While people are laughing hysterically about the Wenatchee, Wash., felon who is in big trouble with the law after shooting himself in the genitals last month, the case should be embarrassing for Evergreen State anti-gunners whose legislative schemes and initiative sales jobs have only resulted in impairments against honest citizens. Cameron Jeffrey Wilson, a 13-time […]
Murders Up Since WA Gun Control Laws Passed
Reporting on a “troubling” trend in random killings involving homeless people in Seattle and King County, Washington, a Seattle Times story has the unintentional consequence of revealing how homicides in the county that overwhelmingly supported a pair of restrictive gun control initiatives have actually gone up since the measures were passed. Whether anyone will ask […]
I-1639 Fight is On: Money, Paid Signature Gatherers v. Grassroots Manpower
With Thursday’s court-mandated changes of the ballot title for Initiative 1639 – the latest gun control scheme from the billionaire-backed Alliance for Gun Responsibility – the fight is on as paid signature gatherers are now hitting the streets to gather what the Everett Herald estimated must be close to 350,000 signatures, while grassroots rights groups […]
Will Seattle Mayor’s Gun Control Proposal Collide with State Law?
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Wednesday her desire for legislation requiring so-called “safe storage” of firearms and “increased civil penalties…for not reporting lost or stolen firearms,” but will that effort collide with Washington State’s 35-year-old preemption law? State preemption, adopted in 1983, puts sole authority for gun regulation in the hands of the State […]
9th Circuit Rejects I-594 Lawsuit, But after Law Amended
A U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Thursday rejected a lawsuit challenging Washington State’s Initiative 594 requiring so-called “universal background checks,” but the ruling came only after the State Legislature had amended provisions in the law about when such checks are required. That fact was specifically noted in the four-page decision, which […]
‘Shoplift Shooting’ in Seattle Reveals Liberal Mindset
Tuesday’s announcement that a 17-year-old girl whose brother died in a shootout with Seattle police last week will be prosecuted as an adult has provided that city’s liberal mindset an opportunity to shine like a flashlight with a cracked lens. Some Seattle Times readers, weighing in on the story, seem to suggest that nothing could […]