A pair of reports on gun control laws in Washington State discuss the failure to implement part of a sweeping gun law passed in 2018, and how Evergreen State gun laws compare to other states, yet avoid a critical part of the story, which might be best explained by a deadly crime in Houston, Texas. […]
Grant County, WA Backs Off Claim Mass Shooting was Prevented
UPDATED 8-24 @12:29 p.m. — Authorities in Grant County, Washington have backed away from reports that made national headlines regarding the arrest of armed man at the Gorge Amphitheater, initially suggesting a mass shooting may have been averted. The suspect, identified by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office as Jonathan Moody, 31. He resides in Ephrata, […]
Months After Court Loss, Edmonds Repeals Gun Law; What About Seattle?
Three months after losing unanimously before Washington State’s liberal Supreme Court in its challenge to state gun law preemption, the City of Edmonds has repealed its “safe storage” ordinance, but that still leaves nearby Seattle with a similar regulation on the books, which the high court’s decision effectively nullified. Seattle adopted its ordinance about the […]
Washington Crime Report: Murders, Violent Crime Up, Explains CPL Spike
The number of violent crimes in Washington over the two years from 2019-2021 spiked alarmingly upward, offering one solid explanation for the upward trend in active concealed pistol licenses, along with the revelation by Seattle television station KIRO that the Evergreen State “has the fewest police officers per capita in the country.” According to the […]
Maryland Permit Applications Skyrocket Post-Bruen
It may be a phenomenon anti-gun Maryland politicians have feared and denied for decades, but in the wake of the June 23 Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, NBC News in Washington, D.C. is reporting a surge in applications for concealed carry permits. Maryland was one of seven […]
‘Major Texas GOP Donors,’ Actor McConaughey Favor Some Gun Restrictions
UPDATED – Seventy-eight years after thousands of Americans landed on the beaches at Normandy, or parachuted in darkness behind enemy lines to defend their country and its constitution, the Texas Tribune is reporting how some “self-declared gun enthusiasts” in Texas are “supporting congressional action to increase gun restrictions in response to the mass shooting in […]
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