Writing at CNN.com, the president of Everytown for Gun Safety—the gun prohibition lobbying group supported by billionaire former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg—declared it to be “both shameful and nonsensical for the federal government to deem gun stores essential, a special privilege that millions of other shuttered small businesses can only dream about.” Perhaps Everytown’s John […]
While WA Lawmakers Push to Open Gun Shops, What About CPLs?
Seattle’s KOMO News is reporting how state lawmakers and lawmen have called upon Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to recognize gun shops as “essential” businesses—a story Liberty Park Press broke back on March 31—but there is another pressing issue sheriffs and police departments must address, according to gun rights activists: Taking applications for concealed pistol licenses. […]
‘Pan-dem-ic Buying?’ Record NICS Checks Signals Booming March Gun Sales
The FBI’s National Instant Check System (NICS) reported a record 3.7 million background checks in March, fueling speculation that the COVID-19 pandemic had been the catalyst for a public rush to gun stores, and the Washington Times says gun sales last month were up 85 percent over March 2019. That assessment was based on an […]
Deep Divide over Open or Closed Gun Shops During COVID-19 Crisis
The divide between gun control proponents and Second Amendment advocates may never have been better illustrated than by the controversy brewing right now over whether gun shops and shooting ranges should be allowed to remain open as “essential businesses” or closed while the “pandemic panic” continues. One good place to observe the difference is in […]
Coronavirus Clobbers Cops and Suddenly Second is First Fallback
Reports are surfacing in several jurisdictions about the number of police officers testing positive for Coronavirus, underscoring the importance of the Second Amendment among people who might have been indifferent about the right to keep and bear arms…until now. Over the weekend, TIME magazine reported that “about 700 New Jersey police officers have tested positive […]
In WA, Pot Shops ‘Essential’ But Firearms Dealers Not Listed
UPDATED, 3-24 @ 1:38 P.M. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has announced a two-week “stay home” order that lists marijuana shop workers as “essential” to the workforce, while noticeably absent from the list are firearms and ammunition distributors and retailers, although they apparently are considered essential in other states. A spokesman in the governor’s office […]