Citizen activism seems to have worked.  I will see if I can go find some of the back story, but there was quite the dust up at the Edmonds City Council meeting earlier this week.

Anyway, it appears that the Mayor of Edmonds will be asking the City Council to remove a clause in the emergency declaration regarding the possession of firearms.

Link to Edmonds Beacon Article

Lead in from the article:  "Faced with increasing public outcry and probable legal challenges, Edmonds Mayor Mike Nelson has called a special Edmonds City Council meeting to revoke a proposed emergency clause to the City code regarding firearms."

A suggestion for dealing with the POS mayor: