Olympic Arms Tells New York Government to Pound Sand

[Red James Cash]

Olympic Arms Tells New York Government to Pound Sand

February 12 2013

Olympic Arms has joined the ranks of Magpul and LaRue Tactical in taking a stand against state governments who are trying to infringe the Second Amendment rights of their citizens.

Olympic Arms primarily manufactures entry level AR-15 style weapons and other firearms.

Olympic Arms released the following press release via their Facebook Page.

Press Release: Olympic Arms, Inc. Announces New York State Sales Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Olympic Arms is a staunch believer in and defender of the Constitution of the United States, and with special attention paid to the Bill of Rights that succinctly enumerates the security of our Divinely given Rights. One of those Rights is that to Keep and Bear Arms.

Legislation recently passed in the State of New York outlaws the AR15 and many other firearms, and will make it illegal for the good and free citizens of New York to own a large selection of legal and safe firearms and magazines. We feel as though the passage of this legislation exceeds the authority granted to the government of New York by its citizens, and violates the Constitution of the United States, ignoring such SCOTUS rulings as District of Columbia v. Heller – 554, U.S. 570 of 2008, McDonald v. Chicago – 561 U.S. 3025 of 2010, and specifically the case of United States v. Miller – 307 U.S. 174 of 1939.

Due the passing of this legislation, Olympic Arms would like to announce that the State of New York, any Law Enforcement Departments, Law Enforcement Officers, First Responders within the State of New York, or any New York State government entity or employee of such an entity – will no longer be served as customers.

In short, Olympic Arms will no longer be doing business with the State of New York or any governmental entity or employee of such governmental entity within the State of New York – henceforth and until such legislation is repealed, and an apology made to the good people of the State of New York and the American people.

If the leaders of the State of New York are willing to limit the right of the free and law abiding citizens of New York to arm themselves as they see fit under the Rights enumerate to all citizens of the United State through the Second Amendment, we feel as though the legislators and government entities within the State of New York should have to abide by the same restrictions.

This action has caused a division of the people into classes: Those the government deems valuable enough to protect with modern firearms, and those whose lives have been deemed as having less value, and whom the government has decided do not deserve the right to protect themselves with the same firearms. Olympic Arms will not support such behavior or policy against any citizen of this great nation.

Olympic Arms invites all firearms manufacturers, distributors and firearms dealers to join us in this action to refuse to do business with the State of New York. We must stand together, or we shall surely fall divided.

Sincerely,

Brian Schuetz
President
Olympic Arms, Inc.

 

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[0121stockpicker]

Boy that's a complete shocker!! A gun manufacturer coming out against gun control !!!

 

[dieselram94]

Red, I hope every arms manufacturer follows! Screw new york state politicians! Like they did to their citizens!

 

[bill from lachine]

I think it's time I load up on some more Smith + Wesson stock.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Big shocker, a gun company coming out in defense of the 2nd amendment, who would have thought.....

I have read where several gun companies have stated they will not sell any guns to federal or state police that are not available to the private citizens..... More power to them!!!!

 

[dieselram94]

I think it's time I load up on some more Smith + Wesson stock.

Regards + HH

Bill

Does stocking up the gun safe count? If so I am invested heavily!

 

[millerpony]

I just sent Olympic an email thanking them fore the stand that they have taken in their Facebook statement. We will see what happens.

 

[bevo]

I was too stupid to pay much attention to slick willies gun ban in the 90's. So my question is, was there this much resistance then?

 

[0121stockpicker]

No, definitely not that the funny thing. This is more about being anti Obama than anything else. Reminds me if my democrat friend who were all anti war. Anti gitmo etc. Obama comes into office same war, same gitmo but the dems not complaining anymore ct hey were just anti bush.

As the rappers say - don't believe the hype!!

 

[Crispin]

No, definitely not that the funny thing. This is more about being anti Obama than anything else. Reminds me if my democrat friend who were all anti war. Anti gitmo etc. Obama comes into office same war, same gitmo but the dems not complaining anymore ct hey were just anti bush.

As the rappers say - don't believe the hype!!

Another way of putting it: "Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk!"

 

[spartacus53]

I have read where several gun companies have stated they will not sell any guns to federal or state police that are not available to the private citizens..... More power to them!!!!

That's a real bright move, sounds like they want to go out of business

 

[dieselram94]

That's a real bright move, sounds like they want to go out of business

More like sticking together to stand strong against the assault on the second amendment....

 

[Chadeaux]

That's a real bright move, sounds like they want to go out of business

They never said anything about not selling to FREE MEN AND WOMEN OR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN FREE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY! Only that they won't sell to those areas where the Second Amendment is being ignored.

Why arm the law enforcement agencies if they live in "gun free zones?" They wouldn't need weapons in a place like that.

 

[0121stockpicker]

Sounds like great bravado. Big gun will sell to ANYONE who is willing to hand over the $$$ - friend or foe alike.

 

[spartacus53]

They never said anything about not selling to FREE MEN AND WOMEN OR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN FREE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY! Only that they won't sell to those areas where the Second Amendment is being ignored.

Sounds like you're making these stories up as you go along, or just reading into things.

The info provided was:

I have read where several gun companies have stated they will not sell any guns to federal or state police that are not available to the private citizens..... More power to them!!!!

And not to specific areas as you state.

You guys have to understand, you can't have it both ways

Stockpicker, just remember gun manufacturers, ammo manufacturers, and even sites like this are making a ton of money through advertising. No one wants that gravy train to dry up

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Here you go.......................

Firearm Makers Boycott Anti-Gun City and State Governments

Liberty-minded firearm companies concerned about recent assaults on the gun rights of law-abiding citizens by Obama and others are taking action to defend the Second Amendment even if it means lost revenue, with several major firms announcing that they would no longer be supplying equipment to hostile state and local governments or their police forces. Both New York and California — where out-of-touch politicians continue to trample on citizens’ constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear arms — have become primary targets. Activists and the companies are urging others to join the effort against more gun control now.

Among the manufacturers that have publicly announced their plans to prohibit sales to anti-Second Amendment authorities so far are LaRue Tactical, Olympic Arms, Extreme Firepower (EFI, LLC), and Barrett Firearms. All four firms, in solidarity with citizens in jurisdictions victimized by a lawless political class that refuses to uphold the Constitution, have expressed strong support for Americans’ unalienable rights. Gun rights activists nationwide rushed to celebrate the companies’ valor.

If citizens cannot purchase certain guns or accessories in places such as California, Chicago, or New York, then authorities cannot either, the companies essentially announced. In a press release posted online on Tuesday praising the Constitution and Bill of Rights, Olympic Arms President Brian Schuetz urged all firearm manufacturers to join the boycott effort, saying that they should stand together to repel politicians’ hostile assaults on the rights of citizens.

“Olympic Arms is a staunch believer in and defender of the Constitution of the United States, and with special attention paid to the Bill of Rights that succinctly enumerates the security of our Divinely given Rights. One of those Rights is that to Keep and Bear Arms,” Schuetz said in the statement, which was widely lauded by gun rights activists. “Olympic Arms invites all firearms manufacturers, distributors and firearms dealers to join us in this action to refuse to do business with the State of New York. We must stand together, or we shall surely fall divided.”

According to the major Washington State-based gun manufacturer, which also supplies all branches of the U.S. armed forces, legislation passed in New York purporting to outlaw AR15s and a wide range of other firearms is unconstitutional. The so-called “NY SAFE Act” — a bill that has sparked what analysts say may be the largest act of civil disobedience in state history, with potentially tens of thousands of citizens or more refusing to comply — also ignores recent Supreme Court rulings, the company said.

Due to the passing of the unconstitutional legislation, the company announced that the State of New York, law enforcement departments, police officers, state government entities, and all government employees in the state would no longer be served as customers. “In short, Olympic Arms will no longer be doing business with the State of New York or any governmental entity or employee of such governmental entity within the State of New York — henceforth and until such legislation is repealed, and an apology made to the good people of the State of New York and the American people,” the press release explained.

Schuetz also said that if the political class was willing to limit the gun rights of free and law-abiding citizens of New York in spite of the Second Amendment, lawmakers and government entities in New York should have to abide by the same restrictions. There is also a deeply troubling moral element to the state government’s latest assault on the rights of law-abiding citizens, which are enshrined in the state Constitution using language even stronger — “cannot be infringed” — than that found in the Second Amendment.

“This action has caused a division of the people into classes: Those the government deems valuable enough to protect with modern firearms, and those whose lives have been deemed as having less value, and whom the government has decided do not deserve the right to protect themselves with the same firearms,” Schuetz said. “Olympic Arms will not support such behavior or policy against any citizen of this great nation.”

Another major, respected firm that joined in the effort to rein in lawless politicians’ assaults on the right to keep and bear arms is LaRue Tactical, which manufactures a broad range of parts and firearm accessories. In a press release posted over the weekend, the Texas-based firm — described by analysts as “a company of patriots” — also announced that it would apply all state and local restrictions imposed on the rights of citizens to the governments and agencies imposing the unconstitutional infringements.

“Due to the recent and numerous new Anti-gun/Anti-2nd Amendment laws passed and/or pending across our country, LaRue Tactical has been forced to reconsider how we provide products to state and local agencies,” company chief Mark LaRue said in the statement. “Effective today, in an effort to see that no legal mistakes are made by LaRue Tactical and/or its employees, we will apply all current State and Local Laws (as applied to civilians) to state and local law enforcement/ government agencies.”

LaRue also noted that it takes seriously the constitutionally guaranteed rights of citizens, as well as the efforts of state and local officials to restrict those rights. “We realize this effort will have an impact on this firm’s sales — and have decided the lost sales are less danger to this firm than potential lawsuits from erroneous shipments generated by something as simple as human error,” the statement concluded.

While the loss of revenue from the move may be significant, gun rights activists have showered the company with applause for its courageous stand — and some commentators expect the bold move to earn new customers for the firm that could minimize the financial impact. Activists, meanwhile, are urging gun rights supporters to contact other firearm manufacturers that do still sell to New York government agencies and encourage them to take a similar stand.

“The Second Amendment has always had fair-weather friends. LaRue Tactical, manufacturers of firearms and firearm accessories, is one company that will never be accused of being our fair-weather friend,” noted the liberty-minded Grass Roots North Carolina organization in a statement praising the move and identifying companies such as Glock, Smith & Wesson, and SIG Sauer that should join the effort. “Will other firearm manufacturers have the guts to stand up like LaRue and Barrett do?”

Another company that has joined the effort to defend the Second Amendment, Extreme Firepower (EFI, LLC), recently updated the government-sales policies on its website to explain its restrictions on selling to anti-gun rights authorities. Announcing the move on Facebook in January, the firm encouraged people to support boycotting sales to towns, counties, states, and even the federal government if they refuse to respect the right to keep and bear arms. It also warned other manufacturers that they may face boycotts themselves if they put profits over citizens’ rights.

“The Federal Government and several states have enacted gun control laws that restrict the public from owning and possessing certain types of firearms. Law-enforcement agencies are typically exempt from these restrictions,” the firm notes on its website. “EFI, LLC does not recognize law-enforcement exemptions to local, state, and federal gun control laws. If a product that we manufacture is not legal for a private citizen to own in a jurisdiction, we will not sell that product to a law-enforcement agency in that jurisdiction.”

California is specifically mentioned on the policy page, with EFI stating that it will not, “under any circumstances,” sell its products to law enforcement or state agencies until the legislature repeals its unconstitutional gun control laws. Other governments prohibited from purchasing the firm’s reputable equipment include New York State as well as the City of Chicago and Washington, D.C. — jurisdictions with among the most draconian infringements on the rights of law-abiding citizens.

The recent surge in companies refusing to do business with lawless governments hostile to citizens’ rights may have been partly inspired by Ronnie Barrett, owner and CEO of Barrett Firearms Manufacturing. His company, which produces among the most popular .50-caliber weapons in the world, refused to sell the firearms to officials or agencies in California after lawmakers there some years ago banned civilian ownership of the high-caliber guns.

“It's hard to believe we live in such a dark time that someone has actually banned a single shot rifle. But as you will see, this is the cleverest of all gun bans, and the end goal is civilian disarmament, the confiscation of your tools of liberty, your rifles,” the respected CEO wrote in a piece at the time explaining his company’s boycott. “Barrett cannot legally sell any of its products to lawbreakers. Therefore, since California's passing of AB50, the state is not in compliance with the US Constitution's 2nd and 14th Amendments, and we will not sell nor service any of our products to any government agency of the State of California.”

Gun rights activists celebrated the decisions of the four companies to stand up for the rights of Americans. Analysts expect more firms to stand up soon, noting that otherwise, gun owners may choose to purchase from other manufacturers in the future. Across America, state governments, sheriffs, and even some city and county governments are working hard to protect the right to keep and bear arms regardless of any unconstitutional federal “laws” or edicts from President Obama to the contrary. Activists say it is time for all gun makers to join the effort or potentially face a boycott themselves.

Alex Newman is a correspondent for The New American, covering economics, politics, and more. He can be reached at [email protected] This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .


Firearm Makers Boycott Anti-Gun City and State Governments

 

[bevo]

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[bevo]

H-0811.3 _____________________________________________
HOUSE BILL 1371
_____________________________________________
State of Washington 63rd Legislature 2013 Regular Session
By Representatives Taylor, Overstreet, Shea, Short, Pike, Scott,
Schmick, Crouse, Condotta, and Kristiansen
Read first time 01/24/13. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
1 AN ACT Relating to adopting the Washington state firearms freedom
2 act of 2013 and establishing penalties; amending RCW 43.06.220; adding
3 a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing
4 penalties.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
6 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. This act may be known and cited as the
7 Washington state firearms freedom act of 2013.
8 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The legislature declares that the authority
9 for this act is the following:
10 (1) The tenth amendment to the United States Constitution
11 guarantees to the states and their people all powers not granted to the
12 federal government elsewhere in the Constitution and reserves to the
13 state and people of Washington certain powers as they were understood
14 at the time that Washington was admitted to statehood in 1889. The
15 guaranty of those powers is a matter of contract between the state and
16 people of Washington and the United States as of the time that the
17 compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by
18 Washington and the United States in 1889.
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1 (2) The ninth amendment to the United States Constitution
2 guarantees to the people rights not granted in the Constitution and
3 reserves to the people of Washington certain rights as they were
4 understood at the time that Washington was admitted to statehood in
5 1889. The guaranty of those rights is a matter of contract between the
6 state and people of Washington and the United States as of the time
7 that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by
8 Washington and the United States in 1889.
9 (3) The regulation of intrastate commerce is vested in the states
10 under the ninth and tenth amendments to the United States Constitution.
11 (4) The second amendment to the United States Constitution reserves
12 to the people the right to keep and bear arms as that right was
13 understood at the time that Washington was admitted to statehood in
14 1889, and the guaranty of the right is a matter of contract between the
15 state and people of Washington and the United States as of the time
16 that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by
17 Washington and the United States in 1889.
18 (5) Article I, section 24 of the Washington state Constitution
19 clearly secures to Washington citizens, and prohibits government
20 interference with, the right of individual Washington citizens to keep
21 and bear arms. This constitutional protection is unchanged from the
22 1889 Washington state Constitution, which was approved by congress and
23 the people of Washington, and the right exists as it was understood at
24 the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and
25 adopted by Washington and the United States in 1889.
26 NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The definitions in this section apply
27 throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
28 (1) "Borders of Washington" means the boundaries of Washington.
29 (2) "Firearms accessories" means items that are used in conjunction
30 with or mounted upon a firearm but are not essential to the basic
31 function of a firearm including, but not limited to, telescopic or
32 laser sights, magazines, flash or sound suppressors, folding or
33 aftermarket stocks and grips, speedloaders, ammunition carriers, and
34 lights for target illumination.
35 (3) "Generic and insignificant parts" includes, but is not limited
36 to, springs, screws, nuts, and pins.
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1 (4) "Manufactured" means that a firearm, a firearm accessory, or
2 ammunition has been created from basic materials for functional
3 usefulness including, but not limited to, forging, casting, machining,
4 or other processes for working materials.
5 NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. (1) A personal firearm, a firearm accessory,
6 or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in
7 Washington and that remains within the borders of Washington is not
8 subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration,
9 under the authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce. It is
10 declared by the legislature that those items have not traveled in
11 interstate commerce. This section applies to a firearm, a firearm
12 accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured in Washington from basic
13 materials and that can be manufactured without the inclusion of any
14 significant parts imported from another state. Generic and
15 insignificant parts that have other manufacturing or consumer product
16 applications are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition, and
17 their importation into Washington and incorporation into a firearm, a
18 firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured in Washington does not
19 subject the firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition to federal
20 regulation. It is declared by the legislature that basic materials,
21 such as unmachined steel and unshaped wood, are not firearms, firearms
22 accessories, or ammunition and are not subject to congressional
23 authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition
24 under interstate commerce as if they were actually firearms, firearms
25 accessories, or ammunition. The authority of congress to regulate
26 interstate commerce in basic materials does not include authority to
27 regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition made in
28 Washington from those materials. Firearms accessories that are
29 imported into Washington from another state and that are subject to
30 federal regulation as being in interstate commerce do not subject a
31 firearm to federal regulation under interstate commerce because they
32 are attached to or used in conjunction with a firearm in Washington.
33 (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to:
34 (a) A firearm that cannot be carried and used by one person;
35 (b) A firearm that has a bore diameter greater than one and one-
36 half inches and that uses smokeless powder, not black powder, as a
37 propellant;
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1 (c) Ammunition with a projectile that explodes using an explosion
2 of chemical energy after the projectile leaves the firearm; or
3 (d) A firearm, other than a shotgun, that discharges two or more
4 projectiles with one activation of the trigger or other firing device.
5 NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. (1) No public servant shall enforce or
6 attempt to enforce any act, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the
7 United States government relating to a personal firearm, firearm
8 accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or
9 privately in Washington and that remains exclusively within the borders
10 of Washington.
11 (2) Any official, agent, or employee of the United States
12 government who enforces or attempts to enforce any act, order, law,
13 statute, rule, or regulation of the United States government upon a
14 personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or
15 manufactured commercially or privately in Washington and that remains
16 exclusively within the borders of Washington shall be guilty of a
17 felony and, upon conviction, shall be subject to imprisonment for not
18 less than three hundred sixty-five days or more than five years, a fine
19 of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.
20 (3) The attorney general may defend a citizen of Washington who is
21 prosecuted by the United States government for violation of a federal
22 law relating to the manufacture, sale, transfer, or possession of a
23 firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition owned or manufactured and
24 retained exclusively within the borders of Washington.
25 (4) Any federal law, rule, regulation, or order created or
26 effective on or after January 1, 2013, shall be unenforceable within
27 the borders of Washington if the law, rule, regulation, or order
28 attempts to:
29 (a) Ban or restrict ownership of a semiautomatic firearm or any
30 magazine of a firearm; or
31 (b) Require any firearm, magazine, or other firearm accessory to be
32 registered in any manner.
33 NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. A firearm manufactured or sold in Washington
34 under this chapter must have the words made in Washington clearly
35 stamped on a central metallic part, such as the receiver or frame.
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1 NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. Any federal law, rule, order, or other act
2 by the federal government violating the provisions of this act is
3 hereby declared to be invalid in this state, is not recognized by and
4 is specifically rejected by this state, and is considered as null and
5 void and of no effect in this state.
6 NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. If any provision of this act or its
7 application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
8 remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other
9 persons or circumstances is not affected.
10 NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. This act applies to firearms, firearms
11 accessories, and ammunition that are manufactured and retained in
12 Washington after October 1, 2013.
13 NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. Sections 1 through 9 of this act constitute
14 a new chapter in Title 19 RCW.
15 NEW SECTION. Sec. 11. (1) The legislature recognizes that: (a)
16 The United States Constitution, amendment II, guarantees that, "A
17 well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,
18 the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed";
19 (b) the Washington state Constitution, article I, section 24,
20 guarantees that, "The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in
21 defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired..."; (c) the
22 constitutionally protected right to bear arms is an individual right
23 intended to ensure that society and law-abiding persons remain
24 protected from criminal aggressors within their homes, neighborhoods,
25 and communities; (d) law-abiding citizens who are attacked in a place
26 where they have a right to be have no duty to retreat and have the
27 right to stand their ground and meet force with defensive force,
28 including deadly force in certain circumstances; (e) law-abiding
29 persons must be able to protect themselves, their families, and others
30 from criminal intruders and attackers without fear of prosecution for
31 acting in the lawful defense of themselves, their families, and others;
32 and (f) law-abiding citizens should not be required to surrender their
33 constitutional right to bear arms and thereby surrender their personal
34 safety and well-being to criminal aggressors at any time, but
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1 especially during a state of emergency when law and order is at a much
2 higher risk of breaking down, law enforcement resources are frequently
3 strapped, and criminal predators are much more free to prey on those
4 unable to adequately protect themselves and their families.
5 (2) It is the intent of the legislature that, during the
6 continuance of any proclaimed state of emergency, no person who is not
7 otherwise prohibited by law from the possession, transfer, sale,
8 transport, storage, display, or use of firearms or ammunition shall be
9 prohibited or restricted by either the governor or any governmental
10 entity or political subdivision of the state from the otherwise lawful
11 possession, transfer, sale, transport, storage, display, or use of
12 firearms or ammunition.
13 Sec. 12. RCW 43.06.220 and 2008 c 181 s 1 are each amended to read
14 as follows:
15 (1) The governor, after proclaiming a state of emergency and prior
16 to terminating such, may, in the area described by the proclamation,
17 issue an order prohibiting:
18 (a) Any person being on the public streets, or in the public parks,
19 or at any other public place during the hours declared by the governor
20 to be a period of curfew;
21 (b) Any number of persons, as designated by the governor, from
22 assembling or gathering on the public streets, parks, or other open
23 areas of this state, either public or private;
24 (c) The manufacture, transfer, use, possession, or transportation
25 of a molotov cocktail or any other device, instrument, or object
26 designed to explode or produce uncontained combustion;
27 (d) The transporting, possessing, or using of gasoline, kerosene,
28 or combustible, flammable, or explosive liquids or materials in a glass
29 or uncapped container of any kind except in connection with the normal
30 operation of motor vehicles, normal home use, or legitimate commercial
31 use;
32 (e) ((The possession of firearms or any other deadly weapon by a
33 person (other than a law enforcement officer) in a place other than
34 that person's place of residence or business;
35 (f))) The sale, purchase, or dispensing of alcoholic beverages;
36 (((g))) (f) The sale, purchase, or dispensing of other commodities
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1 or goods, as he or she reasonably believes should be prohibited to help
2 preserve and maintain life, health, property, or the public peace;
3 (((h))) (g) The use of certain streets, highways, or public ways by
4 the public; and
5 (((i))) (h) Such other activities as he or she reasonably believes
6 should be prohibited to help preserve and maintain life, health,
7 property, or the public peace.
8 (2) The governor after proclaiming a state of emergency and prior
9 to terminating such may, in the area described by the proclamation,
10 issue an order or orders concerning waiver or suspension of statutory
11 obligations or limitations in any or all of the following areas as
12 further specified and limited by chapter 181, Laws of 2008:
13 (a) Liability for participation in interlocal agreements;
14 (b) Inspection fees owed to the department of labor and industries;
15 (c) Application of the family emergency assistance program;
16 (d) Regulations, tariffs, and notice requirements under the
17 jurisdiction of the utilities and transportation commission;
18 (e) Application of tax due dates and penalties relating to
19 collection of taxes; and
20 (f) Permits for industrial, business, or medical uses of alcohol.
21 (3) In imposing the restrictions provided for by RCW 43.06.010, and
22 43.06.200 through 43.06.270, the governor may impose them for such
23 times, upon such conditions, with such exceptions, and in such areas of
24 this state he or she from time to time deems necessary.
25 (4) During the continuance of any state of emergency, neither the
26 governor nor any governmental entity or political subdivision of the
27 state shall impose any restriction on the possession, transfer, sale,
28 transport, storage, display, or use of firearms or ammunition that is
29 otherwise authorized or guaranteed by law.
30 (5) Any person willfully violating any provision of an order issued
31 by the governor under this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
--- END ---
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[jerseyben]

No, definitely not that the funny thing. This is more about being anti Obama than anything else. Reminds me if my democrat friend who were all anti war. Anti gitmo etc. Obama comes into office same war, same gitmo but the dems not complaining anymore ct hey were just anti bush.

As the rappers say - don't believe the hype!!

Stockpicker: Good point.
I will say that one of my personal biggest gripes with the current administration is not doing anything to correct the actions of the Bush admin in regards to the Patriot Act. Very dissappointing.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

I think it's time I load up on some more Smith + Wesson stock.

Regards + HH

Bill

Me, TOO!