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Alan Gottlieb

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Whatever You Think of Their Views, Gun Lovers Have a Way With Words

    Last Friday, Mayor Greg Nickels announced he would hold a hearing on the proposed city property gun ban Dec. 15. Later that evening, the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms kicked out a predictable press release, saying the group will happily attend and let Nickels ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Paranoia: Bad for Stock Markets, Good for Gun Sellers

    Earlier today, Alan Gottlieb got a call from a member of his Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms wondering if the committee sold ammunition in bulk. Firearm enthusiasts are having a hard time loading up on bullets, or even the guns themselves, as they disappear at r ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2009

    Obama’s a Boon to the Bullet Business

    Gun owners can’t fill their chambers fast enough.

  • News

    March 5, 2008

    Three Seattle Guys Want to Bar-Code Bullets

    Second Amendment junkies hate that idea

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Is Mayor Nickels Backing Off On Gun Ban?

    Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels might be having second thoughts about moving forward with his controversial "dangerous weapons" ban. The executive order would effectively prohibit the possession of firearms on most city-owned properties. The ban has naturally drawn the criticism of Second Amendment right ... More >>

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    "If Boeing employees can find better jobs elsewhere, they are free to leave. Why shouldn't Boeing be free to leave?"

    Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels might be having second thoughts about moving forward with his controversial "dangerous weapons" ban. The executive order would effectively prohibit the possession of firearms on most city-owned properties. The ban has naturally drawn the criticism of Second Amendment right ... More >>

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    Assassination on Queen Anne

    A year later, there are few leads in the slaying of assistant U.S. attorney and gun-control advocate Tom Wales. But conspiracy theories abound.

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    Letters

    "I like to pick up the Weekly and read interesting articles from the 'let's slander successful local big businesses and symbolically save the whales/kids/damp areas' fringe group."

  • News

    June 9, 1999

    Gunning amok

    "I like to pick up the Weekly and read interesting articles from the 'let's slander successful local big businesses and symbolically save the whales/kids/damp areas' fringe group."

  • News

    August 26, 1998

    Scraping off the Barnicles

    "I like to pick up the Weekly and read interesting articles from the 'let's slander successful local big businesses and symbolically save the whales/kids/damp areas' fringe group."

  • News

    October 28, 1998

    Send a message to Washington

    "I like to pick up the Weekly and read interesting articles from the 'let's slander successful local big businesses and symbolically save the whales/kids/damp areas' fringe group."

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Ron v. Alan on 'Hardball' Gun Debate

    The crossfire was all-local on Hardball last night as Seattle talk show host Ron Reagan and Bellevue gun-rights campaigner Alan Gottlieb squared off on the topic of gun-toting demonstrators at health care meetings. The Republican president's liberal son thought unloaded guns would have made a proper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Guns in Parks: Nickels Bans 'em, Suits Threatened, Candidates Stand Where on the Issue?

    Guns in parks: Because this furry little guy might get trigger-happy.​Seattle PostGlobe reports that Mayor Greg Nickels is moving forward with his (editorializing: very f'ing sensible) promise to ban guns in city parks by Friday. Second Amendment nuts advocates, START YOUR LITIGATING!Alan Gott ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    City Gun Ban Challenge: 'Slam dunk' Suit to be Filed

    ​Not unexpectedly, Bellevue's Second Amendment Foundation says it will sue the city of Seattle, likely tomorrow, over Mayor Greg Nickels' ban on guns in many city parks. "I'm awaiting my copy of the suit to sign, probably by the end of the day," SAF founder and vice-president Alan Gottlieb sai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    The Killing of Officer Brenton Triggers an Angry Exchange Between the State's Biggest Gun Advocate and His Foe

    Gottlieb knows how to fire an insult​Good thing we're only talking about guns here because things are getting really nasty between Alan Gottlieb, chair of the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and Ralph Fascitelli, president of Washington CeaseFire.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Alan Gottlieb, Take Note: Report Says Officer Timothy Brenton Was Killed With an Assault Weapon

    Gottlieb spoke too soon​Gun rights zealot Alan Gottlieb might want to think again before shooting from the hip. Last week, the chair of the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms lit into Washington CeaseFire president Ralph Fascitelli for jumping on the murder o ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2009

    Cover Story: Barack & Load

    Alan Gottlieb’s challenge to a gun ban in the President’s adopted hometown has made it all the way to the Supreme Court, and fattened the ex-con’s wallet in the process.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Alan Gottlieb and The Times: It's About $, Not Sleaze

    ​Self-professed gun nut Alan Gottlieb didn't like our profile of him and his forthcoming Supreme Court case, nor did Seattle Times editorial writer Bruce Ramsey. Gottlieb advises us by e-mail to make sure we read Ramsey's comments on SW's story: "This Seattle Times piece makes the point that I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Second Amendment Brief Filed by Bellevue Gun Nuts

    ​The question before the U.S. Supreme Court, as asked by Alan Gottlieb's Second Amendment Foundation of Bellevue in a challenge to Chicago's gun ban, is whether the right to keep and bear arms applies to all states under the Fourteenth Amendment's privileges, Immunities, or due process clauses ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    The Reasonable Man Behind the City Gun Ban Lawsuit

    Bob Warden and his .40 caliber glock moments before being turned away from a community center.​The legal term pro se (meaning someone who forgoes a lawyer in order to represent themselves in cour) is normally a handy way of identifying a kook. Someone who's crazy. A person usually only goes pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Gun Guru Alan Gottlieb's Latest Fund Raising Effort Raises Money for His Fund Raiser

    Steven DewallGottlieb: "Fear, hate, and revenge" pay off​As SW reported last year, Bellevue gun-rights guru Alan Gottlieb tends to personally benefit from the side businesses connected to his Second Amendment Foundation's political activities. He was paid $36,000 as SAF's vice-president in 200 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Supreme Court Approves Bellevue Gunners' Second Amendment Challenge to Chicago Ban

    Steven DeWallGottlieb​As most court observers predicted - even getting the score right - the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that the right to keep and bear arms applies to states, counties and cities, which will lead to elimination of most local gun bans but could also result in new gun-co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Alan Gottlieb, Bellevue Gun Nut, Finds Exploiting Tucson Tragedy 'Unconscionable' . . . Unless It's His Group Doing It

    Gottlieb​That was fast. Save for a few TV talking heads, chatter about new gun controls has faded away just a week after the anti-gun rage over Jared Loughner's extended-cartridge Glock 19. Duke professor Philip Cook told Salon it's likely because "Those who favor a modicum of gun regulation a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Seattle Gun Ban Challenge Moves to Olympia, Where Pro-Gunners Predict Another Victory

    Gottlieb​With release of a state Appeals Court ruling this week, gun-rights activists have, as expected, won their legal battle to knock down Seattle's ban on carrying guns in city parks. And as expected they're crowing about it. "We told former Mayor Greg Nickels he was wrong," says Alan Gott ... More >>

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