Who drafted 594

[Hi-Liter]

Who did? and if so was an entity involved or public servant? If public servant did could be some big problems if they did it on their work time.

[KNOPHISH]

I heard Alan Gottlieb volunteered his input but was denied.

[Fl0und3rz]

Who drafted it?  Likely some law firm associated with WAGR or Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund.

Campaign contributions

Supporters of I-594 had raised over $10 million, as of October 26, 2014. This data was obtained from the Public Disclosure Commission. The following were committees registered in support of Initiative 594:[18]

PAC info:
PAC    Amount raised    Amount spent
WA Alliance for Gun Responsibility    $9,796,621    $7,313,235
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund for I-594    $866,226    $645,633
Total    $10,662,847    $7,958,868

Top contributors:
Donor    Amount
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund    $2,310,000
Bill and Melinda Gates    $1,050,000
Nick Hanauer    $1,000,000
Steve and Connie Balmer    $600,000
Paul Allen    $500,000

http://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Universal_Background_Checks_for_Gun_Purchases,_Initiative_594_%282014%29#Campaign_contributions

Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility
http://wagunresponsibility.org/

Top five contributors: Nicolas Hanauer, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Connie Ballmer, William Gates III, Melinda Gates

This is the info on WAGR.

http://wagunresponsibility.org/news/statement-of-initiative-594-sponsor-cheryl-stumbo-regarding-need-for-action-to-prevent-gun-violence/
(Seattle, WA) – The Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility issued the following statement from Cheryl Stumbo, Initiative 594 citizen-sponsor and survivor of the Jewish Federation shooting in 2006


http://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/search_results.aspx?search_type=simple&criteria=all&name_type=ends_with&name=responsibility&ubi=

CENTER FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY
UBI Number   603368190
Category   REG
Profit/Nonprofit   Nonprofit
Active/Inactive   Active
State of Incorporation   WA
WA Filing Date   01/16/2014
Expiration Date   01/31/2015
Inactive Date   
Duration   Perpetual
Registered Agent Information
Agent Name   Philip Lloyd
Address   603 STEWART ST STE 819
City   SEATTLE
State   WA
ZIP   98101

https://secure.wagunresponsibility.org/page/signup/cgr
Board of Directors
Reverend Sandy Brown, President
Eric Liu, Vice-President
Cheryl Stumbo, Secretary
Phil Lloyd, Treasurer

Center for Gun Responsibility is a 501(c)(3) organization.



Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund
http://everytown.org/

This is Bloomberg.

The new effort is launching with a $50 million commitment from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the support of high profile figures from both sides of the aisle.

The new group, Everytown for Gun Safety, will combine the efforts of the Bloomberg-backed group Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a grassroots movement founded the day after the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. The two groups have been working together since December. The new effort, taking a page out of the playbook of powerful interest groups like the National Rifle Association, will attempt to hold public officials accountable for their stance on gun-related issues and make it a key issue for voters at the ballot box.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-control-groups-join-forces-with-50-million-from-michael-bloomberg/



Here is the WAGR list of contributors.

http://www.pdc.wa.gov/MvcQuerySystem/CommitteeData/contributions?param=V0FTSEFHIDEwMQ====&year=2014&type=initiative

[jtw]

You're making a wild assumption with the public servant accusation.

[pianoman9701]

One of the key writers was King Co. Prosecutor Daniel Satterberg, supposedly a Republican. As I've posted before, this is the same guy responsible for dropping gun charges on Leland Russel two years ago after Russell discharged a handgun during a traffic altercation. Russell was therefor legal to purchase a handgun this past spring after a background check showed no gun problems, and killed two people at a Kent gas station in April.

This to me was such a clear indictment of the effectiveness of the initiative that I can't believe more people didn't sit up and take notice. Sleeping people.

[Fl0und3rz]

You've said that before (Satterburg authorship).  Was it posted or stated anywhere?  The only thing I can find is comments to newspaper articles, and as far as I know, those commenters could be you.

[pianoman9701]

I got that from a Seattle Times article on the initiative. Not in the comments but in the article. I'll attempt to find it.

[Bob33]

Jonathan Gruber.

[Fl0und3rz]

Not funny Bob.  (It was. But you are sticking a sore subject into an open wound.)

[Bob33]

Not funny Bob.  (It was. But you are sticking a sore subject into an open wound.)

[pianoman9701]

I did a Seattle Times search and then was told I needed to subscribe. Not going to subscribe to any rag which supported I-594, especially the ST. I'm fairly certain it was either them or The News Tribune who printed the info. Satterberg also lent his support to it here:
http://crosscut.com/2014/07/03/elections/120828/prosecutors-view-why-we-need-smarter-gun-law/?page=single

[Hi-Liter]

You're making a wild assumption with the public servant accusation.

Oh okay sorry to offend you. I never accused any person, just stated "if" a public servant did this..... But, do a public records requests its free.

[Fl0und3rz]

So now I understand Hanauer's Funding of I-594. 

Hanauer — an early investor in Amazon (AMZN) who says he has been involved with more than 30 startups — cites the well-documented rise in income inequality during the past 30 years as the ultimate cause of a Mad Maxian dystopia he envisions. "If we don’t do something to fix the glaring inequities in this economy, the pitchforks are going to come for us," he writes. "One day, somebody sets himself on fire, then thousands of people are in the streets, and before you know it, the country is burning. And then there's no time for us to get to the airport and jump on our Gulfstream Vs and fly to New Zealand."

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-the-rich-are--mistakenly--worried-about-the-middle-class-151842954.html

The best self defense money can buy, I guess, is in disarming your adversaries through lawfare.   Thanks Seattle rubes.

[Bob33]

So now I understand Hanauer's Funding of I-594. 

Hanauer — an early investor in Amazon (AMZN) who says he has been involved with more than 30 startups — cites the well-documented rise in income inequality during the past 30 years as the ultimate cause of a Mad Maxian dystopia he envisions. "If we don’t do something to fix the glaring inequities in this economy, the pitchforks are going to come for us," he writes. "One day, somebody sets himself on fire, then thousands of people are in the streets, and before you know it, the country is burning. And then there's no time for us to get to the airport and jump on our Gulfstream Vs and fly to New Zealand."

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-the-rich-are--mistakenly--worried-about-the-middle-class-151842954.html

The best self defense money can buy, I guess, is in disarming your adversaries through lawfare.   Thanks Seattle rubes.

When he save "I-594 will save lives", it becomes a bit clearer now.

[Fl0und3rz]

Well, this woman is certainly making Nick Hanauer's case for worries of a revolt by the agitated peasants.

They're almost openly campaigning for a second look at the guillotine.

    Dame Vivienne Westwood, the fashion designer, has declared that people who can’t afford to buy organic food should "eat less" and stop getting fat. The millionaire designer made the comments as she delivered a petition to Downing Street protesting about genetically modified food.

    When a BBC Radio 5 Live interviewer suggested that "not everybody can afford to eat organic food", Dame Vivienne replied: "Eat less!"

    Told that many people in Britain are visiting food banks because they don’t have enough to put on their tables, so "to eat less isn’t an option", Dame Vivienne was dismissive.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/353363.php