Posted on 12/15/2014 10:45:19 AM PST by Kaslin
Fed up with the passage of an 18½-page incoherent, rambling, unconstitutional gun control initiative that was bankrolled by billionaires, gun owners across Washington state held the largest felony civil disobedience rally in the nation’s history, brazenly titled “I Will Not Comply.” No one was hurt and no stores were looted. Between 1,000 and 3,000 lawful gun owners showed up openly armed at the state capitol in Olympia, Wash., on Saturday to defy the newly passed gun control law, I-594.
Organizer Gavin Seim made the extraordinary nature of the rally very clear, "This isn’t just a protest. We are here to openly violate the law." Attendees publicly transferred their guns to each other in violation of I-591’s background check provisions, and some even bought and sold guns just a few feet away from law enforcement. A fire pit blazed throughout the rally, and at the conclusion, gun owners lined up to burn their concealed weapons permits. A petition was circulated affirming gun owners’ refusal to follow I-594, which ended with, “We pledge our blood. We will not comply.”
As the RSVPs in advance of the rally grew to over 6,000, the police - most who probably detest I-594 - decided not to enforce the law. The Washington State Patrol announced there would be no arrests for exchanging guns - not even for selling guns. Seim refused to obtain a permit to hold the rally, citing the right of people to peaceably assemble.
The rally could not be dismissed as fringe elements. Several lawmakers and lawmen spoke, including former Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack of Arizona, Washington State Rep. Elizabeth Scott (R-Monroe) and Rep. Graham Hunt (R-Orting), who sported an AR-15 during his speech. Mack advised gun owners engaging in civil disobedience to “put your sheriff next to you to keep it peaceful.” Scott defiantly explained in her speech, “I will not comply with I-594 because it is unconstitutional, unenforceable and unjust. It is impossible to enforce this law unless there is a police officer on every back porch and in every living room. So it will be enforced selectively.” She noted that Founding Father Alexander Hamilton said any law that violates the Constitution is not valid, and there is a moral obligation to disobey unjust laws.
Seim, a political activist and congressional candidate, wrote on his website, “Today I become an OUTLAW! Arrest me! I will NOT comply.” He led the rally peacefully, and at one point asked everyone attending to kneel with him in prayer. As he led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance, he stressed, “I am not pledging obedience to the government, it is to the Republic. We don’t ask for our rights, and we don’t negotiate for our rights. We will take America back.”
Another speaker explained what was happening this way, “We no longer consent nor comply.” Mike Vanderboegh, whose Three Percenter movement is modeled after the three percent of the colonists who fought in the American War of Independence, said that those at the rally are the resistance behind enemy lines. The resistance is also taking place in a handful of other states with strict gun control laws, where patriots are now smuggling in weapons illegally. Vanderboegh told attendees, “This is the tyranny the Founding Fathers warned us about. Tyranny can be voted into existence by a majority. We will not fire the first shot, but if need be, we will fire the last.”
Gun control zealots have finally gone too far. Gun owners are now discovering that the police in New York are using gun control laws to confiscate guns from family members within days after their owners pass away. Hundreds of thousands of gun owners in Connecticut and New York who failed to register their AR-15s earlier this year are now felons. Requiring the registration of guns or requiring background checks, as I-594 does, allows the government to compile a list of gun owners, which can be used later for confiscation.
If guns cause crime, then why wasn’t there a single mishap, considering there were 1,000 or so guns present and hundreds of violations of felony law taking place? Tellingly, Washington State Trooper Guy Gill predicted beforehand, “"Most of these folks are responsible gun owners. We probably will not have an issue." The truth is, the state capitol was probably the safest place in the state last Saturday.
Patriots have had enough. The Second Amendment is gradually being eroded, state by state, and gun owners are not going to lie down and give up their arms. A handful of billionaires and elitists in blue cities like Seattle do not respect the Constitution nor represent the vast majority of Americans. Another rally in Olympia is planned for January 15, and another one in Spokane on December 20. The Second Amendment Foundation, headquartered in Bellevue, intends to sue the state over I-594, and will be lobbying the legislature to get the law changed or repealed. Washington state is now ground zero for patriotic gun owners resisting tyranny, which is at a tipping point since law enforcement does not intend to enforce I-594. What happens next?
The passage of 594 was pretty much a Seattle/King County thing, just like homo marriage. East of the mountains, particularly, the rural counties want nothing to do with this stuff.
Yep. That's the sneaky part of the bill - "transfer" used to mean permanent ownership, not temporary physical possession. I could call the anti-gunners liars and cheats but it would only be redundant.
Cool, how about a monthly gun show at the capital of Washington state?
That would happen in NY or CT, not here.
It is.
Obama and his ego can’t let this stand.
More like.
” No one was hurt and no stores were looted. Between 1,000 and 3,000 lawful gun owners showed up———”
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No looting?
White privilege again. :-)
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OK...I know I should have said “all modern handguns” rather than “all guns.” But all modern handguns still require a background check, correct? The Brady Act and all that....
Frankly, I haven’t bought a gun since the 90’s....it’s all I can do to keep the ones I’ve got clean.... ;-)
“...........A handful of billionaires and elitists in blue cities like Seattle do not respect the Constitution nor represent the vast majority of Americans.............”
Same billionaires behind Obama trashing the rest of the Constitution as well. Them, and the huge International Corporations with no allegiance to this country, only to what they can extract monetarily from this country for their bottom line, their power, and their luxurious lifestyles.
Another scenario: If you’re out hunting and you lay your rifle against a tree to get over some obstacle and it slides to the ground your friend would be unable to pick it up and hand it to you. That would be considered a transfer under this .....
This is what I was told by a lawyer: Vertical transfers (father to son, daughter to grandma, etc.) are allowed. But horizontal transfers (son to nephew, etc.) are not.
It says a lot about federal law that there is so much murkiness here.
They’re going to wish they had worn masks.
“Private transfers and most gun show transfers did not require a background check prior to this new law in WA State.”
And that would be a violation of federal law.
FFL transfers at a gun show or a shop go through the background check. If the gun is in their logs, they better have a corresponding 4473 with the approval code from the NICS check.
Private transfers at a gun show, outside in the parking lot, or wherever, do not require a background check because it is just that, a private transfer. A non-FFl caught buying and selling guns as a business can be charged.
Just shared on FB. So glad there are Americans standing for their just rights out there!
Remember, the First Revolution started over gun control ...
No if you buy them through a licensed dealer a background check is required but if you sell or give them away yourself none is required under Federal Law. You are probably going to be in trouble if you sell or give one to someone you know to be a felon.
Per Federal Law: any interstate transfer (with few exceptions) must go through a FFL. Any sale by an FFL must be accompanied by a 4477. Private sales/transfers are not regulated by Federal law.
The Washington law was intrastate and was over and above the Federal statute, further regulating the transfer of firearms within the state.
Great to see! So violating the new law is a felony?
I would take issue with the assertion that “most law enforcement is pro-gun”.
When the Alabama legislature recently passed a law making it O.K to carry weapons on private property as long as the weapon was locked up, Sheriffs association as well as the usual anti-gunners were forcefully against it. Said there “would be blood in the streets”. Didn’t happen, of course.
I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that I don’t trust a damn thing law enforcement tells me. Distrust and then verify.
Yup,,,
“will not comply”
Good on Ya, left coast !
OK....it must be a California requirement....we’ve almost reached the guns are illegal stage, they’re working on it...sigh
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