Many Americans fervently believe that the Second Amendment protects their right to bear arms everywhere, including at public protests. Many Americans also believe that the First Amendment protects their right to speak freely and participate in political protest. What most people do not realize is that the Second Amendment has become, in recent years, a threat to … Read more
Imagine sinking from a speech writer for a Republican president to writing throw-away gun control screeds in a failing leftist opinion magazine. How the mighty, like never-Trumper David Frum, have fallen. Frum’s recent piece written in The Atlantic suggests that the way to persuade Americans to give up their guns is to gaslight them into … Read more
The Atlantic’s David Frum thinks firearms are icky and should be left to society’s barbarians (and then outlawed from there, once all the good people have been disarmed). The way to reduce “gun violence,” as he sees it, is by convincing ordinary, responsible gun owners that their firearms make them less safe. What he doesn’t … Read more
The Futility of Trying to Prevent More School Shootings in America It’s The Atlantic, so gun control has to be part of the discussion. But she’s right that anyone who really wants to kill people will inevitably find a way . . . Virtually everyone I spoke with, from the FBI to academic researchers, told me … Read more
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