Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large, a perennial gun control proponent, evidently thinks the United States would be better off if the Second Amendment weren’t such a roadblock to the arrival of Utopia. Here’s part of what Large wrote Monday morning: “Australia famously enacted strict gun-ownership laws after a mass shooting in 1996. The impact has […]
What Is Seattle Hiding About Gun, Ammunition Tax?
Almost one year after TheGunMag.com, a monthly print and online firearms news magazine owned by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), sought information from the City of Seattle on its gun and ammunition tax under the Public Records Act, at least two other Seattle news organizations are now asking why the city refuses to provide a revenue figure. […]
Hearing Friday on Seattle Gun Tax Public Records Act Inquiry
A hearing is scheduled this Friday in King County Superior Court on a lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation and its monthly publication, TheGunMag.com (TGM) against the City of Seattle over what SAF and the magazine considers a violation of Washington State’s Public Records Act. The lawsuit was filed last year when the city […]
L.A. Times Editorial Board: ‘SCOTUS Wrong on Second Amendment’
The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, exercising its First Amendment right of free speech and the press, has attacked the notion that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms applies across state borders, and calls the idea of state concealed carry reciprocity “absurd and dangerous.” In a 716-word slap at concealed carry, the […]
Has Someone Declared an Open Season on Police?
There is no small amount of irony in the fact that the weekend saw unprovoked shootings of police officers in St. Louis, San Antonio, outside Kansas City and Sanibel Island on Florida’s west shore, and a story on Seattle’s KIRO noting that Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin – the son of a career lawman – will […]
Second Amendment Foundation Sues Seattle Over Public Records Act Request
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) on Wednesday sued the City of Seattle, alleging a violation of the state Public Records Act for refusing to disclose revenue data related to the city’s controversial “gun violence tax” that was adopted last year. The complaint stems from a PRA request earlier this year by the senior editor of […]
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