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| | From:  ElGato196 (Original Message) | Sent: 7/7/2008 3:21 PM |
| Washington State: Seattle Mayor Brazenly Attacks Our Right-to-Carry! | | | | Thursday, June 12, 2008 | | | | Please Stand Up and Make Your Voice Heard Today! Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, a member of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun gang, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, is taking a misguided approach to curbing crime in his city.
In a knee-jerk reaction to a recent shooting, Mayor Nickels signed an executive order on Monday, June 9 prohibiting firearms at Seattle Center, parks, community centers, and city-owned buildings. This ban, which includes Right-to-Carry permit holders, does not require review by the City Council and directs that a plan be drawn-up in 30 days to establish the prohibition.
Mayor Nickels’ ban is a clear violation of Washington State’s preemption statutes that dictate that only the State Legislature can enact laws pertaining to firearms. Because of preemption, the city has no arrest power or authority to fine people under Mayor Nickel’s outlandish order. The city can, however, charge any violators with trespassing.
It is important that NRA members, Right-to-Carry permit holders, firearm owners, and anyone interested in the rule of law to respectfully make their voice heard against this Draconian attack on our Second Amendment freedoms. Please contact Mayor Nickels, write a letter to your local newspaper(s), call in to radio talk shows, and urge your legislators to speak out against this unwarranted attack on law-abiding gun owners.
The Mayor can be reached by phone at (206) 684-4000 or via email by clicking here. His mailing address is, P.O. Box 94749, Seattle, WA 98124-4749. For information on how to contact your legislators, please click here. Target Shooting Topic of BLM Advisory Council Meeting: The Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council will meet July 16, 2008 at the Folsom Farm site in the Fishtrap Lake Recreation Area, which is managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management. Fishtrap Lake is about 30 miles southwest of Spokane, WA, near the town of Sprague. Target shooting safety will be the primary topic of discussion. The meeting will start at 1:00 p.m. and end at 3:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend the meeting. An opportunity for public comment to the Council is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The public is encouraged to submit written comments to the Council as well. The Council has 15 members who are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to review planning and proposed activities on federal public land in eastern Washington and provides advice to the BLM and USDA Forest Service. For additional information about the meeting, please contact the Spokane BLM District Office, telephone (509) 536-1200. | |
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Target Shooting Topic of BLM Advisory Council Meeting: The Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council will meet July 16, 2008 at the Folsom Farm site in the Fishtrap Lake Recreation Area, which is managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management. Fishtrap Lake is about 30 miles southwest of Spokane, WA, near the town of Sprague. Target shooting safety will be the primary topic of discussion. The meeting will start at 1:00 p.m. and end at 3:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend the meeting. An opportunity for public comment to the Council is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The public is encouraged to submit written comments to the Council as well. The Council has 15 members who are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to review planning and proposed activities on federal public land in eastern Washington and provides advice to the BLM and USDA Forest Service. For additional information about the meeting, please contact the Spokane BLM District Office, telephone (509) 536-1200. |
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| Washington State Primary Elections, Tuesday, August 19! | | | | Tuesday, July 29, 2008 | | | | Tuesday, August 19 is Primary Election Day in Washington. Please be sure to vote Freedom First.
For candidate ratings and endorsements, please call the NRA-ILA Grassroots Division at (800) 392-VOTE (8683) or visit www.NRAPVF.org.
For more information about voting in Washington, please click here.
Remember to Vote Freedom First on Tuesday, August 19! | |
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| Attention Washington State NRA Members, Hunters, and Shooters: Help Protect the Future of Washington’s Rich Outdoor Heritage! | | | | Wednesday, September 10, 2008 | | | | NRA-ILA would like to remind Washington’s NRA members, hunters, and shooters that the Washington Department of Natural Resources will be hosting several public meetings across the state regarding the future of DNR-managed forestland, aquatic land, and natural areas. NRA members, shooters, and hunters must voice strong support for state land to stay open for shooting and hunting in the future. There will be other interests urging that firearm use be curtailed on agency-managed land! By attending and offering your input and support, you help ensure the survival of Washington’s rich outdoor traditions for generations to come. Attendees will be able to discuss pertinent issues with DNR staff as well as study and critique maps of DNR-managed land. All information disseminated by DNR staff at these meetings will be presented to the Sustainable Recreation Work Group. This group, established in 2008 by the Legislature, was developed to aid DNR in building a long-term strategy which guarantees safe, consistent use of DNR land. The remaining meeting dates and locations are as follows: (All meetings are from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.) - September 10 – Sun Valley Restaurant, 1 Appleway Rd. in Okanogan
- September 10 – Longhouse Educational and Cultural Center, The Evergreen State College, Olympia
- September 11 – Deer Park Library, Deer Park
- September 15 – Hoquiam Library, Hoquiam
- September 15 – Vancouver Water Resources Education Center, Vancouver
- September 16 – Port Angeles Library, Port Angeles
- September 16 – Burlington Library, Burlington
- September 17 – Grupe Conference Center, Central Washington University, Ellensburg
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| Lead Ammunition in Jeopardy in Washington State! | | | | Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | | | | Please Stand-Up and Make Your Voice Heard! The lead ammunition you use for hunting as well as target and competitive shooting will be banned from purchase, use and ownership in the state of Washington if the state's Department of Ecology has its way. Lead ammunition is a target of a series of recommendations in the "Lead Chemical Action Plan" prepared by the Department of Ecology.
The plan is open for public comment until Monday, October 6. The plan and information about submitting comments are available at: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/pbt/leadcap/.
Lead shot has been banned in waterfowl hunting. Most recently, California passed a law that prohibits hunters from using lead ammunition in areas within the range of the California condor. A symposium was held in June in Boise, Idaho about the effects of lead ammunition on wildlife and humans. Most of the speakers supported a ban on lead ammunition, regardless of the cost, performance, and availability of substitutes. The Department of Ecology plan is yet another effort to remove lead ammunition nationwide.
Please take the time to submit comments to the Department of Ecology and to Governor Chris Gregoire (D). Let the Governor know that there is no adequate substitute for lead ammunition and that any affects on humans and wildlife do not justify a ban as recommended by her Department of Ecology. Governor Gregoire can be reached by phone at (360) 902-4111, by fax at (360) 753-4110, or click here to send email. The Governor can also be reached by U.S. Mail at: Governor Chris Gregoire, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 40002, Olympia, WA 98504-0002. | |
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The EGGs (evil gun grabbers) have another harassment issue: lead. Lead (chemical symbol Pb) is a naturally-occurring heavy metal. Lead is not flushed out of the body during the normal excretion process and accumulates. In heavy concentrations, it causes all sorts of nasty side effects including sterility, psychotic behavior, and death. Lead can be absorbed through the skin, breathed-in (as dust), or ingested through the mouth. Reloaders know the dangers of lead dust and lead fumes. They wash their hands every time they handle it or use rubber gloves or a barrier cream. Lead in ammunition is not a problem because most of it is encapsulated by a metal jacket. The problem with lead dust in the air is a problem peculiar to indoor ranges. In this case, the range has a positive air pressure that is maintained while shooting is occurring. The positive air pressure pushes the toxic gun gas and lead dust outside. Ranges typically mine their backstops for lead and sell it for scrap materials to make money. Some indoor ranges require the use of copper plated lead bullets (pistols) to keep the lead dust down. However, the EGGs have got this burr under their saddles about protecting the public health and game animals from lead -- as a subterfuge. Well, since lead occurs NATURALLY, isn't that just a little ridiculous? What this is really about is restricting where you can shoot and what you can shoot so that, in the end, you can't shoot. The EGGs don't dive a damn about the environment or animals; they want to control their enemies -- and that means anyone who has a personal firearm that they do not control. |
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Lead in projectiles makes a convienient stalking horse for the EGGs. There is another component that flies below the radar that shooters ought to know about: gun gas. This is offered for your information . . . As ammunition is currently loaded, the places where possible contaminants occur are in the projectile (lead) and as a result of combustion of the primer and powder. Outdoors, in any kind of breeze, the toxic effects of gun gas (combusted powder and primer) are quickly dissipated and are not harmful. The only problem area for the gun gas is on indoor ranges. Gun gas accumulation is hazardous -- it can be flammable and toxic in high concentrations and is certainly not pleasant to breathe -- so that's why indoor ranges have positive air pressure ventilating systems. The positive air pressure moves the gun gas and lead particulate outside. Back in my Navy days, I had a good chance to get a real dose of the stuff when we fired the 5"/38 guns on the destroyers. The 5"/38 (single or twin) was a very popular and efficient gun used by the Navy from the 1930's to the 1980's. It shot a 55 or 70 pound projectile, using a 38 pound, cased powder charge, to a maximum range of 13 miles. The gun was semi-automatic and required a well-trained crew to get the maximum rate of fire which was about 25 rounds per minute per barrel. Now, the Navy is well aware of the flammability and toxicity of gun gas. The 5"/38 was equipped with a high pressure air system that blew into the chamber to blow gun gas out the muzzle each time the breech block came down as a result of firing. Nonetheless, there was a lot of gas still in the fired case that got into the gun house after each shot that was not blown-out by the gas ejection system. When we were shooting AA practice on towed target sleeves, we'd leave both side doors open for ventilation and I'd be standing in the open hatch at the back of the gun house as a safety observer. The hot case man's job was to grab the fired case and throw it out the case ejection holes at the back of the gun house (if the ejected case did not exit by itself). After firing as fast as we could load the tray, the gun gas was so thick inside the interior that all you could see was the oval hatch opening as a white, hazy hole! Talk about fouled air! This was not under wartime conditions. Under wartime conditions, the gun house entry doors are supposed to be closed and dogged tight. |
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| Lead Ammunition Still in Danger in Washington State! | | | | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 | | | | Please Continue Contacting the Governor and the Department of Ecology! In September we sent you several alerts pertaining to the draft Lead Chemical Action Plan (CAP) released by the state's Department of Ecology (DOE) for public comment. Through our political contacts in Washington, we learned that they have received more than 1,000 emails and phone calls from NRA members.
We are always gratified that our activists rise to the call when grassroots involvement is critical to the outcome of legislation, regulations, ballot measures, and in this case, a state agency document. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to express your views about the draft Lead CAP to the DOE and to the Governor.
In response to comments received from NRA members, the DOE was initially insisting that, "There is no proposed ban on lead ammunition in the draft Lead CAP." A follow-up NRA alert pointed out specific references to lead ammunition prohibitions. Subsequently, DOE issued a "correction" to the draft Lead CAP that deleted only one of the references to a prohibition on lead shot. One change in the document does not cure the problem! The DOE continues to state that it is not recommending a lead ammunition ban, only a voluntary conversion to non-lead alternatives. The draft Lead CAP, however, is still replete with statements that unmistakably direct the reader and importantly, state legislators and regulators, to the conclusion that lead ammunition should be banned.
The comments that the NRA filed with the DOE can be viewed by clicking here.
We encourage you to continue your communication with Governor Chris Gregoire (D) and the DOE and respectfully request that all reference to lead ammunition be removed from the draft Lead CAP before it is released as a final document.
Governor Gregoire can be reached by phone at (360) 902-4111, by fax at (360) 753-4110, or click here to send email. The Governor can also be reached by U.S. Mail at: Governor Chris Gregoire, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 40002, Olympia, WA 98504-0002. Comments can be sent to the DOE via email at [email protected], by fax at (360) 407-6102. Comments sent via U.S. Mail should be addressed to: Holly Davies, Department of Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600. | |
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