http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:57:34 -0700 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:08:34 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d29-What-is-commonsense-firearm-legislation?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     Seattle Weekly writer/editor Nina Shapiro is at it again in her “Daily Weekly” blog, demanding that the Legislature do something in the wake of a sixth law enforcement death since Oct. 31.   Five of those offi... gunrights Washington State Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Pierce County Lakewood Personal Protection Constitution Liberty Recreational shooting Gun safety National Rifle Association Open Carry Gun bans Hoplophobia SAF CCRKBA Lethal Force Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:08:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d29-What-is-commonsense-firearm-legislation?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d28-The-truth-is-out-Workman-is-a-moron?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     Going back over the past ten months since I became the Seattle Gun Rights Examiner – one of about 15 “GRE’s” around the country, one thing has become evident.   When someone doesn’t like what... gunrights Seattle Washington State Hunting Rights Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Supreme Court Hunting safety Personal Protection Knives Constitution Liberty Recreational shooting SCOTUS Gun bans Hoplophobia SAF CCRKBA Fox News Lethal Fo Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:01:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d28-The-truth-is-out-Workman-is-a-moron?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d24-Media-drumbeat-for-gun-control-turns-to-outrageous-blame-game?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     First it was Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat suggesting that firearms ownership should be regulated like driving and car ownership, and now the newspaper’s editorial page has blamed the “Second Amendment crowd&rd... Zero tolerance Gun-Free Zones Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:52:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d24-Media-drumbeat-for-gun-control-turns-to-outrageous-blame-game?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d23-Media-drumbeat-begins-for-more-gun-restrictions?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner  Predictably, the media drumbeat for more restrictions on firearms rights has begun in the wake of another shooting involving law enforcement officers – this time two Pierce County sheriff’s deputies – in a home near Tanwax Lak... gunrights Seattle Washington State Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Supreme Court Pierce County Personal Protection Constitution Liberty Gun safety Gun bans Hoplophobia SAF Media Bias Gun Rights 101 Seattle Times WA constitution Chicago Common sense Bi Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:19:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d23-Media-drumbeat-begins-for-more-gun-restrictions?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d22-Murder-rate-declined-while-gun-sales-boomed-An-inconvenient-truth?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     Today I’m sort of sharing a headline with my colleague David Codrea because yesterday’s release by the FBI of preliminary crime data for the first six months of this year just poked a mammoth-sized hole in that bag of h... gunrights Seattle Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Personal Protection Constitution Liberty Gun safety Gun bans Homicide data Hoplophobia SAF Media Bias Seattle Times NSSF Seattle P-I Common sense Gun Free Zones Washington CeaseFire Assaul Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:26:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d22-Murder-rate-declined-while-gun-sales-boomed-An-inconvenient-truth?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d21-So-only-cops-should-have-guns-eh-Maybe-not-in-District-of-Columbia?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     There are at least three pieces of damning video footage (much of it repetitive) taken over the weekend in Washington, D.C. that show a plainclothes metro police detective apparently drawing a gun on a crowd that was engaged in a s... gunrights Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Personal Protection Washington D.C. Gun safety Lethal Force CNN Common sense Gun Free Zones Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:49:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d21-So-only-cops-should-have-guns-eh-Maybe-not-in-District-of-Columbia?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d18-WA-gun-ban-proposal-shows-facts-dont-matter-to-prohibitionists?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     In 2008, the most recent year for which statistics are available, there were 14,180 homicides in the United States, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.   Of those, 9,484 were committed with firearms of all kind... gunrights Seattle Washington State Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Personal Protection Knives Washington Constitution Liberty Recreational shooting Gun safety National Rifle Association Gun bans Homicide data Hoplophobia SAF CCRKBA Gun Ri Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:38:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d18-WA-gun-ban-proposal-shows-facts-dont-matter-to-prohibitionists?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d17-Antigun-WA-lawmakers-launch-new-assault-on-weapons-press-doesnt-help?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     As predicted earlier in this column, gun prohibitionists are using the murder of a Seattle police officer, and a couple of other slayings, to launch a new effort to ban the sale of semiautomatic firearms in Washington State, and re... gunrights Seattle Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Lakewood Personal Protection Constitution Liberty Recreational shooting Gun safety Gun bans Hoplophobia SAF CCRKBA Media Bias Seattle Times WA constitution Common sense Homicide Washingto Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:36:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d17-Antigun-WA-lawmakers-launch-new-assault-on-weapons-press-doesnt-help?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d16-SAFNRA-case-against-Seattle-gun-ban-moves-forward?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     If everything goes according to current schedule, attorneys for the Second Amendment Foundation and National Rifle Association will be in court on Feb. 19, 2010 for what they hope will be a smack-down of Seattle’s gun ban in ... gunrights Seattle Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Pierce County Lakewood Personal Protection Constitution Liberty Gun safety Gun bans SAF CCRKBA Seattle Times WA constitution Seattle P-I Greg Nickels Common sense Gun Free Zones Jewish Fed Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:15:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d16-SAFNRA-case-against-Seattle-gun-ban-moves-forward?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d15-Today-December-15-is-Bill-of-Rights-Day?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     For those of you who skipped U.S. History class in high school, today – December 15 – is a date that should be just as important on your calendar as July 4.    Today is “Bill of Rights Day,” signed... gunrights Gun Control Second Amendment Supreme Court Constitution Liberty Gun safety National Rifle Association SCOTUS Gun bans SAF CCRKBA Media Bias Gun Rights 101 Fourth Amendment WA constitution Equal Rights Bill of Rights Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:29:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d15-Today-December-15-is-Bill-of-Rights-Day?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d14-Gun-prohibitionists-reveal-strategy-of-upcoming-attack?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     A widely published Associated Press story on the rise in police gun-related fatalities this year, along with a now-questionable opinion poll that suggested National Rifle Association members support some gun control measures has &n... gunrights Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Supreme Court Pierce County Lakewood Constitution Gun safety National Rifle Association Gun bans New York MSNBC Gun Rights 101 Seattle Times Mayors Against Illegal Guns White House Homicide Seattl Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:41:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d14-Gun-prohibitionists-reveal-strategy-of-upcoming-attack?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d11-Taking-The-High-Road-and-other-gun-rights-forums?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     Last time, I mentioned here that it would be interesting to interview members of the extended family of cop-killer Maurice Clemmons, just to see what makes them tick; why they would risk their future freedom to help hide the killer... gunrights Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Constitution Gun safety SAF CCRKBA Internet Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:35:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d11-Taking-The-High-Road-and-other-gun-rights-forums?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d10-The-extended-family-from-Hell?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     It would be conveniently tidy for the story of last month’s Parkland police massacre to begin and end with recently-departed cop killer Maurice Clemmons; tidy for social apologists who never seem to run out of excuses for peo... gunrights Seattle Crime Second Amendment Self-Defense Tacoma Lakewood Personal Protection Gun safety National Rifle Association CCRKBA Seattle Times Homicide Seattle Police Maurice Clemmons Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:40:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d10-The-extended-family-from-Hell?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Forget-the-NRA-Its-the-FBI-that-apparently-has-some-serious-gun-nuts?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     Thanks to an on-line forum called StrategyPage.com, it is now clear that the National Rifle Association “ain’t got nuthin’” on the Federal Bureau of Investigation when it comes to a zeal for things that go &... gunrights Second Amendment Self-Defense Hunting safety Personal Protection Constitution Liberty Recreational shooting Gun safety National Rifle Association Hoplophobia Washington CeaseFire Assault rifles Somali pirates Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:56:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Forget-the-NRA-Its-the-FBI-that-apparently-has-some-serious-gun-nuts?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d7-Remembering-Pearl-Harbor-and-perhaps-exploding-a-myth?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     Sixty-eight years ago today, Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941 – a date that will live in infamy – the United States was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy at Pearl Harbor, at the cost of more than 2,000 lives.   My fa... gunrights Washington State Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Pierce County Tacoma Lakewood Personal Protection Constitution Liberty Gun safety National concealed carry Gun bans Hoplophobia Lethal Force Gun Rights 101 Common sense Homicide M Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:45:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d7-Remembering-Pearl-Harbor-and-perhaps-exploding-a-myth?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d4-SCOTUS-sets-oral-arguments-on-Chicago-gun-ban-challenge?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     The long-awaited challenge to Chicago’s handgun ban will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 2, 2010 and already it is looking like everyone, on both sides of the issue, anticipates that the justices will rule that th... gunrights Washington State Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Supreme Court Tacoma Lakewood Personal Protection D.C. Constitution Gun safety SCOTUS Gun bans SAF Lethal Force Seattle Times Seattle P-I Chicago Equal Rights Homicide Maurice Cle Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:57:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d4-SCOTUS-sets-oral-arguments-on-Chicago-gun-ban-challenge?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d2-Accused-cop-killer-had-surprise-stolen-handgun?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     Maurice Clemmons, the man authorities are convinced fatally shot four Lakewood, WA police officers Sunday morning in a coffee shop in the Parkland area south of Tacoma, evidently left two handguns at the scene of the crime, one of ... gunrights Seattle Washington State Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Pierce County Tacoma Lakewood Personal Protection Gun bans Lethal Force Media Bias Seattle Times Homicide Seattle Police Maurice Clemmons Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:37:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d2-Accused-cop-killer-had-surprise-stolen-handgun?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d1-A-copkiller-is-dead-and-now-comes-time-for-questions?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     The hunt for cop-killer Maurice Clemmons came to an end on a quiet residential Seattle street Tuesday morning, and there can be no question that the Pierce County man is responsible for the brutal murder of four Lakewood police off... gunrights Seattle Washington State Crime Gun Control Self-Defense Tacoma Lakewood Personal Protection Gun safety Gun bans Seattle Times Seattle P-I Homicide Seattle Police Maurice Clemmons Mike Huckabee Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:12:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d1-A-copkiller-is-dead-and-now-comes-time-for-questions?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d30-A-long-history-of-crime-should-send-a-signal?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner I The Pacific Northwest seems to be asking itself a question: How could a man with the criminal history of suspected cop-killer Maurice Clemmons be on the street?             Here is a guy w... Gun Control Gun bans Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:14:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d30-A-long-history-of-crime-should-send-a-signal?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d25-NYC-teen-killed-by-police-sealed-own-fate?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner     There will be some important questions raised about why, of the 11 police bullets that entered 18-year-old Dashawn Vasconcellos late on the night of Nov. 21, not one of them entered the front but three of them entered his back.&nbs... gunrights Crime Gun Control Second Amendment Self-Defense Personal Protection Gun safety New York Lethal Force Mayors Against Illegal Guns Common sense Homicide Michael Bloomberg Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:43:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d25-NYC-teen-killed-by-police-sealed-own-fate?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner