King County Superior Court Judge Catherine Shaffer in a 2 p.m. hearing today struck down Seattle's illegal gun ban in Seattle Parks and facilities.

Judge Shaffer, in a blunt opinion, found the Mayor Nickel-inspired rule to be in direct violation of Washington State's firearm pre-emption law. In issuing summary judgement in favor of Plaintiffs Chan, et al, Judge Shaffer also granted an injunction vacating any further enforcement of the illegal rule.

"This was the other lawsuit that was filed before mine, " said Bob Warden who filed a lawsuit of his own seeking to overturn the ban. He brought the suit following a very public challenge of the law on November 14th. Our original coverage is here It was filed by 5 or 6 individual plaintiffs that was also joined by the N.R.A. Warden said his suit is going forward, to get a ruling on the Washington State and U.S. Constitution 2nd Amendment part of the rule.
"It's a good day,"Warden said, "it's a win and Nickels ruling for all intents and purposes is dead. Mayors and other city bureaucrats can't just make rulings like this."
Warden contacted the Herald and passed along a link to the statement from the plaintiff in the action HERE