Gun Control

Americans Reject Clinton on Gun Control

by Scott McPherson October 26, 2015

Rallying her base — and putting her enemies on notice — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton told a debate audience in Las Vegas that the country must "stand up against the NRA" and push for more gun-control laws. It may have worked. Polls show that with Democrats, Clinton is up. But Clinton and the Democrats do not have the ...

The Constitution and the Second Amendment

by Scott McPherson August 27, 2015

The following is Chapter 2 from FFF’s new ebook Freedom and Security: The Second Amendment and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms by Scott McPherson. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit ...

Progressives Against Liberal Values

by David S. D'Amato June 24, 2015

The tragedy in South Caroline, the result of the vile acts of a murdering racist, finds the political class once again dreaming of new “gun safety reforms” — which we can safely decode as new ways to trample on the individual’s right to possess a firearm. As President Obama put it, “If Congress had passed some common sense gun ...

Libertarian Angle: Racism, Gun Control, and Craziness

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 23, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, the gun massacre in Charleston. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly.

The Libertarian Angle: Gun Control

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 21, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, special co-host Scott McPherson and gun control. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast here.

Texas Reexamines Gun Rights

by Benedict D. LaRosa February 18, 2015

The Texas legislature is considering several bills to revise its firearm-carry laws. Texas has had a concealed-carry law since 1995 that requires a permit, a background check, classes, and proof of proficiency at the range. The permit must be renewed at some expense every five years. On its face, it is ridiculous to think that people who form a government ...

The Libertarian Angle: Gun Control

by Future of Freedom Foundation January 27, 2014

Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman discuss the recent shooting a Maryland mall and the ensuing calls for gun control. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly.

Starbucks, Gun Control, and Property Rights

by Laurence M. Vance October 3, 2013

The recent shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard has once again thrust the issue of gun control into the news. But it is recent events at the Starbucks Coffee Company that are more relevant to the specific issue of gun control and property rights. This past summer, Illinois became the last of the 50 states to allow the carrying ...

Zimmerman Case Is No Grounds for Gun Control

by Sheldon Richman July 16, 2013

From the beginning, people who would ban all private guns if they could have used the George Zimmerman case to push their agenda. They push on two fronts: First, they argue that Zimmerman’s 2012 fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, who had no gun, demonstrates that guns are an unmitigated evil. Second, the antigun lobby is ...

Will Boston Bombings Be a Boon to Beretta Banners?

by Michael Tennant June 4, 2013

As with other recent crises, the Boston Marathon bombings have prompted calls for radical reductions in Americans’ liberties. Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York — he of the super-sized soda ban — told reporters that in the interest of public safety “our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution ... have to change” to allow for greater ...

A Modest Gun-Safety Proposal

by Sheldon Richman May 8, 2013

The problem with the advocates of “gun-safety” laws is that they don’t think big enough. They favor expanded background checks, greater monitoring of those stigmatized as “mentally ill,” and a ban on the manufacture of scary-looking semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. But we know these measures would not have prevented the horrible shootings that have occurred in recent years. The ...

Republicans Just Don’t Get It on Gun Control

by Laurence M. Vance April 26, 2013

Because of the horrific nature of the shooting last year at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut — a shooting in which 26 people were shot dead (most of them children) — the subject of gun control has been in the news ever since like never before. It was preceded by the deadly shootings at a theater in Aurora, ...