King County is the bluest county in Washington State, and for the next two evenings, the county Board of Health is holding meetings on its “Gun Safety Action Plan Summit” with proposals that, according to rights activists, read like a gun control agenda. The meetings begin at 6 p.m. at the YMCS Greenbridge Learning Center […]
Concealed Carry Hits New High in Evergreen State
There are now more active concealed pistol licenses in Washington State than ever before, according to new data from the state Department of Licensing, showing more than 5,000 additional CPLs issued in June and more than 13,750 since Jan. 1, going along with the growing national trend toward more concealed carry. There are now more […]
Seattle: Possible Gang Dispute Leads (Predictably) to Gun Control Demand
A Memorial Day shooting at a Seattle park that may have been “gang-involved but not necessarily gang-related,” according to KING5 News, has drawn a predictable reaction from two city council members, who suggested more restrictions on firearms. The incident left a mother and her baby wounded at Pritchard Beach in the city’s Rainier Valley […]
Found in Seattle: Solution to Drive-By Shootings?
Responding to a trio of drive-by shootings along a Seattle street since last fall, socialist City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant has offered a solution: raised flower beds and speed bumps on the street. According to KING5 News, the local NBC affiliate, Sawant called for “common sense gun measures” including a ban on semi-automatic firearms. The Jet […]
It’s Open Season on NRA as 148th Annual Members Meeting Looms
As though it were deliberately timed, with the approach of the annual National Rifle Association’s convention—this coming weekend in Indianapolis for its 148th gathering—editorial columns and news stories are filling up with “all things gun.” An editorial in the Aurora, Colorado Sentinel complained that 20 years after the Columbine High School tragedy, “nothing” had been […]
Oregon Rights Group Urges Senate Republican Walkout Over Gun Bill
The Oregon Firearms Federation (OFF) has called on state Senate Republicans to walk out in a Hail Mary move to stop Senate Bill 978, a sweeping gun control measure that, according to gun rights advocates, has a lot of problems for Beaver State gun owners. “Virtually all Democrats support this bill,” OFF says on its […]
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