In a landmark ruling on April 20th the 9th Circuit court of appeals ruled that the 2nd Amendment on the US Constitution is, what we all know it to be, a restriction on the states as well as the federal government. In this ruling the justices said "we conclude that the Due Process Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment applies the protections of the Second
Amendment to state and local governments." Even though they found this they still ruled in favor of the County on a first amendment argument. It implies that while the states are limited in thier actions that would violate the 2nd amendment another section of the Bill of Rights could be used to validate a law.

Forunately this ruling has very little effect on the firearm owners and carriers of Washington because of our great pre-emption laws keep the local government from stomping on our god given, natural right to bear arms in self defense.

The Seattle tea party protest was a great success. There were
Approximately 1000 protestors that came out in force to be
heard. There were also some out that wanted to be seen. I am
not talking about the people with signs but rather people with their pistols on their hip. The Seattle Police Officers were very professional about it, knowing it is a lawful action, and there are reports that a few actually commended them for open carrying. These same officers also expressed their personal opinion about the citizens right to keep and bear arms.

During the protest the only person who vocally objected to a visible firearm was some guy who was obviously not a participant. He was there to simple try and cause issues, which did not work.

If any of you would like to see picture proof that SPD understands that open carry is lawful in Wa. please take a look at this thread at Open Carry dot Org.

You can read more about the Tea Party here

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