BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A hard-edged
radio advertisement blasting Initiative 1639—the 30-page gun
control measure now facing Washington
State voters—has hit the airwaves, telling listeners that in
some Seattle neighborhoods, "if
you call 911…it takes 18 minutes for police to arrive."
The advertisement is sponsored by Washingtonians and the
National Rifle Association for Freedom, a political action
committee to which the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and
Bear Arms has significantly contributed. It began airing as ballots
began arriving in mailboxes throughout Puget Sound, to remind
voters what is at stake. Listen to the advertisement here.
"I-1639," noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan
Gottlieb, "is opposed by four major statewide law
enforcement organizations representing a majority of rank-and-file
police officers and sheriff's deputies: The Washington State Patrol Troopers Association,
Washington State Sheriffs
Association, Washington Council of Police & Sheriffs and
Washington State Law Enforcement
Firearms Instructors Association. In addition, the Cowlitz County
Deputies and Sergeants Guild is also on record against the
measure.
"When boots-on-the-ground lawmen and women oppose a measure that
is being promoted as a crime-prevention tool, it is safe to
conclude that there is something really wrong with it," he added,
"and I think this radio ad raises some of those issues."
The radio message challenges voters to set their clocks for 18
minutes and then close their eyes and "imagine you're waiting for
police, and then vote for your safety."
"We know that police and sheriffs' departments do as good a job
as they possibly can," Gottlieb noted, "and we thank the men and
women who patrol our streets and county roads. The concern is not
with law enforcement, but with the initiative mandate of so-called
'secure storage' that renders self-defense firearms useless."
I-1639 is the only gun control issue on the ballot anywhere in
the United States this year.
"You can support the effort to keep this advertisement on the
air by visiting the 'Vote No' website," Gottlieb noted.
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
(www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation's premier gun rights
organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee
is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active
lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots
organization of gun rights activists in local communities
throughout the United States.
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SOURCE Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear
Arms