A RESOLUTION supporting Washington Initiative Measure 1639 and urging Seattle voters to vote “Yes” on Initiative 1639 on the November 6, 2018, general election ballot.
will be given to members of the public. So having said that, will the clerk please read agenda item three into the record, which is under the section adoption of the resolutions? Agenda Item three Resolution 318 46 A Resolution supporting Washington Initiative Measure 1639 and urging Seattle voters to vote yes on Initiative 1639 and the November six, 2018 general election ballot. Before any council members would like to speak on this, let me sort of move the process along. I'll move to adopt Resolution 31846. So has been moved in second to adopt resolution 31846. And so we'll now hear comments from council members pertaining to the resolution. So any council members would like to speak to it. Please proceed. Councilmember Gonzales, you have the floor. I would love to speak as to my resolution. So this is a resolution that I'm bringing forward in collaboration and conjunction with Mayor Durkan and really excited about setting forth another action by the Seattle City Council in support of common sense gun legislation. We have, as you all know, taken many steps over the last several years to act where we believe we can act as the city of Seattle. And in fact, last week received wonderful news about our own gun safety storage ordinance that we passed here at the city council. The NRA moved to file suit against us, and that case was dismissed last week. And our law was upheld as being constitutional and in an effort to continue to be responsive to our constituents requests to continue to advance common sense gun safety legislation. It is with great pride that I introduced this resolution concerning firearms. This particular initiative, initiative, Measure 1639 will be on the general election ballot on November six, 2018. This initiative seeks to make changes to to state law related that are contained within the Firearms and Dangerous Weapons chapter of our CW 9.41 initiative. 1639 would create an enhanced background check system and require firearm safety training and waiting periods before semiautomatic semi-automatic assault rifles may be purchased or delivered. And Initiative 1639 would impose age limitations on who may purchase or possess certain firearms, including prohibiting purchases by persons under age of ten, under the age of 21. And this initiative would also require certain secured firearms storage or trigger locks and criminalized non-compliant firearm storage if it results in unauthorized use. So it is my great honor to be able to present this resolution to the City Council in hopes that the City Council will have a unanimous vote to urge Seattle voters to vote yes on Initiative 1639 in the November six, 2018 general election. Thank you, Catherine Gonzales. Would any other members like to comment on the resolution before us? Okay comes from bakeshop. Only that I want to say great thanks. To my colleague Councilmember Gonzales and all who have worked on this. I wholeheartedly support it and I'm glad to see our state moving forward in this direction. I concur. Thank you very much. Okay. That concludes the comments from councilmembers and will now hear from comments from the members of the public who wish to speak on the resolution. And the total time allotted for the comments will be 10 minutes in two minute increments, and the speakers recalled in the order which they signed up.