Armed gun-rights advocates rally

[Jazzy]

A gun-rights rally drew about 50 people, mostly armed, to the steps of the Capitol on Saturday morning for a demonstration they hoped would end with their arrest. To raise money for bail, some protesters hawked caps with "Fight Tyranny — Shoot Back" printed on them and sold out.

The plan was to walk into the Capitol after a few speeches and carry guns into the Legislature's viewing gallery, in defiance of rule changes made in January that banned the open carry of firearms there. However, the Washington State Patrol kept the gallery doors locked after the building opened to the public at 11 a.m. The crowd, including two state legislators, walked through the marble hallways, with some lining up to knock on the doors to the House gallery and Gov. Jay Inslee's office.

Their complaints against state government stem from the 2014 passage of Initiative 594 by voters statewide. It imposed new background-check requirements on several types of gun transfers, including purchases and loans, and opponents say the new law infringes on firearm rights guaranteed in the state and federal constitutions.

State Reps. Elizabeth Scott and Matt Shea addressed the crowd. Shea, R-Spokane Valley, gave a fiery speech that included a list of more than 20 grievances against the government, including militarization of police, high taxes, surveillance programs, Sharia law and restrictions on guns. Scott, R-Monroe, opened her coat to show the crowd her pistol.

"I carry at least one gun every day," Scott said, "because a cop is too heavy and a guard is too heavy."

For Eric Devenny, 19, an apprentice mechanic from Bremerton, the rally was his first trip to the Capitol. He wore an AKS-74, a variation of a Russian assault rifle, in a sling on his back as he walked with the group into the legislative building and out to the governor's mansion gate and said he'll return for another protest.

"It's not gonna stop, and we won't let up," Devenny said.

No one was arrested, and the State Patrol reported no disturbances.

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Thoughts?

 

[+paradox]

i agree with them...

keep on the good fight against tyranny!

 

[Webster]

Thoughts?

Thoughts? (1)There's got to be a way to balance the individual right to bear arms w/the right of public safety, (2)There needs to be a few places in this society (parks, schools, govt. bldgs., etc.) where we don't need to have to have firearms w/us and (3)what d'yall think the odds would be that the story in the OP would be a lot different if the individuals mentioned were not white but instead, were black...

 

[+paradox]

that the cops would shoot them dead, @webster!

 

[Webster]

that the cops would shoot them dead, @webster!

Probably...at the very least, open carry would become illegal in an awful hurry...

 

[Dee]

Thoughts?

Thoughts? (1)There's got to be a way to balance the individual right to bear arms w/the right of public safety, (2)There needs to be a few places in this society (parks, schools, govt. bldgs., etc.) where we don't need to have to have firearms w/us and (3)what d'yall think the odds would be that the story in the OP would be a lot different if the individuals mentioned were not white but instead, were black...

that the cops would shoot them dead, @webster!

that the cops would shoot them dead, @webster!

Probably...at the very least, open carry would become illegal in an awful hurry...

All of this, 100%. Sad to think that's how far our country as come to after several hundred years. I feel like I'm living in the dark ages sometimes.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Thoughts?

Thoughts? (1)There's got to be a way to balance the individual right to bear arms w/the right of public safety, (2)There needs to be a few places in this society (parks, schools, govt. bldgs., etc.) where we don't need to have to have firearms w/us and (3)what d'yall think the odds would be that the story in the OP would be a lot different if the individuals mentioned were not white but instead, were black...

First good for those people above. Keep it up I say.

Second I have to disagree with you. I always have thought a private citizen who can legally carry a weapon should have the same rights as a police officer and be able to carry it in the same locations as a police officer can. Imagine how many children would have been saved in schools if private citizens would have been armed.