For the second straight month in Washington State, the number of active concealed pistol licenses has once again climbed, recovering from a four-month decline that began in December and sent some alarm bells through the firearms community. This news comes as lawmakers in Sacramento just passed more restrictive gun control measures to ratchet down on […]
Can an ‘Enhanced Background Check’ Stop ‘Gun Violence?’
The Washington Post has published an interesting report about how so-called “gun violence” is “dividing America,” at a time when that division is clearly illustrated in the Pacific Northwest with campaigns in both Oregon and Washington that are pure gun control. That is to say neither the effort to outright ban so-called “assault weapons” in […]
Battleground Northwest: Gun Owners Under Attack
UPDATED, 3/22 at 1:55 p.m. Two days after a Portland-based “interfaith religious group” launched a ballot initiative campaign to ban so-called “assault weapons” in Oregon, a Seattle Times editorial is calling for the same effort in neighboring Washington, effectively turning the Pacific Northwest into a gun rights battleground. The original Oregon proposal, Initiative Petition 42 and […]
NW Gun Rights Under Attack; Oregon Gun Ban Initiative Launched
On the heels of a strong hint about a new gun control initiative effort in Washington Wednesday, gun prohibitionists in neighboring Oregon are launching a campaign to ban so-called “assault weapons,” according to Willamette Week. Called the “The Interfaith and People of Goodwill Campaign to Ban Assault Weapons,” the effort is already attracting attention beyond […]
As SHOT Show Winds Down, Bump Stocks in the Political Crosshairs
Friday’s wrap of the 2018 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show coincides with more gun control back at the state level, with at least two bump stock ban measures making headway at far ends of the country. There is much irony in this because prior to Oct. 1, 2017, very few people outside the […]
Will Expanded State Level Gun Control Efforts Succeed or Fail?
The Hill is reporting that gun control proponents see 2018 as a year in which they “can notch new wins in state legislatures across the country.” Already, Massachusetts and New Jersey have banned “bump stock” devices, the newspaper noted, and bans have been approved by legislative committees in Indiana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington. […]
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