CONTRIBUTOR
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES / NATIONAL IMPACT
Mark Knapp
Member For
45 weeks 4 days
BIOGRAPHY
Mark Knapp, a Federal Way lawyer, is an NRA member and member of Washington Arms Collectors. His law practice focuses on employment law, firearms and civil rights. A self described “one-issue voter”, he asserts that armed protection for our families “is also a pro-life issue”. He is currently writing a book on what the Bible teaches about armed self-defense and teaches on the subject of threat response planning for individuals and groups.
COMMENTARIES
Starbucks' Stand for Safer Streets Spotlights 2010 Election Issue
By Mark Knapp | 02/09/10
See Guns/Self-defense piece by John Longenecker Kudos to Starbucks for standing up to the international gun-ban mafia! Apparently the Brady Campaign started pressuring the Seattle based coffee maker to discriminate against law abiding customers that choose to wear pistols for protection of our own lives and the lives of others. John Longenecker and other journalists recognize the way in which armed... read more »
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Tea Parties; Selfish Disregard or Specter Haunting the Political Pros?
By Mark Knapp | 02/07/10
Our local newspaper editor, Andy Hobbs, penned an editorial in which he asked the residents of our suburban city whether the specter of a new Zeitgeist now haunts the land of political professionals. The local country club is almost broke and offered a proposal for private homeowners living near the country club to pay an extra $300 a year in exchange for limited membership in the cash-strapped private country club. Could it be... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Federal Way Committed to Emergency Preparedness
By Mark Knapp | 02/05/10
Federal Way has very active volunteers that work with police and the area's networks of emergency personnel. Many of us have attended CERT training and/or the Civilian Police Academy. We had over forty students in our first Federal Way firearms law seminar on January 30th (not an offically sponsored event). The next class on Saturday, February 27th will focus on stopping home invasions and some of the finer points of... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Sen. Kline Mounts Assault on Our Weapons
By Mark Knapp | 01/27/10
Linda Pillo, Bellevue Washington's police chief, was named chief in January, 2008. She bested five other candidates from around the nation. Pillo, 53, is the first woman chief in Bellevue. She told the local Seattle news media that running a police department was “something she never expected to do when she started police work on Mercer Island after graduating from Washington State University in 1978”. She aspired to be a... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Tacoma Dismisses Case Against Legally Armed EMT
By Mark Knapp | 01/25/10
On January 4, 2010 an EMT traveled to Tacoma from Wenatchee area with several police officers that were preparing to participate in a police honor guard for slain Pierce County Dep. Walter Mundell. A police officer at the Tacoma Dome approached our client and asked him what he was doing in the area which was an area within the Tacoma Dome primarily accessible to police personnel participating in the memorial service. When the... read more »
5 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
John Galt Alive & Well in Seattle
By Mark Knapp | 01/19/10
Long ago, I started reading a famous book called "Atlas Shrugged." All over the United States, people would ask each other, “Who is John Galt?” The land of the free had spiraled into profound mediocrity. Apparently, John Galt was and still is an urban legend symbolizing rugged individualism. Now I am asking, who is Mark Pursley? Pursley is not an urban legend. According to Danny Westneat, a Seattle Times columnist,... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Our Living Constitution; A Modest Proposal
By Mark Knapp | 01/18/10
Should there be five-day waiting periods in order to obtain background checks for unregistered journalists? I was recently surprised to find that another amateur journalist labeled my Federal Way Firearms Lawyer column as the “screaming mimi equivalent to the vile, contempatable (sic) and ignorant Glen Beck”. I confess that I often listen to Glen Beck, a self-professed recovering alcoholic that has, nevertheless, managed... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
War on Cops Angers Western Washington
By Mark Knapp | 12/24/09
This week two Pierce County deputies responding to a domestic violence incident in Eatonville, Washington were ambushed by a David E. Crable. Sgt. Nick Hausner, 43, is expected to recover. Dep. Kent Mundell, Jr., 44, shot the assailant but is in critical condition at Harborville Medical Center in Seattle. Gunfire was exchanged between Mundell and Crable at close range. Crable apparently has a history of erratic behavior and... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
UN Gangsters or Chicago-style Progressives: In Whom Do You Trust?
By Mark Knapp | 12/17/09
Seattle is known as a congenial, outdoorsy city. When I was coming of age in Chicagoland, Eliott Ness still symbolized the forces of reform standing in the gap against 1930's gangsters like Al Capone. The story that was often missed by television viewers was that gangsters in Chicago joined forces with corrupt public officials during Prohibition. They even bought and paid for the police! It is not like that... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Federal Way's Call To Action
By Mark Knapp | 12/08/09
Greetings Friends, I am moved as I watch the Memorial Service occurring at the Tacoma Dome. We cannot, however, indulge our emotions for very long. We are in the middle of a long, brutal war and many do not even realize the nature of the warfare. We are urging Federal Way and surrounding communities to hold an event honoring First Responders. Read the following Mirror... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
CONTRIBUTOR
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES / NATIONAL IMPACT
Mark Knapp
Member For
45 weeks 4 days
BIOGRAPHY
Mark Knapp, a Federal Way lawyer, is an NRA member and member of Washington Arms Collectors. His law practice focuses on employment law, firearms and civil rights. A self described “one-issue voter”, he asserts that armed protection for our families “is also a pro-life issue”. He is currently writing a book on what the Bible teaches about armed self-defense and teaches on the subject of threat response planning for individuals and groups.
COMMENTARIES
Starbucks' Stand for Safer Streets Spotlights 2010 Election Issue
By Mark Knapp | 02/09/10
See Guns/Self-defense piece by John Longenecker Kudos to Starbucks for standing up to the international gun-ban mafia! Apparently the Brady Campaign started pressuring the Seattle based coffee maker to discriminate against law abiding customers that choose to wear pistols for protection of our own lives and the lives of others. John Longenecker and other journalists recognize the way in which armed... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Tea Parties; Selfish Disregard or Specter Haunting the Political Pros?
By Mark Knapp | 02/07/10
Our local newspaper editor, Andy Hobbs, penned an editorial in which he asked the residents of our suburban city whether the specter of a new Zeitgeist now haunts the land of political professionals. The local country club is almost broke and offered a proposal for private homeowners living near the country club to pay an extra $300 a year in exchange for limited membership in the cash-strapped private country club. Could it be... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Federal Way Committed to Emergency Preparedness
By Mark Knapp | 02/05/10
Federal Way has very active volunteers that work with police and the area's networks of emergency personnel. Many of us have attended CERT training and/or the Civilian Police Academy. We had over forty students in our first Federal Way firearms law seminar on January 30th (not an offically sponsored event). The next class on Saturday, February 27th will focus on stopping home invasions and some of the finer points of... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Sen. Kline Mounts Assault on Our Weapons
By Mark Knapp | 01/27/10
Linda Pillo, Bellevue Washington's police chief, was named chief in January, 2008. She bested five other candidates from around the nation. Pillo, 53, is the first woman chief in Bellevue. She told the local Seattle news media that running a police department was “something she never expected to do when she started police work on Mercer Island after graduating from Washington State University in 1978”. She aspired to be a... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Tacoma Dismisses Case Against Legally Armed EMT
By Mark Knapp | 01/25/10
On January 4, 2010 an EMT traveled to Tacoma from Wenatchee area with several police officers that were preparing to participate in a police honor guard for slain Pierce County Dep. Walter Mundell. A police officer at the Tacoma Dome approached our client and asked him what he was doing in the area which was an area within the Tacoma Dome primarily accessible to police personnel participating in the memorial service. When the... read more »
5 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
John Galt Alive & Well in Seattle
By Mark Knapp | 01/19/10
Long ago, I started reading a famous book called "Atlas Shrugged." All over the United States, people would ask each other, “Who is John Galt?” The land of the free had spiraled into profound mediocrity. Apparently, John Galt was and still is an urban legend symbolizing rugged individualism. Now I am asking, who is Mark Pursley? Pursley is not an urban legend. According to Danny Westneat, a Seattle Times columnist,... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Our Living Constitution; A Modest Proposal
By Mark Knapp | 01/18/10
Should there be five-day waiting periods in order to obtain background checks for unregistered journalists? I was recently surprised to find that another amateur journalist labeled my Federal Way Firearms Lawyer column as the “screaming mimi equivalent to the vile, contempatable (sic) and ignorant Glen Beck”. I confess that I often listen to Glen Beck, a self-professed recovering alcoholic that has, nevertheless, managed... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
War on Cops Angers Western Washington
By Mark Knapp | 12/24/09
This week two Pierce County deputies responding to a domestic violence incident in Eatonville, Washington were ambushed by a David E. Crable. Sgt. Nick Hausner, 43, is expected to recover. Dep. Kent Mundell, Jr., 44, shot the assailant but is in critical condition at Harborville Medical Center in Seattle. Gunfire was exchanged between Mundell and Crable at close range. Crable apparently has a history of erratic behavior and... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
UN Gangsters or Chicago-style Progressives: In Whom Do You Trust?
By Mark Knapp | 12/17/09
Seattle is known as a congenial, outdoorsy city. When I was coming of age in Chicagoland, Eliott Ness still symbolized the forces of reform standing in the gap against 1930's gangsters like Al Capone. The story that was often missed by television viewers was that gangsters in Chicago joined forces with corrupt public officials during Prohibition. They even bought and paid for the police! It is not like that... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
Federal Way's Call To Action
By Mark Knapp | 12/08/09
Greetings Friends, I am moved as I watch the Memorial Service occurring at the Tacoma Dome. We cannot, however, indulge our emotions for very long. We are in the middle of a long, brutal war and many do not even realize the nature of the warfare. We are urging Federal Way and surrounding communities to hold an event honoring First Responders. Read the following Mirror... read more »
0 Comments | Related Topics »King County (WA) |
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