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<blockquote data-quote="Old teacher" data-source="post: 985239" data-attributes="member: 48420"><p>Fear No Wind: What you are suggesting is what I am trying to do on FB, but my audience is limited unless people will share the post. I am urging people to vote against this, and I have a minor bit of influence on my FB friends since the vast majority of my FB friends are my ex-students who had a lot of respect for me when I was teaching. But my primary focus is just to get people to educate themselves by reading the entire initiative and talking to friends and relatives who may be hunters or hobby shooters and get the facts. This legislation was debated at the latest session of our legislature and voted down in both houses, so the anti's decided to take it to the people. If it passes, and something huge will have to happen to stop it, there is some hope down the road. The Washington initiative process puts a semi-sunset clause on anything that passes. The state legislature has to obey the decision of the people for two years, but after that, they can modify or negate any part or all of it. But if it passes with a 70% majority, it is not likely the legislature will overturn anything that is that popular, although they may be willing to tone it down a little. We currently have quite liberal gun laws here...I believe I read somewhere that we are number 5 of 50. We have the chance that 591 will also pass, although it stands at 55% favorable at this point, and it would totally negate 594, essentially creating a standoff, and even if 594 wins with a 70% yes, it only takes 50.1% for 591 to win and negate 594. It is still early, and early polls seldom are very accurate when it gets to November, so a lot could still change, either way, however. Our last chance would be the courts, and considering the extremely radical language in this initiative, we could stand a real chance of getting it overturned in the courts. I cannot imagine any court considering the handing of a gun to your neighbor to look at and then immediately taking it back as a crime as anything related to reasonable. This was clearly written not by people who want to reduce crime, it was written by people who clearly have mental problems with any guns in any situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old teacher, post: 985239, member: 48420"] Fear No Wind: What you are suggesting is what I am trying to do on FB, but my audience is limited unless people will share the post. I am urging people to vote against this, and I have a minor bit of influence on my FB friends since the vast majority of my FB friends are my ex-students who had a lot of respect for me when I was teaching. But my primary focus is just to get people to educate themselves by reading the entire initiative and talking to friends and relatives who may be hunters or hobby shooters and get the facts. This legislation was debated at the latest session of our legislature and voted down in both houses, so the anti's decided to take it to the people. If it passes, and something huge will have to happen to stop it, there is some hope down the road. The Washington initiative process puts a semi-sunset clause on anything that passes. The state legislature has to obey the decision of the people for two years, but after that, they can modify or negate any part or all of it. But if it passes with a 70% majority, it is not likely the legislature will overturn anything that is that popular, although they may be willing to tone it down a little. We currently have quite liberal gun laws here...I believe I read somewhere that we are number 5 of 50. We have the chance that 591 will also pass, although it stands at 55% favorable at this point, and it would totally negate 594, essentially creating a standoff, and even if 594 wins with a 70% yes, it only takes 50.1% for 591 to win and negate 594. It is still early, and early polls seldom are very accurate when it gets to November, so a lot could still change, either way, however. Our last chance would be the courts, and considering the extremely radical language in this initiative, we could stand a real chance of getting it overturned in the courts. I cannot imagine any court considering the handing of a gun to your neighbor to look at and then immediately taking it back as a crime as anything related to reasonable. This was clearly written not by people who want to reduce crime, it was written by people who clearly have mental problems with any guns in any situation. [/QUOTE]
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