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Posted on 03/16/2020 9:42:17 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms cautions law enforcement agencies that the coronavirus emergency should not be an excuse to suspend the process required for the issuance or renewal of concealed carry permits or licenses by any law enforcement agency.
“We’ve received reports from members and concerned citizens, especially in Washington State, that local law enforcement agencies are suspending license or permit application services, including the taking of fingerprints,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “That’s unreasonable because the right to bear arms shouldn’t be subject to administrative delays.
“We understand and sympathize with police and sheriff’s departments in the current COVID-19 situation,” he continued, “but there are ways to reduce the risk of disease transmission, such as wearing latex gloves and face masks, and washing your hands. You can even spray disinfectant on an application form if necessary.
“Besides,” Gottlieb observed, “we’re reasonably certain police agencies haven’t stopped processing and fingerprinting murder and rape suspects.”
For example, Gottlieb pointed to Washington State’s statute, which requires issuing agencies “to accept completed applications for concealed pistol licenses during regular business hours.” A completed application would include fingerprinting.
“Anyone who is unable to renew his or her carry license should automatically have the expiration date extended,” he suggested. “No person who is prevented from applying for a permit should be arrested or prosecuted for exercising his or her right to bear arms for personal protection.
“Concerns about spreading this virus should not be used as an excuse by any municipality to prohibit law-abiding citizens to carry their legally-licensed firearms outside the home or place of business,” Gottlieb stated. “It especially should not be used to prohibit sales of guns and ammunition. We’re aware of at least one Illinois city, Champaign, where such a prohibition could be part of a local emergency plan, and we’re keeping an eye on that situation.
“President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency doesn’t put our Constitution on hold,” Gottlieb concluded.
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
If everything is rainbows and unicorns, you don’t need your rights — life is so perfect, who cares about rights??
But during an emergency, that’s when your rights matter. Speech, self-defense, due process under the law. The emergency is when these really count.
Just got my renewal in the mail today. For you poor people who live in blue states, I renewed my permit online.
To the Left a barking dog would be cause to undermine our liberty.
Only sex and what let’s there be more sex without consequences, like abortion, are exempt from their common sense regulations.
The 2nd amendment is all about emergency situations.
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President Trump needs to re-purpose BATF to arresting politicians who try to infringe on the 2nd A.
“President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency doesn’t put our Constitution on hold,” Gottlieb concluded. >>>>>
A good warning against the leftist Democrat zealots who use crisis for over-reach into their bags of totalitarian tricks.
They’re going to use the disease as an excuse to seize guns from non-violent citizens while leaving them in the hands of violent criminals.
Well, buy your guns and ammo BEFORE an emergency, not during it. I do remember a story about girls and oil for lamps...
Funny, Constitutional Carry isn’t affected by diseased bureaucrats...
“ President Trump needs to re-purpose BATF to arresting politicians who try to infringe on the 2nd A.”
.... that’s a great idea. I like it.
Read and discuss.
Katrina Redux Alert!
BATF (BBQ, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) should be a convenience store, NOT a government agency!
Mark
You have your Second Amendment rights, right up until they send armed officers to confiscate your guns.
Months or years later, the courts will rule in favor of your estate that your Second Amendment was violated. You can rest in peace knowing that your rights were upheld posthumously.
Mark
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