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Articles by Mark Knapp
Federal Way needs a shooting arts center | Firearms Lawyer
Federal Way needs a shooting arts center |...
By Mark Knapp • December 3, 2010 3:23 pm

Las Vegas is a city that understands the multiplier effect. Studies will certainly show that gun dollars flowing through Federal Way already far exceed the dollars that our city council members anticipate from any future explosion of performing arts — an economic miracle that cannot possibly occur until millions of dollars are funneled from the taxpayers and the schools.

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The evolution of teaching U.S. history | Firearms Lawyer
The evolution of teaching U.S. history | Firearms...
By Mark Knapp • November 19, 2010 9:58 pm

Public school professionals place so much emphasis on diversity, tolerance and cultural understanding.

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In case of disaster, shake a stranger’s hand | Firearms Lawyer
In case of disaster, shake a stranger’s hand...
By Mark Knapp • November 11, 2010 10:34 pm

My travels as a lawyer often take me to remote towns in our grandly beautiful Evergreen State.

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Public education waits for Superman | Firearms Lawyer
Public education waits for Superman | Firearms Lawyer
By Mark Knapp • November 1, 2010 10:38 pm

Folks that live in cities like Federal Way and Seattle often associate guns with crime.

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Sense of entitlement in Federal Way mayor race | Firearms Lawyer
Sense of entitlement in Federal Way mayor race...
By Mark Knapp • October 11, 2010 10:29 pm

The pundits tell us that people are fed up with the sense of entitlement they perceive in professional politicians.

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Slats Grobnik on Federal Way’s mayor race | Firearms Lawyer
Slats Grobnik on Federal Way’s mayor race |...
By Mark Knapp • October 1, 2010 5:01 pm

Growing up on Chicago’s Northwest side meant reading Mike Royko’s column in the Daily News. His classic biography, “Boss,” about…

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Rest assured, Federal Way schools teach U.S. history | Firearms Lawyer
Rest assured, Federal Way schools teach U.S. history...
By Mark Knapp • September 17, 2010 4:10 pm

Superintendent Robert R. Neu spoke to the Federal Way Noon Kiwanis Club this week regarding the post he stepped into on July 1.

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Domestic violence, guns and Federal Way’s mayor campaigns | Firearms Lawyer
Domestic violence, guns and Federal Way’s mayor campaigns...
By Mark Knapp • September 9, 2010 9:57 pm

I have been wondering whether attorneys other than me that assist victims of domestic violence tell women to consider obtaining a Concealed Pistol License.

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Protecting lives in Federal Way and Iraq | Firearms Lawyer
Protecting lives in Federal Way and Iraq |...
By Mark Knapp • September 2, 2010 10:17 pm

I was standing on the corner of 320th Street and First Avenue in Federal Way, waving a campaign sign last…

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Federal Way volunteer hits the right targets | Firearms Lawyer
Federal Way volunteer hits the right targets |...
By Mark Knapp • August 26, 2010 7:53 pm

Dave Gantt volunteered to teach firearms safety at our Federal Way armed self-defense class earlier this year.

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Path less traveled: Discover the Dirty Harry within | Firearms Lawyer
Path less traveled: Discover the Dirty Harry within...
By Mark Knapp • August 20, 2010 3:40 pm

My wife and I regularly walk the BPA Trail in Federal Way, or even take a few power laps around…

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How to get on a terrorist hit list | Firearms Lawyer
How to get on a terrorist hit list...
By Mark Knapp • August 10, 2010 2:52 pm

In March 2010, Charles Parsons allegedly left a counselor’s office at Calvary Lutheran Church in Federal Way, then shot six…

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What I saw at the Tea Party | Firearms Lawyer
What I saw at the Tea Party |...
By Mark Knapp • July 26, 2010 11:44 pm

The scales should have been removed from my eyes concerning racism within the Tea Party when I saw television news journalists snickering about “Tea Baggers.”

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Chicago’s threat to the Second Amendment | Firearms Lawyer
Chicago’s threat to the Second Amendment | Firearms...
By Mark Knapp • July 9, 2010 6:19 pm

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided the most important gun case in history on June 28, 2010.

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Aim high: Federal Way schools need ROTC | Firearms Lawyer
Aim high: Federal Way schools need ROTC |...
By Mark Knapp • July 1, 2010 9:21 pm

Federal Way School District’s retiring superintendent Tom Murphy gets kudos for obtaining results. Nevertheless, educators and parents tend to compare…

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Greater Seattle’s dialogue about social justice | Firearms Lawyer
Greater Seattle’s dialogue about social justice | Firearms...
By Mark Knapp • June 22, 2010 7:31 pm

Most of America heard about the Seattle cop that punched 17-year-old Angel Rosenthal during a jaywalking incident. James Kelly of the Urban League was quick to call Walsh’s punch an “overreaction.” Watching the video will show any reasonable observer a great deal of aggression displayed toward the officer.

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To wound or not to wound? | Firearms Lawyer
To wound or not to wound? | Firearms...
By Mark Knapp • June 3, 2010 7:35 pm

Over the past several years, I have attended several firearms training programs and have begun teaching firearms law classes in Federal Way.

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Sierra Madre: Death marks the spot | Firearms Lawyer
Sierra Madre: Death marks the spot | Firearms...
By Mark Knapp • May 27, 2010 10:48 pm

There are 10 peaks over 14,000 feet high in the Sangre de Cristo range. I am intrigued by the fact…

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Who are the wackos with guns? | Firearms Lawyer
Who are the wackos with guns? | Firearms...
By Mark Knapp • May 13, 2010 9:56 pm

On April 8, the Tacoma News Tribune published an editorial about alleged death threats against U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.)….

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Slouching toward Holden Caulfield | Firearms Lawyer
Slouching toward Holden Caulfield | Firearms Lawyer
By Mark Knapp • May 6, 2010 11:31 pm

I cut my teeth as a structural ironworker, but I love literature and philosophy. Standing on a steel I-beam 40…

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