Posted on 12/11/2010 4:37:46 AM PST by marktwain
Two high-profile attacks on joggers in Seattle parks over the past couple of months, the most recent being Wednesday afternoon, underscore why gun rights organizations and five individual citizens challenged the City of Seattle’s attempt to ban firearms in park facilities, an illegal act under this state’s preemption statute.
Yesterday's attack occurred in Colman Park. The earlier incident happened in October in Seward Park, and in that attack, the unidentified perpetrator was armed with a knife, according to the on-line Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The man, armed with a knife, then grabbed the woman from behind and threw her to the ground. Police said he punched her several times, but the woman fought back and he ran into the park
Seattle Police are reportedly looking into the possibility that the two attacks are related. In both cases, single female joggers were grabbed from behind and wrestled to the ground. Seward and Colman parks are both on the west shore of Lake Washington, south of I-90.
Last year, the Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Washington Arms Collectors and five private citizens sued the city in King County Superior Court over the ban, initiated by former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels. Earlier this year, a judge ruled that the ban violates state law.
Judge Catherine Shaffer ruled from the bench that the gun ban, adopted under former Mayor Greg Nickels, violates Washington’s law, which placed sole authority for regulating firearms in the hands of the State Legislature. That law was adopted in 1983 and amended in 1985, and has served as a model for similar laws across the country.
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Now, to put the finishing touch on the Judge's ruling we need a mugging foiled because the "victim" shoots the attacker. The anti-gun crowd would no doubt howl that the criminal's Constitutional Rights were being "violated" if that ever happens.
The women of Seattle should remember the old saying...You can’t rape a .38.
Yep, I totally agree. (See my tag line.)
Un-armed and defenseless, we took our dogs for a walk in a Knoxville city park yesterday. If we had been attacked I would have whipped out my..... cel phone, and asked the attacker to put his attack on hold a few minutes, until the police arrived. Sheesh!
Just wait for it. The libs will say that in this case, the perp was using a knife, and was thus “honoring” the gun ban.
In a perfect world all conservatives would be carrying and criminals would just attack liberals and I’d have no problem with that since they don’t want to defend themselves anyway.
So, the solution is to carry anyways, and let them try to enforce the ban.
I’ve made this point a number of times on this forum, but here goes again. Do the people who rail about innocent people killed by handguns ever consider the number of people killed or seriously hurt because they didn’t have a gun? I doubt it. How many women would be alive today or not have undergone a sexual assault if they had been armed?
How many women would be alive today or not have undergone a sexual assault if they had been armed?
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OR if the attacker even had a thought the victim MAY be armed.
I feel a lot ‘safer’ in VA because I am allowed to have easy access to a weapon.
Even the dummies can see that when picking out potential victims.
And yes, in neighboring areas (DC MD, which have strict (ha) laws) I feel safer because the attacker will not really take a chance of confronting me, mainly because of my tags.
Of course, I look like I may be carrying anyway so I really don’t worry about it.
And yes, try me and see if I will pull the trigger. My mindset etal says you don’t bare your weapon unless you fully intend to use it.
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