UPDATED 4/8 @ 2:45 P.M.–Commercial businesses have been closed by shelter-in-place orders in several states in reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak, but criminals didn’t get the memo—or maybe they did—because in Seattle, Wash., and San Jose, Calif., there have been reported spikes in commercial burglaries, and one Seattle report said the crime has “exploded.” In […]
Everytown Pres: ‘Allowing Open Gun Shops is Shameful, Nonsensical’
Writing at CNN.com, the president of Everytown for Gun Safety—the gun prohibition lobbying group supported by billionaire former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg—declared it to be “both shameful and nonsensical for the federal government to deem gun stores essential, a special privilege that millions of other shuttered small businesses can only dream about.” Perhaps Everytown’s John […]
Confirmed: NICS Checks, Gun Sales Soared in March
No matter how one looks at the National Instant Check System (NICS) data for March, last month saw a stunning rush on gun stores with what appears to have been a lot of first-time gun buyers in the mix, and now the question will be whether the trend continues for April. According to data from […]
While WA Lawmakers Push to Open Gun Shops, What About CPLs?
Seattle’s KOMO News is reporting how state lawmakers and lawmen have called upon Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to recognize gun shops as “essential” businesses—a story Liberty Park Press broke back on March 31—but there is another pressing issue sheriffs and police departments must address, according to gun rights activists: Taking applications for concealed pistol licenses. […]
‘Pan-dem-ic Buying?’ Record NICS Checks Signals Booming March Gun Sales
The FBI’s National Instant Check System (NICS) reported a record 3.7 million background checks in March, fueling speculation that the COVID-19 pandemic had been the catalyst for a public rush to gun stores, and the Washington Times says gun sales last month were up 85 percent over March 2019. That assessment was based on an […]
As WA Activists Lament Gun Shop Closures, One Candidate Demands Action
Evergreen State gun owners are lamenting on social media that Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee’s “shut down” order didn’t exempt gun stores—though there are scattered reports of some shops remaining open—and now gubernatorial candidate Tim Eyman has an online petition demanding an immediate re-opening of gun shops. Here’s the text of Eyman’s message: “I call on […]
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