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 […]
Seattle Gun Control Edit Sparks Blistering Reactions from Activists
A Seattle Times editorial supporting a massive gun control initiative that contains at least one gross error about the controversial measure has sparked blistering reactions from readers, and perhaps offers some signals about why newspapers are experiencing declining readership. Calling for passage of Initiative 1639, the 30-page gun control measure in Washington State that would […]
Gun Prohibitionists Ramp Up Washington State Efforts
Gun prohibitionists behind Initiative 1639 in Washington State have apparently come clean with the Seattle Times, as that newspaper reported over the weekend that if the 30-page measure passes, “Washington’s firearms laws would be among the strictest in the country.” Perhaps by no coincidence, a new group has popped out of the woodwork that calls […]
Anti-gunners Losing Arguments on Embarrassing Facts
This 3D revolver and five rounds of .22 Magnum ammunition were detected by the TSA at an airport in 2016. But critics say these guns are “invisible” to metal detectors. (Image courtesy TSA) Gun control proponents, including some in the press, experienced a couple of embarrassing setbacks last week, thanks to a report from the […]
Seattle Mayor: ‘Lock up Guns’ but What About Preemption?
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Thursday unveiled a new gun control proposal that, according to the Seattle Times, will penalize gun owners $500 to $10,000 “for failing to lock up and safeguard their firearms.” But most Times readers responding to the report appear to be unimpressed and in a few cases downright opposed. There are […]
Where Was Seattle Fury over Business-bashing ‘Gun Violence Tax?’
The City of Seattle is in the midst of a political civil war following the City Council’s unanimous approval of a “head tax” on big business, with even the Seattle Times encouraging a citizen initiative to derail what it calls “the destructive, opportunity-killing” measure, arguing that “this is needed to reverse the city’s hostility to […]