Essentially ignoring energetic opposition from local gun owners, plus the threat of a lawsuit, and the existence of a state preemption statute, the Pittsburgh City Council has approved a trio of gun control ordinances in reaction to last year’s attack at the Tree of Life synagogue that claimed 11 lives and left others wounded. According […]
WA Anti-Gunners Must Face Some Inconvenient Truths
Grassroots gun rights activists who gathered on the capitol steps in Olympia, Washington last year to oppose new gun control efforts will be back again as new threats arise. (Dave Workman) Beleaguered Evergreen State gun owners are beginning 2019 facing serious threats to their rights, not the least of which is a Legislature dominated by […]
Gun Prohibitionist Agenda Confirms ‘Slippery Slope’
For years, Second Amendment activists have been ridiculed and disdained for insisting that the gun prohibition agenda is aimed at eroding the fundamental right to keep and bear arms, but on Capitol Hill and out in “the other Washington,” there is ample evidence that the “slippery slope” argument has merit. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi said Thursday […]
WA Anti-Gunners Show How to Dismantle Preemption, Ban Semi-Autos
Second Amendment advocates from one coast to the other should be paying close attention to what is happening in Washington state, which has become a test tube for anti-gunners now laying the framework to dismantle state preemption statutes and ban semiautomatic firearms, and it can be traced to King County, where the Board of Health […]
Cal. Gun Laws Simply Failed; Political Hypocrisy in WA?
Buried in the Seattle Times’ coverage of Tuesday’s passage in Washington State of gun control Initiative 1639 is a quote from anti-gun state Attorney General Bob Ferguson that strongly suggests political hypocrisy. According to the story, “State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, an I-1639 supporter, said he would defend the measure in court if need be. […]
King County, WA Council Joins Push v. State Preemption as CPLs Rise
Predictably, the anti-gun majority of Washington State’s King County Council voted Monday to adopt a new “safe storage” requirement for gun owners, likely in violation of the state’s 35-year-old preemption statute, but some pro-rights activists in the firearms community are quietly wondering if this isn’t a signal that the preemption law could be in jeopardy […]
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