It's interesting how the critics in Seattle claim that laws take precedence and must be enforced, yet Seattle is a sanctuary city for non-citizens. Typical leftist double standards.



REPUBLIC, Wash. – In this small town, near the Canadian border, Police Chief Loren Culp has become a celebrity after announcing he would not enforce a new sweeping gun control law passed by state voters in November.

“I felt it was such a blatant disregard for constitutional rights that I felt like I had no choice but to stand up for the people that I served, and that’s the citizens of Republic,” Culp said.

Initiative 1639 touches on many areas of gun control. It bars 18 to 20 year olds from buying semi-automatic rifles and makes it a potential felony if your gun ends up in the wrong hands. The law also creates enhanced universal background checks, mandates firearms training before buying a semi-automatic weapon and defines an assault rifle as “any rifle which utilizes a portion of the energy of the firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round, and which requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge.”

Voters across Washington state approved the measure 59-41. But in Ferry County, which includes Republic, nearly three out of four voters opposed it. Republic Mayor Elbert Koontz is among them.

“Everybody in Republic has a gun,” said Koontz. “We don’t have a giant crime rate because nobody in their right mind would come to a house where people have guns and know how to use them.”

Chief Culp went even further than saying he would not enforce Initiative 1639, he also drafted an ordinance that would make Republic a gun rights sanctuary city. It would bar city employees from enforcing any gun law that infringes on the Second Amendment right to bear arms. When Culp announced his proposal to a recent city council meeting, most of the 250 residents attending gave him a standing ovation. It was a massive turnout, considering the city’s population is about 1,000 people.

But in Seattle, the reaction was very different.

“We are a society built on the rule of law,” said Renee Hopkins, CEO of Alliance for Gun Responsibility, which led the campaign for I-1639. “If we have leaders that are responsible for ensuring the laws are enforced, picking and choosing which laws they get to enforce, we have a huge problem.”

The 2nd Amendment Foundation, based in Bellevue, Wash. with 600,000 members nationwide, has joined the National Rifle Association in suing the state of Washington, seeking to overturn the new gun control measure. Its leader sees poetic justice in the political right getting into the sanctuary business, which up until now has been reserved for illegal immigrants.

“I guess it’s a little unprecedented,” said Alan Gottlieb, President of the 2nd Amendment Foundation. “We’re moving into some unchartered territory in terms of defense of rights. In politics, there’s always pushback. When you try to take people’s rights away from them, they rebel. And that’s what you see in Republic, Wash.”

The gun rights sanctuary city ordinance will be discussed at the next city council meeting. Councilmember Rachel Siracuse isn’t sure which way she’ll vote. She is concerned that passing the ordinance might cost Republic much-needed state funding, or lead to a costly lawsuit.

“I want to support our Second Amendment rights with all that I am, but yet I also want to protect our little city,” said Siracuse.

The city council could vote on the measure before the new state gun law goes into effect January 1, 2019. The state’s attorney general, Democrat Bob Ferguson, is a gun control supporter. His office said he would review the ordinance if it passes.



https://www.foxnews.com/politi...rotect-2nd-amendment

Should be an interesting situation to watch.

flashguy

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Originally posted by Sigmanic:

But in Seattle, the reaction was very different.

“We are a society built on the rule of law,” said Renee Hopkins, CEO of Alliance for Gun Responsibility, which led the campaign for I-1639. “If we have leaders that are responsible for ensuring the laws are enforced, picking and choosing which laws they get to enforce, we have a huge problem.”


https://www.foxnews.com/politi...rotect-2nd-amendment

Yep, the law is the law:

http://mynorthwest.com/912497/...s-snohomish-county/?

Drug users will get a pass on minor charges in Snohomish County

Drug users in Snohomish County are going to get a pass if they’re busted with less than 2 grams of any drug.


Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe says there aren’t enough prosecutors to take on those cases. He says they are time-consuming and expensive and do little to stop drug use.

“In 2017 our felony division, with no additional personnel, filed 700 more cases into Superior Court than in 2016. That resulted in caseloads far beyond what our trial deputies can handle effectively. Additionally, when we file more cases our county public defenders, because of the reasonable caseload standards adopted by the Supreme Court, get more attorneys. We do not. We just get further and further behind,” a statement from the prosecutor’s office reads.

Instead, Snohomish County prosecutors will focus on burglaries, assaults, DUIs, as well as property crimes that drug users commit.

The move comes just days after the King County prosecutor announced he was tossing 1,500 misdemeanor cases because of a shortage of prosecutors.

Snohomish County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Craig Matheson told KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson the only way someone will be prosecuted for possession of a small amount of drugs is if it is attached to another crime of higher importance, such as burglary.

And:
https://www.thenewstribune.com...rticle222295190.html

Seattle moves to quash old low-level misdemeanor warrants

SEATTLE

Seattle city attorneys have asked a court to quash over 200 misdemeanor arrest warrants, in what officials described as low-level, nonviolent cases older than five years.

The Seattle Times reports the motion, filed Tuesday in Seattle Municipal Court, includes 107 people charged or convicted of prostitution offenses and 73 of third-degree driving with a suspended license, a violation often referred to as "driving while poor."

Mayor Jenny Durkan said Tuesday that more than 40 percent of the warrants have fallen on people of color, including 35 percent on African Americans, though they make up 7 percent of the city's population.

Durkan said removing the warrants would make the community safer, giving police more time to focus on serious crimes.

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Mayor Jenny Durkan said Tuesday that more than 40 percent of the warrants have fallen on people of color, including 35 percent on African Americans, though they make up 7 percent of the city's population.

The makeup of the population is immaterial--what is important is how many infractions are being perpetrated by each group. If African-Americans are committing 35% of the crimes, then 35% of the warrants should be for that group. (Apparently, Blacks are over-achievers....)

flashguy

Mayer Durkan and other Democratic leaders aren’t fooling anyone. They pick and choose laws to enforce to get voted in and stay in power.
I hope this new gun law gets overturned sometime next year, or much worse gun laws will get voted in.
Wait until our AG becomes Governor of WA state. (If that happens). Then we’ll really see bat shit crazy.

Good for these people. At some point, we are ALL going to have to take a stand for truth and justice. If we have sanctuary laws for illegals, why not guns!

RMD

Every group picks and chooses in alignment with their points of view.

And this is hilarious to watch. Good for the people of Republic.

Good for this Chief.....the dems want to pick and choose what laws they want to follow, so it's about time we have a LEO in charge that respects and protects the constitution and the rights of the people. Like someone else posted, the time has come to take a stand and give these damn liberal, progressive, socialist, communist democrats a dose of their own medicine. My message to all democrats, please get the hell out of my country and go somewhere else where you can be happier...Maybe Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, China anywhere in Africa or another shit hole.

Believe he's on Tucker Carlson tomorrow/ Friday 11/30.

https://www.google.com/amp/ins...om/amp/article/64095

Boss