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Washington State Gun rights may have just an important ally on the Washington Supreme Court.
For the first time since election day, Charlie Wiggins has taken a lead over Richard Sanders in votes counted. The latest vote update this evening (with a large number of ballots from King County, which heavily favors Wiggins) gives Wiggins a 3,491 vote lead.
In State v. Sieyes Sanders wrote, “Gun ownership is an inexorable birthright of American tradition. Americans who participated in the Revolution of 1776 and adopted the Bill of Rights held the individual right to have and use arms against tyranny to be fundamental.” State v. Sieyes, 225 P.3d 995 (2010)
Of course this isn’t the only opinion from Justice Sanders on gun rights. In a closely divided court he fiercely dissented from a terrible majority opinion in Pacific NW Shooting Park v. Sequim 158 Wn.2d 342 (2006) that allowed the sheriff to shut down a gun show in clear violation of state statute.
And in State v. Carter 151 Wn.2d 118 (2004) he demanded in dissent that police have a search warrant before disassembling a weapon. And there are many, many more opinions from this exceptional jurist protecting our gun rights.
For the first time since election day, Charlie Wiggins has taken a lead over Richard Sanders in votes counted. The latest vote update this evening (with a large number of ballots from King County, which heavily favors Wiggins) gives Wiggins a 3,491 vote lead.
In State v. Sieyes Sanders wrote, “Gun ownership is an inexorable birthright of American tradition. Americans who participated in the Revolution of 1776 and adopted the Bill of Rights held the individual right to have and use arms against tyranny to be fundamental.” State v. Sieyes, 225 P.3d 995 (2010)
Of course this isn’t the only opinion from Justice Sanders on gun rights. In a closely divided court he fiercely dissented from a terrible majority opinion in Pacific NW Shooting Park v. Sequim 158 Wn.2d 342 (2006) that allowed the sheriff to shut down a gun show in clear violation of state statute.
And in State v. Carter 151 Wn.2d 118 (2004) he demanded in dissent that police have a search warrant before disassembling a weapon. And there are many, many more opinions from this exceptional jurist protecting our gun rights.