The annual report on Evergreen State crime from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) contains some alarming data showing homicides have risen 66.9 percent statewide since 2016, but the number of commissioned law enforcement officers per 1,000 population ranks at the bottom for the entire nation. Last year, according to a synopsis […]
Seattle Trimming Police Budget as Minneapolis Cries for Help
While Seattle’s far-left City Council is currently mulling a budget with cuts to the police department, they might take a lesson from the situation that has developed in Minneapolis, where cuts were already made, and now the city is seeking help from outside law enforcement agencies because of a “wave of violent crime,” according to […]
Does Newspaper Downplay Law Enforcement Opposition to I-1639?
UPDATED: As law enforcement opposition to Washington State’s gun control Initiative 1639 continues to climb, a report on the measure – the only gun control ballot issue anywhere in the country this fall – in the Seattle Times appears to downplay it by noting that the measure “has support from some of King County’s top […]
Newspaper: ‘Initiatives are…a lousy way to write laws’ – No on I-1639
An editorial in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin that appeared just as tens of thousands of hunters were heading into the field for the deer season opener urged voters to reject gun control Initiative 1639—the only gun measure on a ballot anywhere in the United States this year—because “Initiatives are generally a lousy way to […]
Is Media Ignoring Law Enforcement Opposition to I-1639?
Is Washington state’s establishment media fearful of the impact on Initiative 1639 by reporting how law enforcement opposes the measure? (Screen snip, YouTube, CBS) Is Washington State’s establishment media ignoring the massive law enforcement opposition to gun control Initiative 1639, and if so, why? That seems to be a question among rights activists who are […]
Proposed Medical Assn. Resolutions Suggest Anti-Gun Tilt
When the Washington State Medical Association House of Delegates gathers this weekend in Spokane, there are several proposed resolutions listed on the agenda dealing with firearms policies, an area that Second Amendment activists say should be no business of physicians. Ranging from supporting so-called “weapons-free zones” to backing various provisions included in Initiative 1639, the […]