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[hill billy]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012794393_gunbancase03.html

Seattle gun ban lawsuit dropped in favor of the other lawsuits in place that have a better chance. Finally, someone who understands that the whole is more important than the parts.

[GrizzlyGuy]

From the article:

In March, a federal judge in Seattle ruled against Warden, finding the city was within its rights to restrict guns in "sensitive" areas such as schools and courthouses.

From this forum (re: Man Sues For Right to Carry Gun Near School):

If this case proceeds then the area in 1000' of a school in Oregon, Hawaii, Washington, Alaska, Nevada and California will be deemed a sensitive place.

Hmmmmm.... Looks like wisdom to me.

[psango]

Let's have City States!

Why not go back to a feudal system like Oakland and San Francisco and Chicago where every city is it's own state and make up it own laws. (being sarcastic here) But that's what it seems like to me. Each has it's own Lord Mayor!

[Legasat]

By Jim Brunner

Seattle Times political reporter

But the gun ban remains on indefinite hold pending the outcome of a separate, state court case, according to the Seattle City Attorney's Office.

Robert Warden sued Seattle in November after carrying a pistol into a community center and being asked to leave. In March, a federal judge in Seattle ruled against Warden, finding the city was within its rights to restrict guns in "sensitive" areas such as schools and courthouses.

Warden, a Kent attorney, initially appealed that ruling, but withdrew his appeal Thursday. In a statement, Warden said other lawsuits around the country are well positioned to resolve the question of what sorts of firearms restrictions cities can enact in sensitive areas.

In any event, Seattle's gun ban won't be enforced while the city appeals a February ruling by a King County Superior Court judge, who found the gun ban violated state law. Cities and towns cannot impose their own firearms restrictions because that's up to the state Legislature, the judge ruled.

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has vowed to continue fighting to uphold the ban, which was enacted last year by the previous mayor, Greg Nickels.

The bolded part is the part I like...

[Gray Peterson]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...bancase03.html

Seattle gun ban lawsuit dropped in favor of the other lawsuits in place that have a better chance. Finally, someone who understands that the whole is more important than the parts.

Bob Warden and I massively tangled over this issue last November on OpenCarry.org's forums when he announced that the state plaintiffs (of which I was one of them) did not have standing because of what happened from Parker to Heller (applying DC's difficult Navegar standard to state court actions which are not applicable, and shortly thereafter, what did the city of Seattle do? Attack our standing, of course). He essentially publicly declared that SAF was doing it wrong because we were not following the Heller path of applying for something or being kicked out.

As a result of the continual standing attacks by Bob and concerns about this, decided to get booted out Seattle parks facilities (Ray Carter by far wins for the most interesting method of getting booted). I, however, refused to cooperate with it, even if it meant that I was tossed out as a plaintiff by the judge for lack of standing. As many of the folks here can attest, I am a stubborn son of a *****.

In the end, Superior Court Judge Schaefer stated that I had standing. I won that argument (the Seattle is still attacking our standing in the appellate court, saying that we "made up our standing").

[HondaMasterTech]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...bancase03.html

Seattle gun ban lawsuit dropped in favor of the other lawsuits in place that have a better chance. Finally, someone who understands that the whole is more important than the parts.

I agree, there is no part better than the hole.

[MikeR]

I agree, there is no part better than the hole.

Sorry butt ROFL