A weekend story in the Capital Gazette, the Maryland newspaper that experienced a mass shooting incident earlier this year in which five staffers were killed, featured an interview with perennial anti-gun Democrat U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen that illustrates why gun control is doomed to failure. Proponents just don’t get it, and if they could […]
Another WA City Poking at Preemption
Another city in western Washington appears to be preparing to test how far it can get against the state’s 35-year-old preemption statute, and gun rights advocates in any state with a similar law should pay attention to what is happening in the Evergreen State. As Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right […]
Chicago Still On Pace to Lead Nation in Homicides
It was a particularly bloody weekend in Chicago, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, which reported nine people killed and another 29 wounded between Friday evening and Monday morning. While CNN has tried to put a nice face on the problem, reporting that May marked the 15th consecutive month of declining “gun violence,” The Crime Report […]
Bloody Baltimore: Another Example of Gun Control Failure
The Baltimore Sun reported Thursday morning that the city has recorded 343 homicides so far this year, and with a few days still to go, that number just might creep up. What the newspaper didn’t acknowledge is that the number of deaths from gunfire – 300 this year as opposed to 275 in 2016 – […]
Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force Cops Face Criminal Charges
Call it an extreme case of Karma, but the Baltimore Sun is reporting that all but one member of an elite Baltimore Police Department gun trace task force have been indicted on “federal racketeering charges.” Seven members of the unit were indicted by a federal grand jury in March and an eighth member was charged […]
Baltimore Tops 300 Slayings as Seattle Anti-Gunners Plan Gun Ban Rally
For the second year in a row, the City of Baltimore has surpassed 300 homicides and the year isn’t finished, but the push for additional gun control is 2,900 miles away, where the Seattle-based Washington Ceasefire is planning a rally to ban so-called “assault weapons” on Monday, Dec. 19. The Baltimore Sun detailed the most […]