(City of Republic Police Department)
The NRA and Second Amendment Foundation have now sued to block I-1639[1], the sweeping gun control initiative just passed by voters that, among other things, raises the age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21. But even before the legal challenge, a police chief in a small Eastern Washington town declared he would not enforce the new gun rules and has moved to establish a “2nd Amendment Sanctuary City.”
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Initiative 1639 won nearly 60 percent of the vote, but most of that came from counties west of the Cascades. It was overwhelmingly rejected by all but two eastern Washington counties, including Ferry County, where the police chief of the small town of Republic — population about 1,100 — never expected the initiative to pass.
“I couldn’t see the Washington state voters if they would have read this initiative, which I doubt most of them did, I couldn’t see most of the voters in Washington state voting this in,” said Republic Police Chief Loren Culp.
He was appalled when he realized it had passed.
“It is an initiative that totally tramples on the rights of citizens. Mostly in the 18 to 21 year old range, but it also requires people to submit to invasion of their privacy through their medical records. It’s totally against my oath of office which is to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Washington state and I will not enforce it,” Culp explained.
2nd Amendment Sanctuary City
Not only did the Chief decide he and his officer’s would not enforce the strict new
