NRA sues Seattle

[TNTitan]

Nice work boys. Time to do it here now.

NRA sues to overturn new Seattle ban on guns in city parks

The National Rifle Association and three other gun-rights groups are suing the city of Seattle to try to overturn a new ban on guns in city parks, The Seattle Times reports.

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The ban, which took effect this month, is aimed at protecting children and applies to city playgrounds, community centers, sports fields, swimming pools and water-play areas, according to Mayor Greg Nickels, who is also named in the suit.

"The city is acting illegally in putting a ban into effect," said Alan Gottlieb, with the Second Amendment Foundation, one of the plaintiffs . "Lots of people in Seattle need firearms for self-protection."

Other plaintiffs include two Department of Correction workers who say they need to protect themselves from criminals and a gay rights leader who says he carries a concealed weapon out of concern he might be a victim of hate-related crimes, The Times says.

The newspaper says state records show there are 238,994 concealed-weapons permits in the state, including 48,838 in King County.

Washington is an "open-carry" state and does not require residents to have a concealed-weapons permit as long as the guns are in plain view, The Times says.

Guns are restricted from such places as schools, jails and mental institutions. LINK

[Guest Linoge]

Nice work boys. Time to do it here now.

Sadly, not gonna happen. The Washington state laws are set up specifically to preempt city/county laws, whereas ours were specifically set up to allow cities/counties to do as they please.

This will be fun to watch, and will be yet another feather in our caps, but, unfortunately, it will not be directly useful for us and our parks.