By Dave Workman UPDATE: An armed private citizen using a semiautomatic FN Five-Seven pistol fitted with a suppressor is being called a hero for opening fire on a killer armed with a rifle at a recently-opened In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho. Jordan Salinas, 35, is quoted by the Idaho Statesman stating, “There’s […]
Seattle Mayor Announces Plan to Combat Violent Crime: Gun Control
By Dave Workman Embattled Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Tuesday announced her plan to combat violent crime plaguing the city in response to the deadly shooting at the Seattle Center’s “Bite of Seattle” event Sunday, and with all of the rhetoric boiled out, it amounts to pursuing more gun control. The Seattle Police are also […]
Anti-gun Law Professors Seek to Cloud a Clear Issue
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project A Sunday story published by Gannett’s USA Today seems to defy the newspaper’s blatant and longstanding anti-gun editorial stance—at least at first. “What the Supreme Court’s test for gun rules could mean for AR-15s this year,” was written by Maureen Groppe, a reporter who covers the U.S. Supreme […]
Panic Mode? Report Says NJ Lawmakers Consider Next Moves on Gun Control
By Dave Workman Almost true to form, New Jersey Democrats are reeling in the wake of last week’s Third Circuit Court en banc ruling striking down the state’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines,” and are already trying to figure ways to skate around the court decision. Politico is reporting that Garden State […]
‘Gun Violence Prevention’= The New Gun Control Camouflage
By Dave Workman It has been called “gun safety legislation,” “gun reform,” and “gun responsibility,” but it all boils down to the same thing: gun control. And lately, the gun prohibition lobby and its allies in government from town councils to Congress have been using a new bit of grammatical camouflage to make the same […]
3rd Circuit Blockbuster: New Jersey Rifle, Magazine Bans Unconstitutional
By Dave Workman The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that New Jersey’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines” is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. Reuters is reporting that this is the first time a federal appeals court had ruled against the Garden State’s semi-auto rifle ban. It comes less […]
