A sheriff in the Idaho Panhandle has a piece of advice for visitors from neighboring Washington who may be headed into his county for the July 4 holiday weekend or beyond: “Don’t come to Kootenai County on vacation, and leave on probation.” In a letter posted on Facebook, Kootenai County Sheriff Robert B. Norris not […]
Several Cases Explain Washington’s Real ‘Problem,’ And It’s Not Guns
While Washington lawmakers have passed several new gun control bills this session, including one that bans the future sale, import or manufacture of so-called “assault weapons,” none of them are expected to lower gun-related violent crime, suggest gun rights activists. Indeed, as has been previously reported by TGM, in the years since Evergreen State voters […]
Louisville Mayor Wants Local Gun Control ‘Autonomy’
Reacting to Monday’s shooting rampage at a Louisville bank, Mayor Craig Greenberg made a plea Tuesday for local control of firearms, which translates to a call for an end to Kentucky’s long-standing firearms preemption statute. Big city mayors dislike preemption laws because they’re prevented from adopting their own gun control policies. However, the laws have […]
WA Concealed Carry Heads Upwards Once Again
A report at TheGunMag.com detailing the rise in concealed carry in Washington State says the state is poised to hit, and maybe even surpass, the 700,000 mark by the end of February, if the current rising pattern continues. It surprises some observers that the Evergreen State, considered politically “blue” because of its penchant for electing […]
Heavy Opposition to WA House Gun Control Measures
Opponents of three House bills in Washington State—to repeal state preemption, ban so-called “assault rifles” and require training and permits to purchase firearms—vastly outnumbered supporters of each measure during public hearings at the state capitol in Olympia, although the number of people speaking on both sides of the issue was balanced by time limits. According […]
WA State Preemption Law Under Attack from 15 Democrats
Fifteen Washington State Democrat members of the state House of Representatives wasted no time launching an anticipated effort to repeal the Evergreen State’s nearly-40-year-old model preemption law, threatening a system of gun law uniformity that has been upheld in the state courts more than once. And that appears to be the problem, as the opening […]
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