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Lost_Sasquatch t1_j1izkfp wrote

Reply to comment by Captian_Kenai in A population density map of Washington by Pecners

This is the last 10 years of gun control legislation in the state.

We have state preemption, which means it's all or nothing, the entire state has to have the same gun laws.

WA has had a system of ballot initiatives since 1912, where you can bypass the state legislature by gathering enough signatures to get the initiative on the ballot. If it passes it becomes law.

So Seattle billionaires have been bankrolling initiative campaigns in King county (paying signature gatherers, media campaigns, paying for transportation to polling stations, etc.)

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Captian_Kenai t1_j1iztc8 wrote

Wow, I didn’t know it was this bad. My hatred for Seattle grows once more

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Lost_Sasquatch t1_j1j1qqk wrote

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014/

Check out this article by one of the billionaires doing it, Nick Hanauer. It's basically an open letter to other 0.1%ers saying "We need to disarm the peasants to they can't rise up against us."

Ironically, the left leaning population that claim to hate billionaires are the tool he's using to disarm the public.

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theblackchin t1_j1og7fw wrote

How is that your takeaway from the article? It’s literally saying change the economics or pitchforks will come, but your takeaway was that it was about guns? Seriously???

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Lost_Sasquatch t1_j1p15w7 wrote

He has spent his money on gun control campaigns, not economic reform, kind of telling.

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