Predictably, the anti-gun majority of Washington State’s King County Council voted Monday to adopt a new “safe storage” requirement for gun owners, likely in violation of the state’s 35-year-old preemption statute, but some pro-rights activists in the firearms community are quietly wondering if this isn’t a signal that the preemption law could be in jeopardy […]
WA State CCW Spikes; I-1639 A ‘Blueprint,’ Say Backers
For the second time in less than a year, the number of active Washington State concealed pistol licenses has exceeded 590,000, with the state Department of Licensing reporting Wednesday that there are now 594,812 citizens licensed to carry in the Evergreen State, a new record. This revelation came as backers of a controversial gun control […]
They’re Everywhere! 17 Million-Plus CCWs, Says CPRC Report
More than 17 million Americans are now licensed to carry concealed across the United States, according to an updated report from the Crime Prevention Research Center, headed by author and researcher Dr. John Lott. Lott is the author of several books on gun control and statistics, and his Center publishes the concealed carry report annually […]
Roll Call: ‘Gun Control a Third Rail of Democratic Campaigns’
A report in Roll Call suggests Democratic candidates this year “should embrace a bolder approach to restrictions on guns, even in general elections” based on a recent poll, and notes that “Gun control has been a third rail of Democratic campaigns.” This is hardly an earth-shattering revelation to Second Amendment activists across the country, who […]
Armed WA Citizen Who Stopped Walmart Attack Releases Statement
The armed citizen who ended a wild shooting spree at a Walmart store in Tumwater, Washington has released a statement. (Dave Workman) The armed Samaritan who fatally shot a rampaging gunman at a Washington State Walmart Sunday has issued a statement detailing the incident from his perspective, while asking for privacy. “The events of last […]
Walmart Shooting: WA Constitution, State Law Allow Armed Citizens to Act
If published reports about the fatal shooting of a gunman by an armed citizen in the parking lot of a Walmart in Tumwater, Washington Sunday are accurate, the “good guy with a gun” was likely acting within the parameters of the state constitution and the state use-of-force statute adopted more than 40 years ago. UPDATE: […]
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