoland News reported new gun control proposals in Washington State, tens of thousands of residents have signed an on-line petition calling for the impeachment of Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson, both proponents of strict gun control, in the latest chapter of what appears to be a conservative insurrection.
The petition, started by a man identified as Austin Thornhill of Kennewick in the Tri-Cities area in Eastern Washington, is posted here. It declares:
“We the people of Washington State are calling for the impeachment of Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Governor Jay Inslee for not upholding the Oath of Office and protecting our State and Federal Constitution.
“Our Second Amendment has been under constant attack from these two elected officials and now they want to tell us what kind of weapons we can or can’t have and how many rounds we can hold in a magazine! Enough is enough it’s time for action before it’s to (sic) late.
“It’s time we take a stand against our Government and give it back to the people of our great state.”
The petition, which has no force of law, was launched Thursday, Dec. 12 and by the following Monday morning, had garnered more than 65,500 signatures, with more pouring in by the minute.
While Thornhill’s campaign can’t remove Inslee or Ferguson from office, it signals the growing frustration of Evergreen State gun owners, and beleaguered taxpayers angry over a separate issue involving $30 car license plate tabs and other taxes. This tax measure was passed overwhelmingly in all but a handful of counties.
Separately, the campaign to qualify Initiative 1094, which would repeal gun control Initiative 1639—passed in 2018—continued its momentum over the weekend with volunteer signature gatherers busy at several venues across Washington State, gathering thousands of signatures. Backers of that measure need at least 300,000 valid signatures by Christmas in order to qualify for presentation to the State Legislature next month.
Inslee and Ferguson have supported gun control measures in the past. Last year, in the early days of the I-1639 campaign, Ferguson endorsed the measure, which denies young adults the right to purchase semi-automatic rifles of any kind, requires registration and proof of training, a background check and invented a crime called “community endangerment.” It also created a definition of a “semiautomatic assault rifle,” which Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich declared earlier this year is a firearm that does not really exist.
Ferguson and Inslee last week announced their newest gun control proposals, which include a ban on the sale of so-called “assault weapons,” essentially affirming a Knezovich prediction.
Last winter, when fury over passage of I-1639 was just beginning to build, Knezovich told reporters the only reason to create a definition that is now included in statute was to make it possible to try banning such guns at some future date. It appears Washington gun owners didn’t have to wait long for that shoe to start dropping.
Ferguson and Inslee will also back bills to limit magazine capacity and require background checks for ammunition sales.
With Democrats in full control of the legislature and governor’s office, chances are good the legislation will pass, and even if it doesn’t, the Seattle-based Alliance for Gun Responsibility—a billionaire-backed gun prohibition lobbying group—could launch another initiative calling for such a ban.
The Alliance has backed a trio of gun control measures since 2014. Two of them, I-1639 and the earlier I-594, are blamed by many gun owners for the decline of monthly gun shows conducted by the Washington Arms Collectors and others around the state. Over the weekend, signature gatherers were busy at the WAC gun show, held at the Puyallup Fairgrounds.
Grassroots Second Amendment activists are planning lobbying and protest activities at the Capitol in Olympia Jan. 15-17. The event is being called “Patriots Occupy the Capital 2020.”
Washington is one of two states where gun owners have taken the offense against anti-rights politicians. In Virginia, scores of counties have declared themselves “Second Amendment Sanctuaries” in reaction to threats from the incoming Democrat majority in the legislature to press several new gun control proposals with anti-gun Gov. Ralph Northam eager to sign them.
One Virginia Democrat Congressman last week even suggested that Northam could call up the National Guard to enforce any gun control laws passed in Richmond next year. It only infuriated gun owners that much more, with the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms ripping Democrats for demagoguery.
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Dave Workman is a senior editor at TheGunMag.com and Liberty Park Press, author of multiple books on the Right to Keep & Bear Arms and formerly an NRA-certified firearms instructor.
Maybe, hopefully, they will get the idea BUT Bloomberg’s money goes a long ways. When I was a boy, my father told me how to test people for who they really are. He said; You give them enough rope to hang themselves with. Since this has already been done and in both people they have been found wanting….. Treason has a price. The courts should be put to task. Those who commit treason should be arrested, tried and put to death. This should be done as publically as possible to dissuade the other traitors of their evil deeds. IS THERE… Read more »
It’s no coincidence that democrats are the leftist communists that have infiltrated government at every level. Their message is the same, disarm the American people and use any means to do it.
These vipers have turned our Constitution into a menu of pick and choose and only when it suits their agendas.
Term limits are necessary to eradicate lifetime career politicians from staying entrenched in our
system of government as evidenced today. This I believe is the reason there are so many anti-Constitution politicians. Its been said, “diapers and politicians need to be changed out for the same reasons”.
Washington is ruled by the liberal population density of the Puget Sound area, which comprises three of the state’s 39 counties. Win those counties, and the rest of the state is under it’s control. If only the officials elected by the Puget Sound area would go after truly illegal activities and prosecute them to the fullest, including the death penalty (which has been taken off the books), lives would be saved. Now that the second amendment appears to mean little or nothing across the country, we can only assume that the first amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, etc.) will… Read more »
this dynamic duo fail to remember their assigned tasks as public office holders. AtG is tasked with managing the judicial branch of government MAKING law is NOT in his bailiwisk. Da Guv is in charge of the executive branch, charged with ENFORCING the law enacted consistent with the United States and State of Washington constitutions. He does not MAKE lw, either. And NONE of the laws they are pushing down our throats are conssitient with either of those two documents.
Under democrat control, the petitions will go nowhere, they will be thrown out. What appears to be happening is the rise of democrat politicians against the people simply because they think they have the power to do so and believe the people will simply crumble under the weight of the democrat/communist power. The communists and the religion of peace have formed alliances before to take over the world, but failed in 1945. Then they failed in 2016, but they are now working to undo the political process here in this country before the next elections to gain the power of… Read more »
@DBill, great post! I agree with every word. The problem with feeding anything though the court system is most of them are filled with treasonous judges! We keep hearing about all the Federal judges Trump has appointed (where are they), but every time a case is heard it’s outcome seems to be against the American people and the Constitution! SCOTUS doesn’t want to hear anything that puts them on the spot either. I believe if Clinton had won the election 2016 the Las Vegas shooting would never had happened! This was a deep state (CIA) act to put her agenda… Read more »
The Governor cannot use the State National Guard to enforce civilian laws. See this article. Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: A Sketch www dot history dot navy dot mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/p/posse-comitatus-act-and-related-matters-a-sketch.html Willfully Execute the Laws. The Act is limited to “willful” misuse of the Army or Air Force. The Senate version of the original Act would have limited proscription to “willful and knowing” violations, 7 Cong. Rec. 4302 (1878); the House version had no limitation, 7 Cong. Rec. 4181 (1878). The compromise which emerged from conference opted to forbid only willful violations, but nothing in the legislative history explains what the… Read more »
So exactly what good will a petition do? The next gov. and AG will be elected by the same leftist majority that elected these two clowns, and the same crap will continue to fester. Leftists have a majority in Washington State, Oregon, California, etc. and no matter what is done, that majority will continue to elect these anti-American, anti-Constitution asshats!
Be informed watch the (Convention of States 2019 summit). I have tried to leave a link four times to this but am not allowed to. Mark Levin is a Constitutional Scholar and Conservative. Make up your minds with this knowledge
Here in Colorado in order to rid ourselves of crooked politicians, a petition is circulated throughout the offenders jurisdiction for any reason or cause whatsoever… once the signatures reach a majority of those who elected him, he is instantly terminated. We last did it to the President of the State Senate back in 2013. It’s the law here. Instant Recall. ~JT