Posted on 04/08/2007 3:53:11 PM PDT by ckilmer
Seattle's 'Sanctuary Law' Helped Kill Rebecca Griego, Says CCRKBA
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BELLEVUE, Wash., April 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Had it not been for a Seattle ordinance that forbids police officers from routinely ascertaining a suspect's immigration status, Monday's murder-suicide at the University of Washington might have been prevented because the perpetrator would have been deported months ago, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
Seattle newspapers reported Thursday morning that gunman Jonathan Rowan had been living in this country illegally for more than ten years. Stopped for drunken driving last June 30 by Seattle police, his residency status could have been determined, were it not for Seattle's ridiculous policy. Generically called "Sanctuary Laws," they tie the hands of police and allow foreign nationals a free pass to stay here illegally.
"The murder of Rebecca Griego was a horrible tragedy that did not have to happen," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan M. Gottlieb. "Unfortunately, liberal politicians who dominate Seattle government feel more comfortable trying to harass law-abiding firearms owners than looking for dangerous illegal aliens in our midst. Rowan was a prime example of why such ordinances should be abolished. It is because of policies like this - that protect people like Rowan - that honest citizens want to arm themselves."
"The Northwest has a particular problem with violent illegal aliens," added CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron. "The last three peace officers killed in eastern Washington all died at the hands of illegal aliens. An illegal alien named Hector Francisco Diaz killed a man in Everett last November. Prosecutors in Snohomish County won't charge him with murder because they believe he acted in self-defense, but he remains in jail on drug trafficking charges.
"These are the kinds of people that Seattle's sanctuary law ultimately protects," Waldron stated. "It's a disgrace that the privacy of foreign criminals is more important than the safety of citizens."
"Gun control fanatics like Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels often advocate ridiculous laws to inconvenience law-abiding firearms owners; you know, American citizens," Gottlieb said, "on the grounds that 'if it saves just one life, it's worth it.' Seattle's sanctuary law may have cost Rebecca Griego her life. These laws need to be repealed, starting right now, right here. If Seattle's city council does not repeal this law immediately, they send a signal that protecting criminals who are here illegally has a higher priority than protecting innocent lives."
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (http://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.
Contact: Alan Gottlieb or Joe Waldron, (425) 454-4911
Source: Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Illegal alien ping.
The city of Seattle says “Piss on the victims”.
One other thing that really impressed me was Whoraldo's remark that "undocumented immigrants" committed crimes at a lower rate than (who? He never said). But the simple fact is that 100% of the "undocumented immigrants" illegal aliens are criminals, since they're here illegally!
Mark
The imbecilic ordinance shouldn’t be sullying the name of sanctuary laws. Real sanctuary laws are an old traditional form of separation of Church and state: the state can’t trespass on the Church’s property to seize a criminal if the Church has received him or her as a penitent—the usual condition of that protection was that the penitent had to live a monastic existence in the sheltering church. Set foot off the Church’s land, and the state could arrest you. The custom has roots in the Mosaic Law’s means of dealing with involuntary homocides.
The ordinance is not a sancutary law, but an attempt by the city council to override the laws of the United States by instructing their police force not to enforce them.
Don’t ya love the way Geraldo slices and dices the facts of the case.
Ping!
BUMP
Public safety is going to take on a new shape in short order.
Exactly.
True.
The only proper comparison of crimes by aliens against citizens would be to compare crimes by citizens against aliens. For instance, I have only found one news report of aliens murdered by an US Citizen (not counting naturalized/amnestied citizens because they are often smugglers, etc of aliens). And how many deaths of Americans have we seen reported just this week?? TOO many.
I guess all those Californians who fled to the PNW to escape the illegal invasion have only had the problem follow them.
Hey, come on its seattle.What would you expect.If you are conservative it is time to leave that liberal scathole.
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