Seattle’s Latest Stabbing Spree Proves That Restrictive Gun Laws Aren’t Working
A spokesman for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) explains why Seattle needs to correct course – and quickly.
Seattle has seen a huge increase in crime over the past couple of years – and it appears that matters are getting worse.
A recent string of stabbings within the city show just how ineffective the city’s government is when it comes to controlling crime. But worse yet, its restrictive gun laws are preventing citizens from truly defending themselves at a time of need.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) have been quick to demand a resolution to the matter, especially considering that the stabbing suspect has had previous convictions on his record.
Just what does it take for anti-gunners, in Seattle and elsewhere, to figure out their gun control policies have been abject failures,” CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb noted in a statement. “While Washington state gun control advocates from the Seattle City Council up the chain to Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Gov. Jay Inslee have gleefully pushed to restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens, violent crime has continued. The number of homicides in the state has doubled in the past ten years, and the number of murders in Seattle tripled with last year’s record.
“Not only is the suspect in custody for five stabbings last Friday,” said Gottlieb, “he is believed to be connected to at least four of five earlier random stabbing attacks. With incidents such as this headlining local and national news, it is no wonder why more than 700,000 concerned Washington citizens have obtained concealed pistol licenses, including more than 112,000 in King County, which encompasses Seattle. We say good for them, because if the state won’t protect innocent people from violent criminals, then the public will respond accordingly.
“All this really proves is that making gun laws more restrictive hasn’t worked,” Gottlieb concluded. “Inslee and Ferguson supported a ten-day waiting period and an enhanced background check for gun purchases. There are no waiting periods or background checks on knife purchases. They supported a ban on semi-auto rifles and original-capacity magazines, but it was all flash no substance intentionally designed to fool people into believing something has been done about violent crime. But violent crime and murders are still happening. The gun control agenda is and always has been doomed to failure because it creates a false sense of security. Anti-gunners blame firearms and penalize honest owners when what is needed is to hold criminals accountable and when they’re convicted of multiple felonies, they need to be locked up and kept away from the public.”
A spokesman for the group joins us now to discuss the situation further.
Q&A:
- Why has Seattle set out to make things so miserable for private gun owners with its restrictive gun laws?
- The city’s government set out to put these laws in place to tone down its violence. And instead, matters seem to be getting worse. Shouldn’t they have done more research behind this?
- What can save Seattle at this point? A Concealed-Carry law? Or something that, at the very least, stops hindering the rights of private gun owners?
- If things don’t get better, could Seattle possibly see even more crime as 2025 approaches?
- We’ve seen states that approve Concealed-Carry see a decrease in criminal activity. Why do you think it’s proven to be so effective?
- Where can people call in to pledge their support to the CCRKBA?
- The number to support the group is (800) 699-0992.
- Where can we learn more about the CCRKBA and its members?
- Those interested can visit our home page at https://www.ccrkba.org.
CCRKBA (Second Amendment Foundation) spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community; a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years.
He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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