I-594 - 250,000 signatures for gun safety initiative

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The campaign to close the “gun show loophole” in Washington on Wednesday submitted 250,000 initiative signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office in Olympia.

Sponsors want 75,000 more, but Initiative 594 appears headed for what is likely to be a statewide vote in the 2014 election. It will likely produce a showdown between the gun lobby and a clergy-inspired gun safety movement that arose after the assassination of 20 first graders in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school last December.

“Today was a great day for the religious community of Washington: As I delivered signatures at the Secretary of State’s office with Cheryl Stumbo, a gun-violence survivor, and other advocates, I thought back to the hundreds gathered for our candlelight march from St. Mark’s to St. James in early February,” said the Rev. Sandy Brown, senior minister at the Seattle First United Methodist Church.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/10/09/250000-signatures-for-gun-safety-initiative/

[gopiscrap]

1. Excellent

I am willing to help

[Twinguard]

2. I'd happily sign that petition.

Unfortunately, I live in a red part of WA. I've not seen any place to sign it.

[eridani]

3. Opportunities to speak with state legislators about gun responsibility

Phil Aram, with the I-594 Campaign has sent the following list of opportunities to speak with our state legislators on the issue of Gun responsibility.

There will be other meetings scheduled and Phil has promised to send that information on to us.

If you live in these districts, please make it a point to get to the meeting and bring at least one friend with you. I'm not aware whether the opposition knows of these meetings.

Steve Hobbs 44th LD 10/30 11:30AM-12:30PM - Lake Stevens Fire Administration Building 1825 South Lake Stevens Rd Lake Stevens, WA 98258
Larry Springer 45th LD 11/1 9AM-10AM - 9 Lakeshore Plaza; Kirkland; The Grape Choice; WA 98033

Roger Goodman 45th LD 11/5 8AM-9AM -

George's Kirkland Tami Green 28th LD 11/7 9:30-10:30 - District office

Mark Mullet 5th LD 11/11 9:30-10:30 - Zeeks - Issaquah

Hans Zeiger 25th LD 11/18,19,20,or 21st Time TBD - Location TBD

Mike Hope 44th LD 11/22 Time TBD - Olympia exact location TBD

[eridani]

4. OFA in WA to work on 594

OFA supporters want to go all-in on gun violence prevention in Washington state -- now it's time to show what we can do.

Initiative 594 -- a measure that would expand background checks to gun shows and online sales -- is an opportunity to make background checks the law of the land in Washington.

There's a lot of work to do in the next few months. Will you join me on the phone tomorrow, Friday, November 1st, at 1:00 p.m. to talk about our campaign to help pass Initiative 594?

(Sorry--the site says the call is full)

This is a huge opportunity for Washington state to pick up the ball where lawmakers in Washington, D.C. dropped it. Even though background checks on gun purchases have the support of nine in 10 Americans, Congress failed to move this legislation forward. What I've heard from OFA supporters in Washington state is that you're not going to wait for D.C. to get this right.

Background checks save lives. And we're going to do everything we can to keep our communities safe.

The other side is already out there trying to push back with their own initiative to prevent Washington from expanding background checks.

That's why we'll need to work hard to win this one. OFA is working with coalition partners to gather more than 300,000 signatures by January 4th to make sure Initiative 594 is on the ballot in 2014.

I hope you can be a part of this work.

http://my.barackobama.com/WA-GVP-Update-Call