The King County, Washington Council is considering a program “that allows anyone with unwanted firearms or ammunition to turn those items in to any King County Sheriff’s Office precinct or a storefront operated by the agency,” despite a mountain of evidence that such programs do not reduce violent crime. According to KIRO-TV and Yahoo news, the […]
WA Gun Violence Summit is ‘Politics, Not Public Health’ – Gottlieb
A public health summit convened Tuesday by the King County, Washington Board of Health that focuses on firearms is actually about “demonizing guns and gun owners,” a leading Second Amendment advocate asserted to a local NBC affiliate as the first of two evening sessions got underway. Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the […]
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 […]
‘Unenforceable?’ ‘Unconstitutional?’ Fight Heats over WA I-1639
Not only have a majority of Washington State’s county sheriffs publicly announced they will not enforce provisions of the voter-approved gun control Initiative 1639, a second county commission passed a resolution opposing the measure while one major state daily newspaper has chastised the lawmen for their stances. The Stevens County Commission unanimously resolved this week […]
One State’s Looming Battle over Preemption Raises National Alarms
The looming fight over one of the nation’s oldest firearms preemption laws has taken on national importance thanks to reports in at least two popular online “news and views” websites, and it might be a signal for traditionally lethargic gun owners to get active in state and local politics. Tuesday’s primary election results […]
Seattle Mayor And King County Exec Have Some Explaining To Do
Anti-gun Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and King County Executive Dow Constantine, both liberal Evergreen State Democrats, have some explaining to do after announcing their support for “public, supervised sites where addicts can use heroin,” as reported by the Seattle Times Friday. The body count for “heroin-involved deaths” in King County exceeds the statewide toll of […]
