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Gun Control Petitions: “Full, True, and Correct?”

July 4, 2018 by Dave Workman 5 Comments

The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today asked the Washington State Supreme Court to invalidate Initiative 1639 and enjoin the Secretary of State to reject the petitions on the grounds that petitions circulated by paid signature gatherers failed to meet state requirements for readability nor did they include a “full, true, and correct copy of the proposed measure printed on the reverse side.”

Gun control protesters with petitions
Similar to the false messages of gun control protesters, petition signature gathers are engaging in deception.

“We publicly warned the initiative sponsors about these problems and they ignored us,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb. “We are now taking the issue to the state high court to seek a declaratory judgment and injunction.

“During the signature gathering process,” he continued, “we were contacted by several people who were alarmed at the unreadability of the text, and also because they could not really tell what changes they were being asked to make to existing law. The microscopic maze of fine print used by the initiative sponsors disguised the actual language of the measure on the back of their petitions, which violates state law.

“Reading that petition is like taking a bad eye exam,” Gottlieb stated.

“When paid signature gatherers told people to ‘read it online,’ that simply did not meet the requirements of state law,” he noted. “Use of such fine print is unconscionable, and when you compound that problem with the omission of underlines for proposed changes to existing law, and strike-out lines showing what current law would be eliminated, it’s not just alarming, it amounts to deception.”

Gottlieb said there are “a lot of problems hidden in that small print.” The proposed measure not only impairs the rights of young adults to own modern sporting rifles, it classifies traditional semiautomatic rifles, even rimfires, as “assault weapons.” It adds a hidden tax, disguised as a paperwork processing fee, on the exercise of a fundamental right protected by the state and federal constitutions, and it requires an ill-defined standard of ‘safe storage’ that carries a felony-level penalty for a violation.

“How were voters supposed to know what they’re being asked to change,” Gottlieb wondered. “How could they tell the difference between what would become law, and what would be replaced?

“Just because this initiative is supported by wealthy Seattle elitists doesn’t mean it could be circulated in a form that violates the law,” Gottlieb said. “The court needs to step in enforce state law and the state constitution.”

Have you witnessed dishonest anti-gun efforts, such as these petitions in Seattle, in your area that you would like to expose? Share them in the comment section.


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Filed Under: Politics, Second Amendment Tagged With: Gun Control, Second Amendment Foundation

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  1. Jesse Tiede says

    July 6, 2018 at 6:06 pm

    Dear Mr. Gottlieb: Next time, just shot the Supreme Court a copy of the Bill of Rights, and direct their attention to the Second Amendment! You know, the one that says, clearly and emphatically, that the Right to Keep and (to) Bear Arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED! If they ignore it, then call for Impeachment Action against THEM!

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  2. Mark says

    July 6, 2018 at 9:39 pm

    The laws passed here in Florida after the high school shooting on Valentines day were not really brought to the public to review fully before being singed into law. As I am hearing now I am a felon because i own certain accessories, aftermarket add-on’s that help me shoot after my failed back surgery.

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  3. D Payne says

    July 7, 2018 at 7:11 am

    Question “Have you witnessed dishonest anti-gun efforts” must be answered in the affirmative. Any time anyone uses the words “anti-gun effort” they are attempting to violate my unalienable rights, given by God and enumerated in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

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  4. Jim says

    July 7, 2018 at 5:31 pm

    They tried the same tricks in Oregon with IP 43 and IP 44. Didn’t work.

    Reply

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