For the umpteenth month in a row, the number of active concealed pistol licenses in Washington State has gone upward, this time nearly 3,000 during October, and it appears to be part of a national trend leading up to next Tuesday’s presidential election. The Washington Examiner reported yesterday that gun sales are spiking as Americans […]
First Criminal Charge Filed under Two-Year-Old Gun Control Measure
The Island County, Washington prosecutor has filed what may be the first-ever criminal charge for violation of a controversial “universal background check” law approved by voters in 2014, almost one year after an Oak Harbor man was murdered with an allegedly illegally-transferred pistol, according to KING5 News and the Northwest News Network. According to published reports, […]
Serious Due Process Questions Raised about Gun Control Measure
The Washington State chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Alliance on Mental Illness/Washington (NAMI), while remaining neutral on a new gun control initiative on the Nov. 8 ballot, have raised serious questions about the measure in e-mail statements obtained by Liberty Park Press. Additionally, Evergreen State Democrats earlier this year put […]
While Anti-gunners Exploit Tragedy, Gun Rights Group Calls Them Out
When a well-financed Washington State gun prohibition lobbying group moved quickly to exploit last Friday’s tragic Cascade Mall shooting in Burlington, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms quickly noted that this incident is more evidence that gun control laws backed by anti-gunners don’t work. The argument is amplified by a […]
Seattle Mayor And King County Exec Have Some Explaining To Do
Anti-gun Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and King County Executive Dow Constantine, both liberal Evergreen State Democrats, have some explaining to do after announcing their support for “public, supervised sites where addicts can use heroin,” as reported by the Seattle Times Friday. The body count for “heroin-involved deaths” in King County exceeds the statewide toll of […]
Washington State AG Wants Gun Ban, CCRKBA Chairman Responds
When Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that he will propose legislation to ban so-called “assault weapons,” the chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms had a blistering response. “Unfortunately,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “Washington state has an attorney general that attacks constitutional rights instead of defending […]