Enumerated Civil Rights Still Outweigh the Political Imperative to ‘Do Something’

By Lee Williams While most Americans were spending time with family this Memorial Day weekend commemorating those who gave their lives in defense of this great country, a growing list of politicians and members of the gun-ban industry – aided and abetted by their friends in the legacy media – were busy conspiring how to … Read more

Federal Gun Control Laws Become More Politically Possible the Longer the Crime Spike is Allowed to Continue

Crime control is arguably a prerequisite for many items on the progressive policy agenda. Want people to support higher immigration? Reassure them that foreign gangs are not going to reassemble on American streets. Want people to move to dense, walkable urban neighborhoods where their carbon footprint will be smaller? Those neighborhoods won’t be very attractive if … Read more

Make Advocating Gun Control the Third Rail of American Politics Again

It occurs to me that the best strategy for protecting gun rights in America is to “third rail” gun control. Make support for any more limits on the right to keep and bear arms electoral suicide. If you “touch” gun control, you can be assured of being zapped at the polls. This was once the … Read more

Even With 8.4 Million New Gun Owners, Democrats Bet Backing Gun Control is Good Politics

[L]awmakers and anti-violence advocates remain hopeful, buoyed by President Joe Biden’s aggressive gun policy platform and broad public support for tighter gun laws. Key Senate Democrats tell The Trace that a lot has changed since a universal background check measure failed after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School — and they’re banking on the belief that it’s become … Read more

Lies, Damned Lies, and Politicians Talking About Guns

By MarkPA Q: “How do you tell when a politician is lying?” A: “His lips are moving.” This is particularly true when the political topic is guns.We have even seen commentators on the left questioning their own side’s stance on gun control. Jeffrey Goldberg’s 2012 Atlantic article: “But these gun-control efforts, while noble, would only have a modest impact on the rate … Read more