Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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Our state Legislature is philosophically divided when it comes to reducing violent crimes and so-called "gun violence." Republicans believe it's possible to do both without undermining Second Amendment rights and the even stronger language in the Washington Constitution – which declares the right to own and bear a firearm "shall not be impaired." When our colleagues across the political aisle fail to win through the court system, they resort to chipping away through legislatio...
On the Saturday before Easter, the state Senate’s majority Democrats passed what they call an “assault weapons ban.” In reality, the bill targets several of the most popular sporting and self-defense firearms in the country, including most modern sporting rifles and even some shotguns used for hunting and competition shooting. My Republican colleagues and I debated the measure for nearly three hours, using the amendment process to try to point out the fallacies of their argum...
