Blogs Feb 22, 2013 at 4:47 pm

Assault Weapons Ban in WA

Dominic Holden
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Neither was green leafy things.

Well?
Will in Seattle on February 22, 2013 at 5:03 PM Report this
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Ballot initiative.
Dan Savage on February 22, 2013 at 5:08 PM Stranger Staff
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@ 2 Good idea just make sure we don't do it in a heavy GOP year like was done with 1098.
Seattle14 on February 22, 2013 at 5:13 PM Report this
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I have to say, as a Democrat and a Liberal, I'm very glad that my views are being represented in Olympia.
NancyBalls on February 22, 2013 at 5:26 PM Report this
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You need to throw people caught with illegal handguns in jail for 50 years. That WILL reduce gun violence. Of course, then you'll all whine about "social justice"
on February 22, 2013 at 5:27 PM Report this
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Meh. The assault weapons ban is a red herring. The viable options on the table for reducing gun violence are mandatory background checks and tighter restrictions on high capacity magazines.
Tyler Pierce on February 22, 2013 at 5:32 PM Report this
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Top perk of a ballot initiative: getting to listen to conservatives whine about how it's wrong to put someones rights up to a popular vote. Why, if you get to vote on my second-amendment rights today, I may get to vote on your marriage rights tomorrow—oh, right.
Dan Savage on February 22, 2013 at 5:33 PM Stranger Staff
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Someone should just pay Governor Timmeh to run the initiative. He'll do it for enough $$.
sloegin on February 22, 2013 at 6:02 PM Report this
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You could actually imprison people that commit crimes. Oh, wait. Mudede can't walk that far to visit his friends/neighbors.
ExitOnly on February 22, 2013 at 6:35 PM Report this
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@9- We've already tried that. Our prisons are overflowing, we have the highest incarceration rate of any western country/democracy, and we still need more prisons.
I say- Arm the kindergarteners...that's the ticket. Firearms for everyone. It will be NRA utopia.
OutInBumF on February 22, 2013 at 6:47 PM Report this
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They probably knew about the ruling on the Sonics arena, and knew there would be NBA players in town.
Banna on February 22, 2013 at 7:15 PM Report this
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Two words: ammunition tax.
Doctor Memory on February 22, 2013 at 7:56 PM Report this
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One word: Tyranny

"First they came for the guns and I didn't say anything. Then they came for my freedom of speech, and I couldn't fight back..."

Open your history books class, flip past all the "whitey is bad" BS, and get to the parts where different peoples throughout history have been disarmed, then slaughtered. Then remind me again just how smart you are...
GeneStoner on February 22, 2013 at 11:52 PM Report this
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History is being ignored and the SLOG is now apparently a tool of social engineering, as are the numerous paid-for sock puppet comments that appear here. Social engineering -- it's the Fabian socialist path to success (nevermind the immorality of it all).
Siddha on February 23, 2013 at 7:53 AM Report this
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LISTEN TO @6.

The real action, universal background checks, HB 1588, is still alive. GET OFF YOUR ASS AND SUPPORT IT.

I'm starting to think that The Stranger's avoidance of real gun control that has a fighting chance is deliberate.
Fnarf on February 23, 2013 at 11:53 AM Report this
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Well, I'm a flaming pinko commie liberal, and I oppose it. John Locke's 2nd treatise was right, and the founding fathers knew it.

But for the love of god, do close the gun show loophole. California style background checks now, plz.
Lack Thereof on February 23, 2013 at 12:00 PM Report this
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@2 for the Win.

Look, the state Dems are never going to back action on this.

You make your own change.
Will in Seattle on February 23, 2013 at 2:43 PM Report this
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@15 - seriously. Getting all worked up over an AWB when there's sensible stuff that would do way more to reduce gun-related injury and mortality. There was a recent Freakonomics podcast that addressed this - http://www.freakonomics.com/2013/02/14/h…

I really recommend you listen to it, Dan and Dom.
NaFun on February 24, 2013 at 11:35 AM Report this

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