The recent announcement that Washington Lt. Governor Cyrus Habit was unilaterally going to prohibit firearms in the state Senate viewing gallery was coincidentally timed with the publication of a piece about guns on capitol campuses that a leading gun data researcher suggested was biased by omission. John Lott, founder and president of the Crime Prevention […]
Anti-gunners Target Republicans As Congress Moves on CCW
The gun prohibition group headed by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords – and named for her – is targeting eight Republican lawmakers with a blitz of advertising designed to “pressure Republican lawmakers ahead of a vote on a new concealed carry bill,” according to The Hill. Politico identified the targeted lawmakers as Reps. Rodney Frelinghuysen(N.J.), Jason Lewis (Minn.), […]
WA adds Nearly 20K Carry Licenses; Editorial Calls for Capitol Ban
Only days after Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib unilaterally declared the state Senate viewer gallery to be a “gun free zone,” the state’s largest newspaper reinforced its anti-gun editorial policy by calling for a ban on firearms throughout the state capitol in a Friday editorial. In a bizarre coincidence, the state Department of Licensing released […]
Fight is On, Gloves are Off in CCW Reciprocity Battle
Passage of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act on a party-line 19-11 vote by the House Judiciary Committee was the first step in what promises to become a knock-down, drag-out fight, as anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety lobbying group is taking the gloves off to prevent it from becoming law. Gun rights activists […]
CCW Reciprocity Passes First Hurdle 19-11 in Judiciary
The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act crossed its first hurdle Wednesday by passing out of the House Judiciary Committee on a 19-11 vote, and it will now head to full consideration on the House floor, possibly before the end of the year. There was considerable debate in the committee, with anti-gun Democrats proposing several amendments that […]
House Judiciary to Act on National Reciprocity Wednesday
After months of inaction, the House Judiciary Committee is set to act on national concealed carry reciprocity legislation Wednesday, a move that gun rights activists across the country have been waiting for since January. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-SC) has 213 co-sponsors, all but three who are Republicans. The three Democrats are […]
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