Enactment of a new gun control law in Oregon requiring safe storage may be a piece of trophy legislation for proponents including perennially anti-gun State Sen. Ginny Burdick (D-Portland), but the true acid test may be whether the safe storage requirement has any impact on the bloodbath in Portland. Already this year, according to KPTV […]
Analysis: Did ‘The Nation’ Writer Shoot Holes in Anti-Gun Argument?
Did Elie Mystal, the Harvard-educated journalist and law school graduate, just shoot holes in any argument against a lawsuit scheduled for review by the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the restrictive gun permit laws in New York State? Writing at The Nation about the case, gun control in New York and elsewhere, and not attempting to […]
Seattle Goes Deadly as Four Killed in Weekend of Violence
Seattle, a city once known for its laid-back lifestyle and far-left politics, is making headlines of a different kind following a violent weekend during which four people were fatally shot, leaving outgoing Mayor Jenny Durkan speaking in familiar platitudes. “Tackling gun violence has no easy solutions,” she told reporters. “This level of gun violence in […]
NY Republican Lawmaker Says ‘Defund Police’ Effort Behind Crime Spike
Republican New York Congressman John Katko, appearing over the weekend on Fox News with former Congressman Trey Gowdy, suggested the main reason behind crime spikes in major U.S. cities such as New York City is the effort to defund police departments. Katko said the problem in the Big Apple is, “Number one, they defunded the […]
Chicago: No Moratorium on Murder Even on Mother’s Day
Five days after Chicago resident Nortasha Stingley pleaded for a Mother’s Day ceasefire in the Windy City, her request was answered with a new body count, with six dead and more than 20 others wounded, according to various reports. As noted at the popular Heyjackass.com website, Chicago has seen more than 200 people murdered so […]
Have NW ‘Progressives’ About Worn Out Their Welcome?
The Portland, Oregonian is reporting that the city has recorded 20 homicides so far this year, while demonstrators tried to set fire to the Federal Courthouse Thursday night. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, the newspaper said, will “seek $2 million in one-time funding to allow more proactive policing on city streets with greater civilian oversight to […]