Showdown over gun signs

Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel Jul 6, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Showdown over gun signs</h1>
                <h2><p>The battle between opposing gun initiatives is getting weird. The Coalition to Protect Our Gun Rights, which backs Initiative 591, told The Seattle Times it will “seek charges” against Margot Blacker, a former Bellevue City Council member. This comes after, police say, she admitted taking pro-591 yard signs. Blacker told</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/taylorjwinkel-gmail-com/">Taylor Winkel</a></p> 
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            <p>The battle between opposing gun initiatives is getting weird. The Coalition to Protect Our Gun Rights, which backs Initiative 591, <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024846702_stolencampaignsignxml.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">told The Seattle Times</a> it will “seek charges” against Margot Blacker, a former Bellevue City Council member. This comes after, police say, she admitted taking pro-591 yard signs. Blacker told the police that her act was in retaliation for the theft of her yard signs supporting Initiative 594 in favor of universal background checks on gun purchasers. Alan Gottleib, who heads up the coalition, told the Times that 594 has more money, so the campaign can afford to print more signs. Gottlieb, who has been involved in many campaigns, said he would never steal an opponent’s signs and disapproves of any thefts.</p>
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The battle between opposing gun initiatives is getting weird. The Coalition to Protect Our Gun Rights, which backs Initiative 591, told The Seattle Times it will “seek charges” against Margot Blacker, a former Bellevue City Council member. This comes after, police say, she admitted taking pro-591 yard signs. Blacker told the police that her act was in retaliation for the theft of her yard signs supporting Initiative 594 in favor of universal background checks on gun purchasers. Alan Gottleib, who heads up the coalition, told the Times that 594 has more money, so the campaign can afford to print more signs. Gottlieb, who has been involved in many campaigns, said he would never steal an opponent’s signs and disapproves of any thefts.

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By Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel is a Journalism and Political Science student at the University of Washington. Follow her on Twitter: @twinkelnews. She can be emailed at Taylor.Winkel@crosscut.com.