After Tacoma Police fatally shot an armed man—later identified as Willem Van Spronsen of Vashon Island—who was protesting, and apparently trying to destroy, the Northwest Detention Center (NDC), was news coverage somehow different than it might have been had the dead man been identified as a right-wing deportation activist and Second Amendment advocate? Van Spronsen […]
Seattle’s ‘Gun Problem’: Blame, Penalize Law-Abiding Citizens
Noted in the third paragraph of a KOMO News story about the shooting death of a Seattle woman last Friday in the Beacon Hill neighborhood is the fact that the suspect “has nine prior felony convictions,” which disqualified him from legal gun ownership or possession. It is not a unique problem to the Jet City. […]
Ore. Store Clerk Fired for Drawing Gun on Would-be Robber
An Oregon store clerk has been fired for drawing his legally-concealed handgun on a hatchet-wielding would-be robber last month, and now that the story is getting national media attention, the former clerk told a reporter for KTVB News, “Your life’s not worth a minimum wage job.” The company that owns the store, Plaid […]
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 […]
Colorado School Shooting: Another ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Failure?
One student is dead and either others were reportedly injured in a school shooting incident in Highlands Ranch, Colo., and while some people are already clamoring for more gun control, some activists on social media are calling this another failure of the “gun-free” zone concept. According to the Denver Post, the school has […]
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