A small gathering of Washington State gun prohibitionists in Olympia Monday wants legislation to ban so-called “assault weapons” in the state, but a draft of legislation obtained by Liberty Park Press shows that the ban would also include some semi-automatic pistols with threaded barrels for using legal suppressors. “This is the gun prohibition lobby’s wish […]
Washington DOL Wants to Hire Private Firm to Trim Gun Data Backlog
The discomfort many Washington State gun owners have with the existence of a state pistol registry could be amplified by a report that the state Department of Licensing (DOL) wants to hire a “private data-entry firm” to catch up on a backlog of records to be entered, according to an article in the Everett Herald on […]
Gun Law Failure in Mount Vernon Shooting?
The man identified by various Washington State news agencies as the suspect in the Dec. 15 shooting of a Mount Vernon police officer has a lengthy criminal history dating back almost 20 years, according to published reports, which would prohibit him from possessing a firearm. Yet the suspect, identified in various news reports as Ernesto […]
Brakes Off in Washington State as Two New Tax Proposals Surface
Emboldened by the election results in November, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has launched a massive $4.2 billion tax increase program at virtually the same time that the state Department of Transportation announced what it calls a “pilot program” to charge drivers for the miles they drive, rather than the gallons of gasoline they use. Reaction […]
Research Hints that Background Check Laws May Hamper Suicide Prevention
New research published this week in an issue of the JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that gun control laws requiring background checks for even temporary transfers of firearms may hamper suicide prevention efforts, according to Fox News. It’s an assertion that got immediate attention from Alan Gottlieb, founder and executive vice president of the Second Amendment […]
Gun Advocate Gottlieb’s Prediction Nails It: Anti-Gunners Not Resting
Following Donald Trump’s stunning victory last week in his race to the White House, Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, offered a sobering prediction about how the gun prohibition lobby would react. “While America’s hard-working gun owners can celebrate the victory they helped make possible,” Gottlieb […]
