A spokesman for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms discusses a disturbing new report in the Seattle Times.
A number of states in the U.S. have very strict gun laws – and some are paying the price as a result.
Namely Seattle, Washington. In a new article published in the Seattle Times, it’s reported that there have been “50 percent more homicides in the first half of 2024 versus the same period in 2019.” This comes after a record number of murders in 2023.
This ties in with the state’s gun control policies, which the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) has noted is a “complete failure.”
Alan Gottlieb, who serves as Chairman for the CCRKBA, noted, “We have maintained gun control in the state, and in Seattle, has been a complete failure. In 2015, the city adopted a special tax on the sale of guns and ammunition, arguing that the money would be used to help reduce so-called ‘gun violence.’ Instead, the number of homicides in the city has more than tripled, from 20 in 2016, the first year the tax was in effect, to 64 last year, according to Seattle Police data posted on their website.”
“In 2014, when Washington voters passed gun control Initiative 594, the state reported 172 homicides, according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report,” Gottlieb continued. “In 2023, according to a new report from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, the state logged 376 murders. You can play all the games with statistics you want, but that still amounts to more than double the number of murders since the state started passing increasingly stricter gun control laws.
“Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson should publicly acknowledge their gun control policies have failed miserably,” Gottlieb concluded. “These gun laws have only penalized law-abiding citizens, and emboldened violent criminals. They should be repealed, and the people responsible for these laws should publicly apologize.”
A spokesman for the CCRKBA joins us now to discuss this further.
Q&A:
- Do you believe this is a wake-up call for strict gun policies that aren’t working as effectively as some were hoping?
- Will Seattle’s government actually apologize for this? Or will they continue to push for these “gun safety” initiatives and note there’s nothing wrong with them?
- If the situation continues to get bad for Seattle, will more people likely leave the city? How will the city government react then?
- What can be done to save Seattle, and, for that matter, Washington? Could there be a turn-around in adopting a Concealed-Carry or Open-Carry policy?
- Tell us more about the CCRKBA and your devotion to all private gun owners’ right to bear arms.
- Where can people call in to pledge their support to the CCRKBA?
- The number to support the group is (800) 699-0992.
- Where can we learn more about the CCRKBA and its members?
- Those interested can visit our home page at https://www.ccrkba.org.
CCRKBA (Second Amendment Foundation) spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community; a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years.
He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
CONTACT: Todd Baumann at 512-966-0983 or by email Jerry McGlothlin at jerry@specialguests.com.
