Friday, April 5, 2013

Wash. state legislators not passing gun control legislation; went shooting on gun range instead


Photo of Senator Pam Roach (R) courtesy of KOMO News
 by Dave Workman

This morning’s Seattle Times website had, as its lead story, Thursday’s shooting session for state lawmakers at an Olympia-area gun range, an event that has heightened meaning this year with the tsunami of anti-gun legislation that has been proposed across the landscape.

Washington State gun rights have essentially remained intact while gun laws adopted elsewhere in a rush by gun prohibitionists in Colorado, Connecticut and New York are of questionable constitutionality and potential effectiveness, say gun rights advocates. As this column reported, the National Shooting Sports Foundation – ironically headquartered in Newtown, Conn., not far from Sandy Hook Elementary – is already hinting at a possible legal challenge to laws signed yesterday by Gov. Dannel Malloy.   Read the rest of the article at The Examiner Read the KOMO News article

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