Oppose the Carry Gun Ban -- Urge Your State Representative to Vote No

The Washington State House will vote soon.  Click Here to fill out the form in opposition to Senate Bill 5038.  It's easy to do.

Senate Bill 5038 makes it a crime to openly carry, on the person or in a vehicle, a firearm or other “weapon” if the person is participating in, or attending, a “permitted demonstration” in a public place

SB 5038 conflicts with both the US Constitution of the Washington State Constitution.

First SB 5038 contravenes the Washington State Constitution: "The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired... (Article 1, Section 24)."  Since “permitted demonstration” become the vehicle to control the people's use of weapons, the state constitution is challenged on the ground of  "The right of petition and of the people peaceably to assemble for the common good shall never be abridged (Article 1, Section 4)."   5038 would limit certain kinds of assembly, especially protests against gun control.

Second, SB 5038 conflicts with the US Constitution.  Despite permitting individuals to use an area for the exercise of their First Amendment rights, anti-gun legislators want to ban those individuals from exercising their Second Amendment rights in the same permitted space.  The Constitution was not written with gradually disappearing ink where one right is more important than another.

The right to be armed should never be infringed upon in any capacity, especially when other Constitutional Rights are being freely and openly expressed. 

Further, SB 5038 specifically makes it a crime to carry openly a firearm on Washington State Capitol grounds.  Open carry on the capitol campus during 2A rallies has always been peaceful and without a single incident of violence, however, it will now be banned without reason.  Now their left's agenda become clear.

Tell your representative to vote against Senate Bill 5038.  Click Here.