A recent analysis of polling data by the Pew Research Center shows personal protection “tops the list of reasons why gun owners say they own a firearm.” This would certainly square with what a 20-something Seattle resident—a transplant from Florida about five years ago—told John Carlson, the morning drive time talk host at KVI-AM in […]
Pew: Modest Rise in Support for Stricter Gun Control Laws
Pew Research is reporting a “modest rise in support for stricter gun laws in the United States since 2017,” including a majority (71%) who “favor banning high capacity ammunition magazines.” In a story bylined by Pew research assistant Katherine Schaeffer, the polling organization also revealed an increase in the number of Americans who support […]
NW Gun Rights Under Attack; Oregon Gun Ban Initiative Launched
On the heels of a strong hint about a new gun control initiative effort in Washington Wednesday, gun prohibitionists in neighboring Oregon are launching a campaign to ban so-called “assault weapons,” according to Willamette Week. Called the “The Interfaith and People of Goodwill Campaign to Ban Assault Weapons,” the effort is already attracting attention beyond […]
Concealed Carry Skyrockets to More than 16.3 Million, Report Says
More than 16.3 million Americans are now licensed to carry across the 50 states, an increase of 1.83 million over the past 12 months, according to a new report released this week by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC). The report is titled “Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2017.” ————————- UPDATE: The […]
Armed America: 26% of Handgun Owners Carry, Says Pew Research
Just over one-in-four Americans who own a handgun carry a sidearm “all or most of the time” when they are outside the home, and that ratio jumps to slightly over 40 percent among people who live in what they consider an “unsafe community,” according to a newly-released Pew Research report. The same survey revealed a […]
Are You a ‘Super Gun Owner?’ Here’s How to Tell But Should You?
What is being touted as “the most definitive portrait of US gun ownership in two decades” is the backbone of a series of stories in recent days by The Guardian and The Trace, and now is a good time to ask why there is such attention to firearms and people who own them. A Guardian […]