BELLEVUE, WA – -(Ammoland.com)- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today applauded Washington State gun owners and Second Amendment activists for the record response to a controversial and radical Senate bill (ESSB 5078) that seeks to ban so-called “large capacity” ammunition magazines.
As speaker after speaker testified before the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary, it became clear this bill—requested by anti-gun Democrat Attorney General Bob Ferguson—will not provide any solution to violent crime involving firearms.
“We were especially impressed by remarks from Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, whose law enforcement experience and perspective should convince lawmakers this attempt to limit magazine capacity makes no sense and will accomplish nothing,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb.
“Most impressive of all,” he added, “was that nearly 15,000 Washington citizens signed up to oppose this measure, against fewer than 900 who support the bill.”
“Gun prohibition groups supporting the ban will complain that the so-called ‘gun lobby’ is pressuring lawmakers, but the reality is that thousands of this state’s law-abiding gun owners, who represent hundreds of thousands of other good citizens, oppose extremist gun control and they are turning out to stop it.”
The turnout gave lawmakers an opportunity to see the diversity of people opposing this ban, including women and minorities.
“The thousands of citizens who took the time to weigh in on this egregious bill are to be congratulated for their willingness to participate in the legislative process,” Gottlieb said. “Too often in the past, gun owners have remained quietly on the sidelines while their rights were being trampled, but Wednesday’s turnout should signal anti-gun lawmakers they have awakened a sleeping giant ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
“Evergreen State gun owners are paying attention and taking notes,” he observed. “We’re tired of being penalized for crimes we didn’t commit, and for having our rights eroded while real criminals have repeatedly shown they will not obey new gun laws, same as they have consistently ignored existing laws. Today’s lopsided opposition to the proposed magazine ban should send a message to Olympia enough is enough.”
About Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
Good report, keep em coming! The big news here is that the electricity went out, came back on, went out, and is back on again. Quite the storm.
This is encouraging, although the politicians here in WA ST don’t have a good record of listening to anyone, who isn’t on the radical left.
I think the human race is reaching the ENOUGH IS ENOUGH point on many fronts. The gun control I.E. PEOPLE CONTROL legislation is stalling all over the place except for states and cities that are run by raving lunatic communist psychopathic control freaks. We have had ENOUGH laws that make having things or not doing things into crimes. We have had ENOUGH taxes on our homes, food we eat and personal property as well our wages. We have had ENOUGH of the lying psychopathic ruling classes control over every aspect of our lives. We have had ENOUGH of the value… Read more »
Just say no. Do not ever, ever trust a government or political class which does not trust its own citizens. Never. That lack of trust s the foundation of totalitarianism. The Progressive New Left, the core ideology and power base of today’s democrat party is a totalitarian movement based upon Marxism. Fact.
Unfortunately, democrats not only don’t seem to care what law abiding gun owners want, in fact they know exactly what they want, and that criminals will not even be inconvenienced by the new laws, nor prosecuted for being in violation of them when apprehended committing a violent crime. Democrats are taking 2nd Amendment rights everywhere they have enough of a majority to get it done, and unlike criminals who get the “gun” charges dropped and plea to a lesser charge, there are severe penalties for a legal gun owner who is caught in non-compliance of citizen disarmament laws. The real… Read more »
Well now we’ll see if they are listening in Olympia, probobly not they seem to alway turn a deaf ear to anything a gun owner wants and it’s a state run by crooked Dems who hopefully wont be around after mid terms
I can SEE that there 900 people who Need to Leave the USA and move to a Country that better Suits Them.
Gun ownership is neither a red nor blue issue it’s the Second Amendment right. The Second Amendment knows no color. So it about time a state on the left cost takes back their true unimpeded right!
WE don’t have CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS! We have UNALIENABLE rights granted by BIRTH. The CONSTITUTION, particularly the Bill of Rights is a PROHIBITION LIST to those administering government to leave alone! And the reason we are in the situation we are in is because our forefathers allowed the passage of the Dick act which NULLIFED THE FIRST 13 WORDS OF THE SECOND amendment. The ONLY place in the whole Constitution the word NECESSARY is used.
Our AG loves the idea of you having no way to protect yourself. What a maroon.