One day after the New York Times editorialized against the idea of armed private citizens acting in self-defense, an armed Tennessee homeowner is being credited with apprehending a pair of dangerous Georgia prison escapees, with the help of an armed neighbor. Fox News headlined its report by calling the homeowner a hero. Other news agencies […]
Hey, Seattle, How’s that ‘Gun Violence Tax’ Working Out?
Tuesday’s Seattle Times carried a column by Nicole Brodeur about a shooting that occurred in the Columbia City area of Seattle, which she suggested may have been a “reality check” for that neighborhood, located north of the Rainier Valley. Brodeur noted that there have been 85 shots-fired reports this year in South Seattle, “and most […]
Gun Rights Group Says Seattle Gun Tax a ‘Monumental Failure’
After Seattle news media reported a 30-percent rise in the number of shootings in Seattle over this time last year, and a Tuesday homicide in the city’s Alki neighborhood, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is blasting the city’s so-called “gun violence tax” as a “monumental failure.” “You simply cannot […]
Startling Revelation About Chicago Crime Guns
A significant source of firearms involved in Chicago crimes is not gun shows or even straw purchases from neighboring states, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times, but from gun shop burglaries around the Prairie State. The revelation may poke a hole in the claim by gun prohibition lobbying groups that gun shows are […]
Seattle Police Chief’s ‘Gun Violence’ Remark Stirs Hot Water
Reacting to a string of shootings that occurred during a 24-hour period in Seattle this week, Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole – who came from Boston – evidently lit a lot of fuses when she remarked, “We are outraged by the gun violence, and neither our department nor our community will tolerate it.” Ironically, minutes later […]
Was Seattle’s Fatal Shoplift Another Gun Control Failure?
Thursday’s dramatic shoplift-turned-fatal-shooting that sent two Seattle police officers to the hospital and one perpetrator to the Medical Examiner’s office is getting national attention for several reasons, including the fact that this whole episode apparently started over the theft of beer. To some observers, that hardly seems worth pulling a gun on police and ending […]
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