Saturday, October 11, 2014

Slow Saturday Special: Globe Misfires on Gun Control in Washington State

Couldn't find it anywhere.

Rival gun measures on ballot in Washington state

Supporters of I-594 — which would expand the number of background checks — have raised nearly $8 million dollars, with large donations from several prominent proponents, including Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

Backers of the anti-expansion initiative, I-591, which also seeks to prohibit confiscation of firearms without due process, have raised just over $1 million.

You can $ee where the money is, and which way th $hoot when you vote, right?

A poll conducted by independent pollster Stuart Elway this summer indicated strong support, 70 percent, among voters for expansion of background checks. When asked separately about the anti-expansion initiative, less than 50 percent indicated support. But 32 percent of respondents said they were inclined to vote for both.

What didn't make my print:

Everytown for Gun Safety, a group funded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, had already donated $1 million to the campaign, and on Thursday announced it would spend $1 million more.

Ah, the King of Homelessness in NYC.

 "It criminalizes lawful behavior, that's the real problem with it," said Alan Gottlieb, chairman for Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, who is leading the campaign to block expansion.

The sponsor of the expansion initiative, Cheryl Stumbo, was wounded during a 2006 shooting at the Jewish Federation in Seattle that killed one and injured others. Naveed Haq, who had passed a background check, is serving a life sentence for the shooting. 

That false flag psyop was before I began blogging.