Opinion
King County’s emergency powers and your guns | The Firearms Lawyer
Imagine that a natural disaster has just occurred, forcing you and your family to evacuate your home. From…
Opinion
Nice shot, Boy Scouts | The Firearms Lawyer
An NRA firearms instructor recently visited our Federal Way Kiwanis Club. He told us he goes all over…
Opinion
Should the U.S. become more like Europe? | The Firearms Lawyer
Behind many of President Obama’s recent forays into the international arena lies the issue of whether the United…
News
Mayors and the right to bear arms | The Firearms Lawyer
Federal Way’s neighboring mayor, Pete Lewis of Auburn, presumably joined Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) to combat violent…
Opinion
Veterans and gun rights | The Firearms Lawyer
Have you ever noticed how everybody claims to honor our veterans? Even the anti-war activists that despised President…
Opinion
Federal Way’s courthouse security | The Firearms Lawyer
A recent study by the Washington State Board for Judicial Administration (BJA) provides guidance related to protecting our…
Opinion
Why we need rednecks | The Firearms Lawyer
Bill Pirkle’s column “A man holds his honor like water in his hands” (May 20) recently raised some…
Opinion
Laws of self-defense | The Firearms Lawyer
Many of the people that come to me have legal problems that develop because of misunderstandings about when…
Opinion
Gun rights are a bipartisan matter | The Firearms Lawyer
There are still many good shooting ranges and clubs in King County and all over Western Washington. It is difficult, however, to…
Opinion
Vigilante justice and lead enemas | The Firearms Lawyer
The fact that the King County Sheriff’s office and other Washington state law enforcement agencies are being forced…
Opinion
Should volunteers bring guns to disaster sites? | The Firearms Lawyer
Some Federal Way residents have devoted our evenings and weekends preparing for earthquakes, fire, WMD attacks or other…
Opinion
Guns and domestic violence | The Firearms Lawyer
Firearms were used in 54 percent of Washington state’s domestic violence-related homicides since 1997. The Tacoma News Tribune…
Opinion
Assault weapon ban: Taking that bullet back | The Firearms Lawyer
In 1994, Congress enacted a ban on assault weapons. President Bill Clinton declared that such semi-automatic weapons were…
Opinion
Cold dead hands and racial equality | The Firearms Lawyer
What do Charlton Heston and Rev. Martin Luther King have in common? Along with the fact that both…