In a July 25, 2012 article for the Examiner.com, Workman claimed that gun sales had increased nationwide in the wake of a mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado five days earlier in which James Holmes killed 12 people and wounded 58 others. Holmes wore full body armor during the attack. Workman wrote, “Even with police less than two minutes away from the Aurora theater where last Friday’s massacre occurred, people who have been following that case got a nasty reminder that in a life-threatening situation, it is the private citizen, not the police officer, who is typically the first responder. Among gun rights activists, there is an axiom: ‘When seconds count, police are minutes away’ … While one cannot attribute all of these gun sales to concern over the possibility of being caught in a similar situation, the fact that [Concealed Pistol License] CPL applications and renewals, and gun sales have spiked upward since the movie incident suggests people here take a lesson from what they have seen.” Workman was unable to cite any primary source data on retail gun sales or CPL application/renewals to support his claims.

In a July 21, 2012 article for Examiner.com, Workman wrote about a mass shooting that had occurred the day before in Aurora, Colorado. In that shooting, severely mentally ill gunman James Holmes killed 12 people and wounded 58 others in a span of two minutes. Holmes wore full body armor during the attack. Workman argued that no law could have prevented the tragedy, writing, “Murder suspect James Egan Holmes, 24, purchased his firearms over the past two months at two large retail outlets, Bass Pro Shops and Gander Mountain. He cleared the required background checks. According to Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates, Holmes bought some 6,000 rounds of ammunition for his firearms over the internet. That’s not unusual. A lot of shooters do that, without hurting anyone in the aftermath … The Cinemark cinema corporate policy is to prohibit firearms in its theaters. Northwest firearms advocates contend that Friday’s slaughter of innocents—as have previous attacks at schools and shopping malls—demonstrated just how fatally delusional that false sense of security can be.”

In a July 20, 2012 article for examiner.com, Workman wrote about a mass shooting that had occurred that same day in Aurora, Colorado. In that shooting, severely mentally ill gunman James Holmes killed 12 people and wounded 58 others in a span of two minutes. Holmes wore full body armor during the attack. Workman stated, “The theater chain does not allow firearms. The gunman ignored this prohibition, and walked into what was essentially a risk-free environment, set off two smoke and/or teargas bombs to distract the crowd, and opened fire. Translate this to mean there were no armed citizens to interrupt the gunman and return fire … Determined killers are going to ignore laws, get around them, and–if they are like the suspect–be essentially invisible until they commit what may be the first and likely last criminal act of their lives … If we begin to monitor every purchase that every citizen makes…then we will shift from being the United States to a police state.”

In a May 31, 2012 interview with KUOW.org, Workman addressed a mass shooting that had occurred a day earlier in and around a Seattle café. The shooting was perpetrated by a severely mentally ill concealed handgun permit holder, Ian Stawicki, who killed five and wounded one. Prior to the shooting, Stawicki’s family had attempted to have his concealed handgun permit revoked by law enforcement, but was told there was nothing that could be done because of Washington’s “Shall Issue” law, which denies law enforcement any discretion in the permitting process. When asked what might have been done to prevent the tragedy, Workman replied, “I don't know that there's anything you can do in these situations. We can't treat [Stawicki] like a child. He's got his own life to live and he can make his own mistakes no matter how horrific those mistakes turn out to be."

In a February 4, 2010 article for Examiner.com, Workman wrote about the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence’s campaign urging Starbucks to prohibit open carry of firearms in their stores. Workman stated, “Social bigotry against gun owners is just as insidious as bigotry against any other group. What would the public reaction be if someone demanded that a private business refuses service to say, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Arabs, Native Americans, Samoans, disabled people, overweight people, gay or women? Got a tattoo? Stay out!”

In a February 4, 2010 article for Examiner.com, Workman wrote about the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence’s campaign urging Starbucks to prohibit open carry of firearms in their stores. Workman stated, “Social bigotry against gun owners is just as insidious as bigotry against any other group. What would the public reaction be if someone demanded that a private business refuses service to say, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Arabs, Native Americans, Samoans, disabled people, overweight people, gay or women? Got a tattoo? Stay out!”

In a February 4, 2010 article for Examiner.com, Workman wrote about the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence’s campaign urging Starbucks to prohibit open carry of firearms in their stores. Workman stated, “Social bigotry against gun owners is just as insidious as bigotry against any other group. What would the public reaction be if someone demanded that a private business refuses service to say, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Arabs, Native Americans, Samoans, disabled people, overweight people, gay or women? Got a tattoo? Stay out!”

In a November 25, 2009 article for Examiner.com, Workman discussed the killing of a young African American teenager in a confrontation with police officers in New York City. The youth, Dashawn Vasconcellos and two others were spotted leaving a city park in Queens at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday by four officers in an unmarked car. Vasconcellos ran and was pursued by three officers. He then turned and pointed a 9mm semiautomatic pistol at them, an NYPD spokesman stated. The mother of Derby Michel, one of the young men who accompanied Vascanellos, stated that Vascanellos carried the gun for self-defense. Workman wrote, “As one delves further into this shooting, one will see all of the telltale signs of an all-too-typical bad boy story from the ‘hood.’ He was ‘turning his life around.’ He was carrying the gun ‘for his own protection.’ Rubbish.”

In an August 9, 2009 article for Examiner.com, Workman addressed renewed calls from the Violence Policy Center to restrict or repeal concealed carry weapon statutes in the wake of a shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Workman wrote, “Nowadays, about the only form of acceptable overt social bigotry is against gun owners … While they are loathe to admit it, there is really no difference between gun bigots and racial or religious bigots. One form of class hatred is no less divisive than another.”

In an August 9, 2009 article for Examiner.com, Workman addressed renewed calls from the Violence Policy Center to restrict or repeal concealed carry weapon statutes in the wake of a shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Workman wrote, “Nowadays, about the only form of acceptable overt social bigotry is against gun owners … While they are loathe to admit it, there is really no difference between gun bigots and racial or religious bigots. One form of class hatred is no less divisive than another.”

In a May 29, 2009 article for Examiner.com, Workman discussed gun violence prevention legislation in the wake of a shooting in Tacoma, Washington. He wrote, “First, you cannot rehabilitate wanton killers, so stop trying. Thugs at 16 who kill people do not deserve freedom ever again in their lives (and there should be some kind of special punishment for their parents).”

In an April 29, 2009 article for Examiner.com, Workman wrote about an editorial in the Times Union calling for a new gun permit system under which New York permit holders would have to re-apply every five years. Workman wrote, “Contrary to what the editorial suggests, gun owners are not being ‘asked’ to do something. This legislation would require them to re-apply for a permit every five years. That falsely gives the impression that gun owners would have a choice in the matter, sort of like Ted Bundy asking his victims if they minded being raped and murdered.”

In an April 13, 2009 article for Examiner.com, Workman wrote, “It has never been clear why some sheriffs and police chiefs associate self-defense with vigilantism. It is a though they are looking down their noses at the public they serve, telling citizens that they cannot take care of themselves, that they need caretakers … Four hundred years ago, pirates on the high seas were summarily executed, frequently by hanging from the yard arm. We are hardly barbarians. Today, we should give them a trial…and then hang them. Unless we can shoot them first.”

In a March 4, 2009 article for Examiner.com, Workman wrote about a press release from the Violence Policy Center which warned law enforcement about the .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum revolver (which can penetrate police body armor). Workman stated, “Don’t sucker for the new campaign to demonize a class of guns. In a society that condemns racial or religious bigotry, anti-gunners should not get a pass by practicing social bigotry against firearms, and the people who own them. Consider the racist origins of gun control, one would think that new attempts to demonize specific firearms might be met with the same disgust we would feel about demonizing specific classes of people.” According to a Pew Research Center Poll, conducted in April 2009, an overwhelming majority of African Americans, 71%, said it was more important to control gun ownership than to protect the right to own guns.

In a March 4, 2009 article for Examiner.com, Workman wrote about a press release from the Violence Policy Center which warned law enforcement about the .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum revolver (which can penetrate police body armor). Workman stated, “Don’t sucker for the new campaign to demonize a class of guns. In a society that condemns racial or religious bigotry, anti-gunners should not get a pass by practicing social bigotry against firearms, and the people who own them. Consider the racist origins of gun control, one would think that new attempts to demonize specific firearms might be met with the same disgust we would feel about demonizing specific classes of people.” According to a Pew Research Center Poll, conducted in April 2009, an overwhelming majority of African Americans, 71%, said it was more important to control gun ownership than to protect the right to own guns.