In politics, turnabout is fair play and there is a big issue popular among some liberals that has just been targeted by a Republican state senator sure to cause as much angst for “progressives” as a proposed ban on so-called “assault weapons” has alarmed Second Amendment advocates. State Sen. Mark Miloscia (R-Federal Way) has just […]
As SHOT Show Opens, Gun Rights Activists Busy in the States
Tuesday’s opening of the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show comes as gun rights issues are warming up in the states, and Second Amendment activists are all looking ahead to Friday’s inauguration of Donald Trump as president. At Monday’s annual “Range Day” for firearms journalists, several people talked not so much about Trump […]
Industry Upbeat as SHOT Show, Trump Inauguration Looms
The 2017 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT) unfolds this week in Las Vegas, and a quick stroll through the Sands Convention Center Sunday, where vendors are trying to set up their booth spaces, found people upbeat. Why not, after all? The four-day show, which runs Tuesday through Friday, ends on the same day […]
WA Gun Activists Gather, Set Sights On Pistol ‘Database,’ I-594 Repeal
Washington State Second Amendment activists bundled up against bone-chilling cold to gather on the state capitol steps in Olympia Friday morning, where they cheered efforts to eliminate the decades-old state pistol database, and a promised attempt to repeal provisions of Initiative 594. The latter measure is the 2014 citizen initiative that requires so-called “universal background […]
Killer Gets Life Sentence, Washington AG Wants To Punish Gun Owners
While confessed 20-year-old killer Allen Ivanov pulled a life sentence without possibility of parole for murdering three former classmates last summer in Mukilteo, Washington, Evergreen State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and three state lawmakers owe an explanation to gun owners about why they should all be penalized for the crime. Earlier this week, legislation Ferguson […]
‘Hearing Protection Act’ Introduced; Anti-gunners Hardly Silent
A veteran United States Senator from Idaho, and a pair of congressmen from Texas and South Carolina have introduced federal legislation aimed at removing firearms suppressors from regulation under the 1934 National Firearms Act, and it took no time at all for anti-gunners to object. Sen. Mike Crapo, an Idaho Republican, introduced the Hearing Protection […]
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