As one LGTBQ group prepares for a Wednesday night march and rally to launch a new “block watch” program on Capitol Hill, someone else has taken to the utility poles of the neighborhood to spread a much different message.

“Some people dislike gays, others dislike guns,” one posted sheet reads. “We should not base our laws on personal dislikes.”

The rather large leap of an equivalency looks a little like a renewal of a national campaign from the mid-2000s that got some attention on Capitol Hill known as the Pink Pistols. We talked to one person familiar with the group from the days when Pink Pistols “first fired up” who says it is still active in the area but he is not sure if this is a case of old members reviving their efforts or a younger generation of gun activists picking up the torch. We have not yet heard back from our effort to reach a representative for the group.

The former Pink Pistol we talked with tells CHS that gay rights and gun rights are closely aligned and that there are “a lot of parallels between the two communities.” Both groups attract, he said, “wild eyed individuals” who believe there is one true way to do things.

The QR codes found on the posters distributed on Capitol Hill in recent days lead to a Web site. Here is what the Slog found:

The QR code on all of the posters lead to the same pro-gun website that prompts readers to decide whether guns are a liability or a useful tool. If you click on the “right” answer—useful tool—you’re directed to a series of pro-gun links that affirm your choice. If you click on the “wrong” answer—liability—you’re ushered through a series of increasingly paranoid and/or off topic questions that equate cyber crime and prohibition with gun crime, or hypothesize how many criminals you’ll have to fight off in your life time. Each question is multiple choice, like this:

 

The proper response to an arson is…

1) prohibit you and other law-abiding citizens from buying gasoline.
2) prohibit you and other law-abiding citizens from buying any flammable fluids, matches and lighters.
3) prosecute the perpetrator of the crime

 

The questionnaire is supposed to underscore how important it is for you to be armed to the teeth all times. The arguments aren’t new or particularly convincing, I just find it striking that a traditionally conservative movement is branching out to recruit gays and lesbians.

Some posters also sport the flag of the “Cascadia Bioregion” independence movement. Wikipedia it.

While violent crime in the East Precinct rose in 2012, recent events including two stabbings in Cal Anderson Park have helped spur an increase in calls for better public safety despite overall Seattle crime rates continuing to be some of the lowest in the nation — and dropping.

Meanwhile, despite incidents like the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, the state’s gun laws passed through the most recent legislative session in Olympia mostly unchanged.