Bower: No One Needs Guns Today Because We Have Police and the National Guard

Republicans won’t vote for gun control legislation for three main reasons: They receive hefty campaign contributions from NRA and gun manufacturers. They’re afraid of being voted out of office by their gun-loving constituents. They honor Second Amendment rights above all other Constitutional rights. …The Constitution was written at a time when there was no police … Read more

Young: The Founding Father’s Biggest Misfire Was the 2nd Amendment

America is a country-size arsenal. … And the obscene ubiquity of firearms in the U.S. explains much about why the country is a killing field without parallel in the developed world. Anyone who has studied the matter arrives at a simple conclusion: More guns means more death. “Most countries do not have a problem with fatal mass shootings,” … Read more