Second Amendment activists are putting up strong opposition to a proposed gun and ammunition tax in Tacoma, WA. (Dave Workman photo) Western Washington Second Amendment activists are preparing for another round with the Tacoma City Council Tuesday, when that municipal body is scheduled to hear a final reading of a proposed ordinance creating a special […]
Gun Owners Tell Tacoma Officials: Proposed Gun Tax a Bad Idea
Alarmed by a proposed “gun violence tax” in the city of Tacoma, Wash., several gun owners and Second Amendment activists spoke to the city council this week, and the message was clear: Don’t do it. The issue is being discussed on Facebook. Their sentiments may have been best summed up by Tacoma resident Clinton Stewart, […]
Tacoma, WA Council to Consider ‘Gun Violence Tax’ on Honest Gun Owners
Gun rights activists in Western Washington are encouraging gun owners living in and outside the city of Tacoma to attend a Tuesday evening meeting where the Tacoma City Council will hear from them on a proposal to place a special tax on the sale of guns and ammunition within city limits. The meeting begins at […]
Tacoma, WA Councilman to Push Gun, Ammo Tax
Claiming in an interview with KCPQ News that he knows most gun owners are responsible individuals, Tacoma, WA Councilman Ryan Mello still wants to burden them with a special tax on firearms and ammunition as a way to raise money to address “gun violence.” As quoted by the Fox News affiliate, Mello justifies his proposal […]
Is Coverage Different About ‘Man with Gun’ Killed at Tacoma’s NDC?
After Tacoma Police fatally shot an armed man—later identified as Willem Van Spronsen of Vashon Island—who was protesting, and apparently trying to destroy, the Northwest Detention Center (NDC), was news coverage somehow different than it might have been had the dead man been identified as a right-wing deportation activist and Second Amendment advocate? Van Spronsen […]
Flashback Friday: Serial Killer Bundy ‘Born Evil’ says Defense Attorney
Fox News is reporting that cross country serial killer Ted Bundy’s former defense attorney contended that his client was “absolutely born evil,” which may help explain the trail of bodies he left from the Pacific Northwest to Florida in the 1970s. The attorney, famed criminal defense lawyer John Henry Browne, appears in a Bundy documentary […]
