During a virtual press briefing about rioting and looting in downtown Seattle—the epicenter of Northwest gun prohibition politics—Washington Gov. Jay Inslee stunned reporters when he professed ignorance of the Seattle neighborhood takeover that has been making headlines across the nation. Asked about the situation in what has been declared the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” (CHAZ), […]
‘Police Not the Enemy’ Says PBA Chief; Neither Are Honest Gun Owners
New York Police Benevolent Association President Mike O’Meara may have cracked a code Tuesday during impassioned remarks at a press event in which he defended rank-and-file police officers and declared that the fired Minneapolis cop now charged in the death of George Floyd “killed someone, we didn’t.” Yet, he observed, all police are now painted […]
Rasmussen: Majority Oppose Cutting Local Police Budgets
Amid demands from protesters in the wake of the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis to “defund” police departments, a new Rasmussen survey released Tuesday says 59 percent of American adults “are opposed to cutting their local police budget.” Only 27 percent of the survey respondents want to reduce police budgets, and 14 percent are […]
Calls to ‘Defund Police’ Could Leave Nation Like Chicago
Angry protesters in Minneapolis and other cities where demonstrations have continued for more than a week are now demanding that municipal governments “defund the police,” but does anyone know what such a drastic move might create? Buried in the text of a Chicago Sun-Times article might be a hint. The newspaper looked at the number […]
‘The Year Gun Control Died?’ – Don’t Count On It
Writing at Reason.com Friday, author J.D. Tuccille makes an argument that this is “the year gun control died,” but considering the activism behind “National Gun Violence Awareness Day”—also on Friday when gun prohibition activists are supposed to wear orange—the Reason article might be wishful thinking. The gun prohibition lobby isn’t going anywhere. For example, the […]
Surging Gun Sales Show Realization, We’re Responsible for Own Safety
From one end of the country to the other, gun sales are surging—initially because of the COVID-19 pandemic panic and over the past several days in response to civil unrest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis—and it suggests people finally understand they are responsible for their own safety. According to TMZ, riots and […]
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