Washington State Second Amendment activists bundled up against bone-chilling cold to gather on the state capitol steps in Olympia Friday morning, where they cheered efforts to eliminate the decades-old state pistol database, and a promised attempt to repeal provisions of Initiative 594. The latter measure is the 2014 citizen initiative that requires so-called “universal background […]
Killer Gets Life Sentence, Washington AG Wants To Punish Gun Owners
While confessed 20-year-old killer Allen Ivanov pulled a life sentence without possibility of parole for murdering three former classmates last summer in Mukilteo, Washington, Evergreen State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and three state lawmakers owe an explanation to gun owners about why they should all be penalized for the crime. Earlier this week, legislation Ferguson […]
‘Hearing Protection Act’ Introduced; Anti-gunners Hardly Silent
A veteran United States Senator from Idaho, and a pair of congressmen from Texas and South Carolina have introduced federal legislation aimed at removing firearms suppressors from regulation under the 1934 National Firearms Act, and it took no time at all for anti-gunners to object. Sen. Mike Crapo, an Idaho Republican, introduced the Hearing Protection […]
History Note: Tombstone Becomes ‘America’s Second Amendment City’
Tombstone, Arizona – known in western lore as “The Town Too Tough to Die” – has a second slogan thanks to the mayor and city council, and one that ought to please gun rights activists and western history buffs: “America’s Second Amendment City.” According to KOLD News 13 in Tucson, Tombstone Mayor Dustin L. “Dusty” […]
Washington Citizen Rally Set Friday Over Gun Control
While Evergreen State Second Amendment activists had already planned a rally on the capitol steps in Olympia this Friday, with Monday’s debut of proposed gun control legislation by Democrat Attorney General Bob Ferguson, they now have a specific target. Already, the Seattle Times story on Ferguson’s two pieces of legislation – one calling for an […]
Wash. Attorney General Begins Push for Gun Ban, Licensing
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson apparently wants the Evergreen State to have gun laws similar to those in New York and Connecticut, according to the Yakima Herald, as he released details on bills to ban so-called “assault weapons” and require “enhanced” background checks for the purchase of such guns. The measures may be read […]
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