A conservative women’s group in Washington state issued a report decrying a “staggering 45.7 percent decline in firearm sales” from 2023 to 2024.
REPORT: WA Gun Sales Plummet, Women’s Group Blames Gun Laws
Dave Workman
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Saying Quiet Part Out Loud Reveals Fatal Flaw of Gun Control
In 2014, Colorado reported 86 gun homicides, or 1.9 per 100,000 people; in 2023, the most recent year with available data, 237 people were killed with guns in homicides, or about 5 per 100,000 residents.
Data: Washington Homicides Decline While Concealed Carry Increased
A new report from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) shows murder and violent crime in the Evergreen State declined in 2024…
Bad Timing: Rolling Stone Rips CCW as MI Citizen Acts, WA CPL Hits Record
The argument that “more Americans feel less safe when it comes to people legally carrying concealed guns in public” might not register right now with Michiganders.
Coalition of 2A Organizations Sues NJ Over Suppressor Ban
A coalition of gun rights groups has filed a federal lawsuit challenging New Jersey’s ban on suppressors.
Crime Common Denominator: No Teen Suspect Legally Carries
No law anywhere allows people as young as 14 or 15 to carry a concealed handgun. Not even at 17 years of age can any of these characters, who occasionally have criminal records, be legally packing
NFA: The Hill Gun Control Dies On, and Antis Know It
The NFA became law in 1934 as the first national gun control law, and just like all other gun control laws adopted since, it didn’t prevent criminals from committing violent crimes.
Armed Intervention: ‘You Are Your Own First Responder,’ Says MI Church Volunteer
“You are your own first responder. You are the first person on scene. It doesn’t matter if it’s someone trying to hurt you, an injury, something- you are your first responder.”
Ninth Circuit Panel: California’s One-Gun-a-Month Law Unconstitutional
A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that California’s one-gun-per-month restriction violates the Second Amendment of the Constitution.
Dems, Lib Media Rip Trump, MAGA in MN Murder Aftermath; Antis Blame Guns
In the aftermath of the deadly attacks on two Minnesota lawmakers Saturday, there were predictable efforts to blame Donald Trump’s political rhetoric for raising political tensions, and anti-gunners called for more action on gun control.
Oregon Supreme Court to Review Measure 114 Challenge Nov. 6
The Oregon State Supreme Court has reportedly agreed to hear oral arguments on gun control Measure 114 on Nov. 6, in a case which has dragged on for more than two years.
Low On The Hogg: DNC Ouster Hardly Permanent Breakup
With its increasingly radical gun prohibition agenda, the DNC will need to keep Hogg around, just not as the party’s vice chairman. Likewise, to achieve his gun control goals, Hogg will need the DNC, and everybody knows it.
Biggest Non-Secret: Anti-Gun Groups Overwhelmingly Support Dems
It is common knowledge that the coffers of gun prohibition lobbying groups seem wide open to Democrats from Capitol Hill on down the chain to state legislatures.
‘Toss Loss’ for Antis as SCOTUS Hands Win to Gun Makers
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously to toss out Mexico’s lawsuit against Smith & Wesson and other American gun makers, it handed a “significant and severe setback” to the gun prohibition lobby.
Washington Concealed Carry Numbers Soar Over Past 2 Months
The number of active concealed pistol licenses in Washington state is beginning to climb dramatically, adding almost 7,000 over the past two months, making room for speculation the spike may be at least partially due to the passage of House Bill 1163.
Awkward: Legally-Armed Citizen Fatally Shoots Gunman in Anti-Gun Seattle
When a legally armed citizen intervened in a shooting in downtown Seattle, killing the suspect who had just wounded two victims, there was not a sound heard from the billionaire-backed gun prohibition lobby.
More than 17,000 Guns Reported Lost/Stolen from FFLs in 2024
Data posted by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shows more than 17,200 firearms were reported lost or stolen from federally licensed firearms dealers in 2024.
D.C. Double Slaying: Suspect Crossed State Lines, Media Ignores Lesson
For the establishment media reporting on this tragedy, there is a lesson they are either ignoring or are simply too myopic to grasp.
Outrage: WA Governor Signs Permit-to-Purchase Bill, Lawsuits Certain
Washington Democrat Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed House Bill 1163, which will require all future gun buyers to obtain a permit to purchase firearms, starting May 1, 2027.
Pushback: Activists Want Relief from NFA; More Demands for Bondi to Act
It amounts to an expanding campaign to push back on restrictive gun control laws and regulations which have been stacking up over the course of many years.
Grassley, Ernst Demand Answers and Action in Alleged ATF ‘Waste, Fraud, Abuse’
U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, both Iowa Republicans, are leveling serious allegations about “gross and substantial waste, fraud and abuse at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Behind Enemy Lines: WA Supremes Say Magazines NOT 2A Protected
By a 7-2 vote, the totally-left-of-center Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that so-called large-capacity magazines” (LCMs) are not “arms” protected by the constitution.
Israeli Nat’l Security Minister Gets It Right About Self-Defense
“We need to allow as many citizens as possible to be armed. It gives people a sense of security—when someone has a weapon in their pocket, they feel safer.”–Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir
Trump DOJ Stuns Nation: Sides with Gun Owners in Supreme Court 2A Showdown
It appears to be the first time in history the government—in this case the Department of Justice—has taken the side of gun owners. The case, known as Wolford v. Lopez, challenges Hawaii’s Act 52..
Media Bashes Dhillon, Ignores Her Civil Rights Div. 2A Focus
“The new project I’ve got going in the civil rights division to the surprise of many people on both sides is the Second Amendment.” – Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, DOJ Civil Rights Division
Rasmussen: ‘Americans Still Buying More Guns’
Despite a downturn in gun sales, Americans are still buying guns, and for the past five years those purchases have surpassed one million per month.
CCRKBA Launches Petition to Bondi for ‘Dirty Dozen’ Investigations
CCRKBA has launched a national online petition calling for investigations in each of the named states “to ultimately seek injunctions and/or restraining orders against any and all state laws and local regulations which are determined to infringe and/or impair the exercise of rights protected by the Second Amendment.”
Trump: ‘Gun Doesn’t Do the Shooting, People Do’ Infuriates Antis
President Donald Trump has slapped anti-gunners with the wet towel of common sense, and it is clear from their reaction they don’t like it.
Oregon Lawmakers Double Down Despite Making ‘Dirty Dozen’ List
Oregon lawmakers are doubling down in their anti-gun crusade, despite the state making what attorney William Kirk has labeled “the Dirty Dozen” list recommended for scrutiny by the DOJ’s Second Amendment Task Force.
RIFLE-men: Boozman-Cotton Legislation Would Remove $200 NFA Tax
Dubbed the “Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises (RIFLE) Act,” the three-page bill is being spearheaded by Republican U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, both representing Arkansas.