Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
A ten-year old Washington boy defended his mother from attack by shooting a man in the face with a pump-up BB gun. Too bad he didn’t have access to a real gun.
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/11/22/2282271/police-10-year-old-shoots-moms.html
BELLEVUE, WA – A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement by the City of Omaha, Nbreaks of an ordinance that prohibits legal non-citizens from registering handguns in the city, in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation, the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association and Armando Pliego Gonzalez. Read more
This from Fox News and John Lott after the House passed national reciprosity for concealed carry:
For decades, treating licenses for guns like those for cars was something that gun control advocates wanted.
In his 2000 presidential campaign, Al Gore promised: “We require a license to drive a car in this nation in order to keep unsafe drivers off the road. As president, I will fight for a national requirement that every state issue photo licenses [for handgun buyers]. We should require a license to own a handgun so people who shouldn’t have them, can’t get them.”
More Here…http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/11/15/whats-wrong-with-making-it-easier-to-carry-gun-in-usa/
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an important self-defense measure that would enable millions of Right-to-Carry permit holders across the country to carry concealed firearms while traveling outside their home states. H.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act, passed by a majority bipartisan vote of 272 to 154. All amendments aimed to weaken or damage the integrity of this bill were defeated. Read more
The tsunami at the ballot box will continue next year when millions of gun owners will finish what they started in the mid-term election.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/3/gun-owners-to-count-at-the-ballot-box/
A South Carolina sheriff encourages citizens to get a concealed weapons permit, after a woman was attacked while walking her dog in a park.
BELLEVUE, WA – Wednesday’s revelation by Gallup that a record low number of Americans support a legal ban on handgun possession by private citizens demonstrates a positive change in the public attitude about personal protection and the Second Amendment, the Second Amendment Foundation said.
According to Gallup, only 26 percent of Americans favor a handgun ban. The annual Gallup Crime poll was conducted Oct. 6-9. Read more
People in the U.S. do not favor more gun control, especially relative to handguns and semi-automatic firearms.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/150341/Record-Low-Favor-Handgun-Ban.aspx
Monday, October 17, 2011
Last week, House Bill 5064 was assigned to the House Committee on Judiciary and will likely be up for a vote in the near future. HB 5064, authored by state Representative Paul Opsommer (R-93), would provide protections for law-abiding gun owners to legally store firearms in their locked vehicles while parked at their place of employment.