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 […]
Faulty Prescription? AMA Calls for Restrictive Gun Control
The American Medical Association has called for far-reaching restrictions on Second Amendment rights, including a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” mandatory training for gun owners and registration of all firearms, and a ban on gun and ammunition possession or purchase by anyone under age 21, PBS reported. It’s not the first time the AMA has […]
While Anti-Gun Cities Get Free Legal Help, Rights Groups Pay
A little-known problem facing gun rights organizations is that the municipalities they sue often get free legal assistance that enables cities and towns to attack the gun rights of their citizens while rights groups lining up to fight have to pay their attorneys, throwing the cost of justice, if not the balance, in favor of […]
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