The new Washington state law requiring lawful citizens to jump through a number of government hoops and acquire a permit before purchasing a firearm is considered to be unconstitutional by many observers, including at least one county sheriff in the Evergreen State. The measure, House Bill 1163, created a permit-to-purchase scheme that requires government permission to purchase … Read more
Washington, one of the left coast parcels continuing to masquerade as an American state, recently mounted a successful defense of its ban on high-capacity magazines in front of the state’s supreme kangaroo court, which ruled on May 8 that the law doesn’t violate the Second Amendment. Using a tired and effortlessly debunked legal theory, devoid … Read more
Washington Democrats continue to drive the state into an authoritarian dystopia, this time with the House’s recent approval of their newest anti-Second Amendment measure to require a state permit to purchase firearms. Apparently, they didn’t get the memo that the Second Amendment itself is an American’s permit, but perhaps they don’t feel they are part … Read more
A Washington man faces felony charges after shooting himself in the butt at a gas station on Nov. 3. Police caught up with the victim/suspect at a local hospital where he promptly blamed the shooting on a stranger, but authorities were already the wiser. Officers responded to a Shell gas station in Kent around 3:15 … Read more
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that they are opening up 53 new hunting and sport fishing opportunities on approximately 211,000 acres nationwide in the National Wildlife Refuge System, a move heralded by pro-gun and pro-hunting organizations. Twelve national wildlife refuges, managed by the service, are proposing to open and expand opportunities … Read more
What happens when an 18-year-old thug brings his old, inferior S&W Sigma 9mm (but it has a laser!) to attempt a carjacking of trained U.S. Marshals guarding Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s residence in Washington, D.C.? Suffice it to say things didn’t go well for Kentrell Flowers. He got himself shot and his gun taken away. So … Read more
A 71-year-old man was fatally shot in self-defense after allegedly threatening a family with a gun on their property, NBC News Yakima is reporting. Officers responded to a report of shots fired on May 11 at 3:30 p.m. They found the 71-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound and located the 27-year-old shooter, who told … Read more
In a verdict that is more notable for where it occurred—Washington, DC—more so than why it occurred—a justifiable self-defense claim, Tierra Posey, a 24-year-old woman, was acquitted of all charges related to fatally shooting another woman during a fight in 2020. The acquittal came after a week-long trial in DC Superior Court, as reported by … Read more
How dumb does a person have to be to mount a scope backwards? That takes an extra special sort of individual. Sort of like a trio of would-be armed robbers in Marysville, Wash. Police officers chased the not-so-bright crew after cops say they attempted to pull an armed robbery and/or carjacking. The three scholars rolled … Read more
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