WA CeaseFire Exploits Slain Officer to Push Agenda, Says CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Citizens Committee for
the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today condemned Washington CeaseFire President
Ralph Fascitelli for capitalizing on the murder of Seattle Police Officer
Timothy Q. Brenton by announcing a plan to lobby for a ban on so-called
"assault weapons" using Brenton's killing as a launch pad.

"Over the years," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, "I have watched as
anti-gun extremists rushed to exploit violent crimes to push their agenda, but
this case, as reported by Nina Shapiro in the Seattle Weekly, signals a
despicable new low in behavior. Fascitelli is essentially dancing in Officer
Brenton's blood, and he ought to be ashamed."

According to the Seattle Weekly article, "Even though police say they have not
yet determined what type of weapon was used, Ralph Fascitelli, president of
Washington CeaseFire, says he plans to cite Brenton's murder when lobbying for
the bill in the next legislative session."

"A police officer has been murdered and the killer or killers remain at
large," Gottlieb said. "A police department is mourning, and a family is
grieving. A memorial service has not even been held. This is hardly the time
to be exploiting Saturday's cowardly crime to advance a political agenda.

"If we are to judge any movement by its leadership," he observed, "the
citizens of Washington State and especially its state legislators should be
outraged at the callousness now being exhibited by Washington CeaseFire.
Frankly, I am appalled.

"The Citizens Committee and Second Amendment Foundation extend their sincere
sympathy to Officer Brenton's family and to the Seattle Police Department,"
Gottlieb stated.

With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the
nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the
Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active
lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun
rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.

SOURCE Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Alan Gottlieb of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms,
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