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 […]
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 […]
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