Post-Initiative-594: More gun restrictions to come | Letter

While I voted against Initiative 594, I don’t believe its passage is the end of the world. Policing the provision concerning loaning your gun to another seems problematic. Is there going to be a policeman in every gravel pit and range in the state? What I do see as a downside is that there most likely will be an increase in illegal sales, and there is no doubt in my mind that its passage will have absolutely no effect on crime.

November 21, 2014 2:20 pm

While I voted against Initiative 594, I don’t believe its passage is the end of the world. Policing the provision concerning loaning your gun to another seems problematic. Is there going to be a policeman in every gravel pit and range in the state? What I do see as a downside is that there most likely will be an increase in illegal sales, and there is no doubt in my mind that its passage will have absolutely no effect on crime.

And that concerns me because those who championed I-594 are most likely going to come back with another initiative to do even more to restrict firearms. I can foresee a scenario where the next bill will also not accomplish those anti-gunners’ intention to emasculate the Second Amendment leading to further initiatives and so on and so on. They will not be happy until there are no guns in private hands.

Dave Lewis, Bothell