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Seahawks Owner Gives $1 Million for More Washington State Gun Control
brietbart ^ | 05/22/2018 | Awr Hawkins

Posted on 05/22/2018 6:41:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers owner, Paul Allen, is pushing a Washington State gun control initiative in response to the May 18 Santa Fe High School shooting. The initiative, No. 1639, is called “Safe Schools, Safe Communities,” and it expands the gun controls placed on law-abiding citizens via the universal background check initiative that passed in 2014.

Allen tweeted:

Paul Allen ✔ @PaulGAllen 18h My statement on a gun safety initiative in my home state of Washington:

Initiative 1639 is a reasonable and necessary measure that will improve the safety of our schools and our communities, which is why I have contributed a million dollars to the campaign. 1/2

Paul Allen ✔ @PaulGAllen I hope people throughout the state will support the campaign, so that we can qualify and pass this important initiative into law. 2/2

1:45 PM - May 21, 2018

Initiative 1639 raises the legal age for semi-automatic rifle purchases to 21, although the gunman at Santa Fe High School used a shotgun. It also creates “an enhanced universal background check system,” although the Santa Fe High School gunman used his father’s guns, thereby bypassing any point of sale check. The initiative would also put in place a firearm safety course for would-be firearm purchasers, requiring them to secure a certificate from the state before being allowed to purchase a firearm. Again, this would not have stopped the Santa Fe High School gunman because he used his father’s legally owned firearms.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: banglist; bloat; fundingtheleft; guncontrol; nfl; seahawks; seattle; washingtonstate
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1 posted on 05/22/2018 6:41:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27
This billionaire is engaging in another blatant example of:

GUNS FOR ME BUT NONE FOR THEE!


2 posted on 05/22/2018 6:43:28 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: ChicagoConservative27
First, he allows Copperdick to protest the National Anthem and destroys the NFL. Now this miscreant wants gun control.
3 posted on 05/22/2018 6:44:08 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s weird how the communist party has wormed its way into professional sports. Whodda thunk.


4 posted on 05/22/2018 6:44:10 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The No Firearms League continues to dig the hole deeper.


5 posted on 05/22/2018 6:45:10 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ChicagoConservative27

PAUL ALLEN HAS A WHOLE ARMED SECURITY TEAM.

https://m.seattlepi.com/local/article/Paul-Allen-security-team-members-sue-Vulcan-2195786.php


6 posted on 05/22/2018 6:46:05 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (A Second Amendment march to deny leftists their First Amendment rights. Turnabout is fair play.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Seahawks during our National Anthem.

They habitually show contempt for our Anthem, our flag, our military, our ancestors, and our country. It makes sense that they would attempt to destroy our Constitution too. I hope the Seahawks are the first NFL team to disappear as their funds dry up.

7 posted on 05/22/2018 6:47:00 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why not make gun safety and shooting proficiency a mandatory part of the high school curriculum?


8 posted on 05/22/2018 6:47:20 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Paul Allen?...


9 posted on 05/22/2018 6:47:39 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

These people are insane. The Santa Fe shooter stole his guns from his dad, right? How are more “Gun Control” laws going to prevent criminals from getting guns?


10 posted on 05/22/2018 6:51:16 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The U.S. Government. The best government MONEY can buy.


11 posted on 05/22/2018 6:52:09 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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I think he’s only doing this to keep the boys on his “plantations” from getting into trouble.


12 posted on 05/22/2018 6:54:05 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Now he’s an idiot on two counts.


13 posted on 05/22/2018 6:54:49 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Just one more reason to shun the nfl
To hell with anything to do with it


14 posted on 05/22/2018 6:58:14 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Criminals at F.B.I., Justice Dept, I.R.S and No one taken out in cuffs? Federal gub mint is crappola)
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To: Pollster1

Hope they lose every game they attempt to play.


15 posted on 05/22/2018 7:03:44 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The NFL jabs its thumb in the eye of its customers once again.


16 posted on 05/22/2018 7:07:11 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Hey, Rocky--Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Paul Allen is a billionaire who doesn’t need to worry about personal security or defending his home. His team of armed security guards will do it for him. The hypocrisy exceeds the wealth.


17 posted on 05/22/2018 7:08:29 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: ChicagoConservative27
WHEN SECONDS COUNT HELP IS JUST MINUTES AWAY


18 posted on 05/22/2018 7:14:33 AM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals Voted Republican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall !")
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To: Iron Munro

Bkmrk


19 posted on 05/22/2018 7:16:07 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Another BRAINLESS idiot in Seattle...

"MORE AUTOs kill people than GUNS…

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2016 data shows 37,461 people killed in auto accidents Source: Everytown for Gun SafetyResearch All shootings: Some 13,286 people were killed in the US by firearms in 2015, according to the Gun Violence Archive

In 2016, there were more than 38,000 gun-related deaths in the U.S. — 4,000 more than 2015, the new CDC report on preliminary mortality data shows. Most gun-related deaths — about two-thirds —in America are suicides, but an Associated Press analysis of FBI data shows there were about 11,000 gun-related homicides in 2016, up from 9,600 in 2015.

20 posted on 05/22/2018 7:16:22 AM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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