Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the Heller ruling that affirmed the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. (Dave Workman) When American gun owners celebrate the tenth anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court Second Amendment ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller next Tuesday, that loud fingernails-on-a-blackboard sound will be […]
Are Two WA Cities Poking at State Preemption Law?
Two Washington State cities are looking at guns in ways that may be laying the groundwork for a new attempt to erode that state’s preemption law, a statute that dates back to 1983 and has served as a model for similar laws in other states. Everett officials are looking at an ordinance that would require […]
Gun Groups Assert I-1639 Petitions Are Unreadable, Demand Fix
Two gun rights organizations based in Washington State have issued a demand to backers of Initiative 1639, the new gun control measure aimed at blocking sales of so-called “assault rifles” to 18-20-year-olds in that state, asserting that the typeface used to print the text of the initiative on the rear of each petition is too […]
WA Initiative Backers Crank Up Selective Emotion
In their new emotional funding appeal, backers of Initiative 1639 in Washington State ignore Sunday’s intervention by armed citizens to stop a mass shooter. (Screen capture, YouTube, TIME) Backers of a 30-page gun control initiative in Washington State are attempting to crank up public emotion to super charge signature gathering by talking about two high-profile […]
Walmart Shooting: WA Constitution, State Law Allow Armed Citizens to Act
If published reports about the fatal shooting of a gunman by an armed citizen in the parking lot of a Walmart in Tumwater, Washington Sunday are accurate, the “good guy with a gun” was likely acting within the parameters of the state constitution and the state use-of-force statute adopted more than 40 years ago. UPDATE: […]
Illinois Armed Citizens Show What’s Right With CCW
A fascinating story in Friday’s Chicago Tribune speaks volumes to the ability of legally-armed citizens in Illinois to defend themselves and stay within the law, while perhaps unintentionally letting the air out of traditional arguments by anti-gunners that concealed carry laws might lead to senseless violence. According to the Tribune story, State Police Lt. Matthew […]
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