Preliminary data on crime during the first half of 2017 shows murders were up 1.5 percent during that period, but that depended upon the location, according to an FBI report released last week coincidentally while the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show was unfolding in Las Vegas. However, in cities of more than […]
WA Bump Stock Poll: Majority Opposes Idea
When Seattle’s KIRO, the local CBS affiliate, asked whether bump stocks should be banned, an online — and unscientific — poll showed a majority of respondents have said “No” by a wide margin. According to the poll results Tuesday evening, 64 percent of poll participants oppose the idea of banning the controversial accessory, while only […]
Dems Push Old Agenda as IL Lawmakers Reject Bump Stock Ban
Anti-gun Capitol Hill Democrats and their gun prohibitionist cheerleaders are once again pushing an agenda that seems to have become their “one-size-fits-all” solution to violent crimes, even though none of the measures they want adopted would have prevented the mayhem. This comes as lawmakers in Illinois rejected a proposed ban on “bump stock” devices like […]
Can a Genuine Dialogue on Guns Ever Happen?
Writing in Crosscut Wednesday morning, veteran Seattle conservative talk host John Carlson has offered three suggestions to open a dialogue between constitutional rights advocates and gun prohibitionists, insisting, “there is common ground between gun rights and gun control supporters on this issue, but it is missed because each is tilling a different part of […]
NRA Calls for Review of Bump Stocks; SAF, CCRKBA Support ‘Dialogue’
In the wake of the deadly attack on concert goers in Las Vegas Sunday evening, the National Rifle Association has called on the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to “immediately review” whether “bump stock” devices comply with federal law. The statement, issued by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and chief lobbyist […]
Watch Gun Prohibitionists Zero in On ‘Bump Stocks’ For Ban
The “Bump Fire” in action on a semi-auto rifle. (Screen capture, YouTube, Lisa Jean) With House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi jumping quickly into the post-Las Vegas blood fest to exploit Sunday’s mass shooting to push a political agenda, it should not take long for the gun prohibition lobby to push for a ban on so-called […]
