Serwer: White Fragility Determines Which Uses of Self-Defense are Legitimate
hich acts of violence are considered legitimate self-defense has always been highly political. For most of American history, white men alone had a right of self-defense that included both their persons and property. Although...
NYT: Rittenhouse Verdict Shows America Has Too Many Guns for Our Current Laws to...
The acquittal points to the wide berth the legal system gives to defendants who say they acted out of fear, even if others around them were also afraid.
Wisconsin’s rules for self-defense are well within...
Gallup: More Americans Turning Away From Gun Control as Crime, Gun Ownership Rise
Americans’ support for stricter gun-control measures has fallen to its lowest level since 2014, according to a poll released Wednesday by Gallup.
The results of the October survey come as the number of violent crimes,...
David French’s Irrational Fear of Guns is No Reason to Outlaw Open Carry
Open carry is materially different from concealed carry. It’s often designed to be menacing, to intimidate the public and public officials. And after the debates around Rittenhouse, it’s time to rethink open carry, as...
Feldman: Democrats Should Pivot and Support Gun Rights If They Want to Hold Onto...
Democrats can continue to oppose gun owners’ rights to carry their weapons safely and legally, alienating an increasingly important segment of society and their potential voting electorate, or they can reposition themselves in support...
Texas Dems Tell Themselves Beto’s Promise to Confiscate ‘Assault Weapons’ Won’t Hurt His Chances...
Midland Democratic Party Chair Cathy Broadrick worked for the federal prison system for 20 years and had to qualify annually to operate a variety of weapons, including the M16, a rifle similar to the...
Dershowitz: I Would Acquit Kyle Rittenhouse and Sue Lying Media Outlets
Kyle Rittenhouse "should be acquitted" of killing two men and wounding a third during last year's Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisc., and then he should hold liberal news outlets accountable for insisting he's...
Wallace: Right-Wing Radicalization…Is Colliding with the Proliferation of Guns in America
"A domestic extremism threat unlike any other before in our country's history looms over every facet of American life right now. It's fueled in part by a disgraced ex-president who's still lying about the...
Why A Lot of Average Media Consumers Are Going to be Shocked if Kyle...
With trial evidence inconsistent with the news’ narrative, there could have been a major media mea culpa. Instead, headlines and framing continue that pre-trial narrative, even if inconvenient facts appear deep down in the articles....
Gun Control Laws Aren’t Preventing Gun Violence
"Mass shootings have caused less than 1% of all gun deaths over the past couple of decades.
But every time one happens, there's a 15% increase in the number of state-level firearm bills introduced the...
The Warren Court Supersized the First Amendment…Now It’s Time for the Second Amendment
The oral argument in Bruen demonstrates that the conservative wing of the court is not sincerely interested in history, text, and tradition if the evidence cuts against them. What they are intent on doing is vindicating...
Citigroup Says It’s Changed Its Anti-Gun Policies, Wants to Resume Public Finance Business in...
The state’s law targeted Wall Street banks for wading into the debate over guns in the U.S. Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. also haven’t underwritten munis...