As the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show opened Tuesday in Las Vegas, where tens of thousands of firearms industry professionals are gathering — including many from Washington State — the Seattle-based gun prohibition lobby has a complaint. “We’re less than 72 hours from our next hearing day,” the Alliance for Gun […]
At Weekend Gun Show, NICS Works While Govt. Doesn’t
The monthly gun show in Puyallup, Washington is a busy place this weekend as the government shutdown has not affected the National Instant Check System (NICS), and nobody seems concerned that the government “isn’t working.” Said one man standing in line for coffee Saturday morning, “The government doesn’t work very well, anyway.” But the big […]
Do Increased Gun Thefts Show Futility of Background Check Laws?
Bloomberg News reported Friday that gun store robberies have increased by an alarming 227 percent since 2013 and burglaries have spiked 71 percent during the same period, raising the question whether so-called “universal background check” laws are a feel-good exercise in futility. The Bloomberg story comes two weeks to the day after American Handgunner’s “Insider […]
FBI Trump-Russia Probe Reportedly Now Includes NRA
A media frenzy has erupted in the wake of a Thursday morning report by McClatchy that the FBI is possibly looking into whether a “top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin” may have “illegally funneled” money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump’s White House campaign. That banker was identified as Alexander […]
Will Expanded State Level Gun Control Efforts Succeed or Fail?
The Hill is reporting that gun control proponents see 2018 as a year in which they “can notch new wins in state legislatures across the country.” Already, Massachusetts and New Jersey have banned “bump stock” devices, the newspaper noted, and bans have been approved by legislative committees in Indiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington. […]
‘New California’ Proponents Declare Golden State ‘Ungovernable’
Proponents of splitting the State of California into two separate entities – California and New California – have declared independence, contending that the Golden State as it now exists is “ungovernable.” According to USA Today, the state would be divided between rural and urban coastal California counties. It is the latter area, and the smaller, […]
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