BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
today expressed relief that a suspect in the horrible incident at
the Cascade Mall in Burlington,
Washington is now in custody, and offers its heartfelt
sympathy to the victims and their families for their painful
loss.
"All of Washington State and
the Pacific Northwest, including our members and supporters and
more than a million law-abiding firearms owners certainly grieve
for those directly affected by this inexplicable crime," said
CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "We
will learn more about the suspect and his motives as the
investigation continues.
"What has been reported, however, is that the suspect apparently
had three firearms and that he used a .22-caliber Ruger rifle," he
continued. "These firearms were all legally purchased, but the
suspect apparently stole all three from his father.
"Already," Gottlieb observed, "the gun prohibition lobby is
trying to exploit this tragedy via an e-mail message in which it
vowed to end what it alleges is 'an epidemic of gun violence
tearing our communities apart.'
"Before the anti-gun rights lobbying organizations beg for one
more penny to support their demonstrably-failed agenda," he said,
"they should explain just how they think one more gun control law
might have prevented Friday's mayhem. Two years ago, they pushed a
poorly worded and ridiculously complicated background check measure
into law. But it appears the suspect stole the gun he used, so how
well did that work? Published reports say the suspect has a record
that includes domestic violence charges and that a judge ordered
him in December not to possess firearms.
"Exploiting this tragic event to press for more ineffective laws
that simply erode the rights of honest citizens is dishonest,"
Gottlieb said. "If these reports are accurate, this is proof that
background checks don't stop determined, violent individuals from
committing crimes that affect us all."
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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