Blumenfeld: Can We Really Be Free If the Right to Keep and Bear Arms...
...Holy Smoke Bullet Urns of Stockton, Alabama, has taken quite literally Shylock’s claim in Shakespeare’s 1596 Merchant of Venice: “The pound of flesh which I demand of him is deerely bought, ‘tis mine, and...
Pierson: Every Photo Of a Politician Holding a Gun Makes the Founders Sad
Where did America go wrong? The problem isn't the guns. The problem is us. Our taste for gun violence is a uniquely American crisis. And I say that as someone who has lived in Switzerland,...
Sammons: Catholics are Obliged to Defend the Right of Individuals to Own and Carry...
Many Catholics are nevertheless uncomfortable with American gun culture. After all, it’s hard to imagine Jesus carrying an AR-15 slung over his shoulder, for good reason. Our Lord allowed himself to be unjustly arrested,...
Aleem: Massie’s and Boebert’s Christmas Cards ‘Normalize a Spectacle of Vigilantism’
he power of these images lies not just in the guns but who can wield them with cultural impunity, and toward what end.
On the latter point, these photos speak to a troubling kind of cultural and...
Reynolds: Biden Administration Colludes With Big Tech to Restrict Second Amendment Speech, Gun Content
t’s worth noting that gun-control activists’ multi-decade strategy to “de-normalize” firearms, firearm ownership and the shooting sports has failed; they’ve failed even though, over the last decade, Big Tech has often acted as a...
‘Progressive’ Prosecutors Think Criminals are the Real Victims and Gun Control is for Civilians
Gun control is for civilians, not criminals. The criminal justice system should view criminals as victims. These are the guiding lights of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon.
On the same day that an...
Berlatsky: Charging the Oxford Shooter’s Parents Distracts From the Real Job of Limiting Gun...
Charging the Crumbleys is unlikely to deter anyone or to prevent other shootings. The only reason to punish the Crumbleys is to punish them. Two more individuals can be held up to public scrutiny...
Philadelphia’s Soros-Backed District Attorney Tells Citizens, Visitors Not to Worry About Violent Crime
Philadelphia’s District Attorney is pushing back on the notion that violence is on the rise, despite the more than 500 people murdered so far this year — insisting that there is a gun violence...
McKevitt: The Real Threat to America Isn’t ‘Ghost Guns,’ It’s America’s ‘Gun Capitalism’
Subsequent gun panics followed a similar pattern: authorities and the media would use moralistic language to denounce a small segment of gun commerce as responsible for changing patterns of violent crime, and push for...
Doringo: We Can’t Have Doctors, Engineers, Nursing Home Employees or Teachers Carrying Guns
...Republican legislators in Ohio who are promoting proposed House Bill 99, which would allow schools to arm teachers, deem it necessary to “solve” the school shooting crisis by filling schools with more guns. HB...
Listen: Unhinged NYT Journalist’s Foulmouthed Voicemail for Great Lakes Gun Rights
https://youtu.be/Xw20oTPRr6M
Hi, I'm a journalist with the New York Times. I'm just calling to wonder...I have two questions. How do you sleep at night? And aren't you just like a little bit worried that there...
Murphy: Good Guys With Guns Stopping Mass Shootings Is Politically Inconvenient
Sometimes, even the experience of being shot is not enough to change a person’s mind about guns. I asked Murphy whether he’s spoken with people like his old House colleague Steve Scalise of Louisiana,...