New York Times: Gang Culture is Gun Culture

The New York Times published a recent article titled, “Bravado, Self-Defense, Fear: Why These Young Men Carry Guns.” In it they talk about the 2020 gang violence spike in the city and somehow tie it all in to being the fault of what they believe is a world representative of the “gun culture.” The article … Read more

Question of the Day: Who Are the Real Thugs?

This is not my question. It’s a query posed by the headline from an article at politico.com. After a more-or-less factual recitation of the Dunn “loud music case,” author Roger Simon concludes with a question about race, and guns. “Strolla, Dunn’s lawyer, said the trial was not about race but about a ‘subculture thug issue.’ But … Read more