Seattle gun ban on hold
Published 10:44 pm Monday, August 25, 2008
SEATTLE — A shooting during the Northwest Folklife festival over the Memorial Day weekend at the Seattle Center led Mayor Greg Nickels to say he would ban guns on all city-owned property.
But with the Bumbershoot festival coming up this weekend at the center, there’s no gun ban in effect. The city says it’s still developing a rule that it hopes will stand up in court.
Two Bellevue-based gun rights groups plan a legal challenge.
Meanwhile, state lawmakers have asked Attorney General Rob McKenna for an opinion on whether state laws on firearms overrule a mayor’s executive order. That opinion may be ready by the end of September.
