Washington State Gun Lawyer
"Primary focus on disaster preparedness, tactical and practical weaponry issues related to police, military and armed civilians. We also republish interesting comments and articles related to military history and security planning."
Author: Mark S. Knapp is a solo practitioner in Federal Way, Wash. He also authors Civil Defense and Disaster Preparedness.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • States • Washington • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Washington State Gun Lawyer
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Julian Huxley, Second Amendment & UN Suzerainty
Suzerain- Main Entry: su·zer·ain Pronunciation: \ˈsü-zə-rən, -ˌrân; ˈsüz-rən\ Function: noun 1 : a superior feudal lord to whom fealty is due: overlord; 2 : a dominant state controlling the foreign relations of a vassal state…
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Emergency Preparedness: King County Violating Washington State Gun Rights
How many years have we listened to the talking class bemoan the fact that most of us know more about what happens in the Middle East than we know about our own local governments? Suddenly…
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DC vs. Heller
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed DC v Heller in a five to four landmark decision last year. Justice Scalia firmly placed the Court’s decision, which knocks down Washington DC’s ban on firearms within the bedrock…
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The Second Amendment Matters
WHY THE SECOND AMENDMENT MATTERS Last year (2008), the Supreme Court of the United States (hereinafter SCOTUS) ruled that Americans have an individual right to keep and bear arms. Why does the decision in DC…
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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Machine Gun Case?
On August 28, 2009, a Petition for Certiorari was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, on behalf of Army Reservist David Olofson, urging the Court to grant Certiorari to review the Seventh Circuit decision affirming…
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Tacoma- Pierce County Contemplate Domestic Gun Owner Abuse
STOPPING DOMESTIC GUN OWNER ABUSE Firearms were used in 54 percent of the state’s domestic violence-related homicides since 1997. The Tacoma News Tribune states that abusers used firearms in 232 of 430 deaths that resulted…
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Seattle Fights Back Against Chicago-style Gun Control
Nickels Missing; Seattle Finds Smoking Gun Dec 17, ‘08 1:14 AM by Mark S. Knapp, Federal Way Mayor Nickels wrote to the Speaker of our State House of Representatives, Hon. Frank Chopp, on May 4,…
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Is Your Mayor Lobbying Against Your Guns?
Yakima Mayor Edler recently announced that he joined Mayor Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG). Yakima is dealing with a string of gang-related shootings that have rocked the City of Yakima. MAIG’s Mission Statement declares:…
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Federal Court in New Mexico Awards Damages for Violations of Right to Carry
A federal judge has decided that police acted unlawfully and violated the rights of a man openly carrying a pistol in a theater in New Mexico. The police took the man out of the theater,…
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Thanksgiving & Roots of the U.S. Constitutional Order
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mayflowersteps.co.uk/images/pilgrim-fathers-first-landing.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mayflowersteps.co.uk/mayflower_index.html&h=392&w=594&sz=35&tbnid=Bsr3ycS5RFBw6M:&tbnh=89&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpilg The U.S. Supreme Court has decided the first major case involving the important Second Amendment issue of whether the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right. The landmark case originated in…