The Seattle Times editorial board—which for decades has never seen a gun control scheme it didn’t reflexively endorse, according to gun rights activists—is once again pressing for more restrictions on a constitutionally-protected right, by declaring in its editorial headline, “WA voters have spoken: Keep up momentum on gun laws.” Critics of the newspaper’s editorial policy […]
Biden, Brady Capitalize on Colorado Shooting; Was it Gun Law Failure?
Moving swiftly to capitalize on the mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub over the weekend, President Joe Biden and the Brady gun control group renewed their demands for a ban on so-called “assault weapons” because the alleged killer used an AR-15-type rifle for the rampage. But Politico is reporting the suspect, identified as […]
State Preemption Laws Next in Gun Ban Lobby’s Sights
By Tanya Metaksa Special to Liberty Park Press Everytown for Gun safety, the Michael Bloomberg-funded gun prohibition lobbying group, published a position paper on firearm preemption laws in 2018, announcing their opposition to state preemption statutes. At the time, they even went so far as stating that “preemption laws are associated with increased rates of […]
OR State Police Memo: Ballot Measure 114 Takes Effect Dec. 8, Gun Rush is On
The Oregon State Police has posted a memo on social media announcing that Measure 114, the state’s ultra-restrictive new gun control law, will take effect at 12 a.m. Dec. 8, according to the Secretary of State’s office. According to the memo, OSP “is working very closely with the Department of Justice, the Oregon State Sheriffs’ […]
Deadly Consequences of Believing Gun Control Will Work
A report by Oregon Public Broadcasting may have opened some eyes—albeit too late—to the futility of passing ever-more-restrictive gun control measures, as the story includes a quote from Paul Donheffner, legislative committee chair of the Oregon Hunters Association, which opposed recently-passed anti-gun Measure 114. “It is going to put a lot of honest citizens through […]
Predictably, Seattle Officials Use Fatal H.S. Shooting to Push Gun Control
Municipal government and school officials in Seattle, Washington are talking gun control and a renewed effort to repeal the state’s 37-year-old preemption statute, according to a report in the Seattle Times, in response to a fatal school shooting earlier in the week. According to the newspaper, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell “called for the state to […]
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