Gun Control

Student Loans and DOE S.W.A.T. Teams

by Wendy McElroy June 10, 2011

On March 11, 2010, Washington Post blogger Valerie Strauss asked an intriguing question: “Why is the Education Department purchasing 27 Remington Brand Model 870 police 12-gauge shotguns?” On June 7, 2011, the answer became clear. At 6 a.m. a S.W.A.T.-style team of 15 officers from the U.S. Department of Education's (DOE) Office of Inspector General broke down a ...

Plaxico Buress and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

by Rich Schwartzman June 9, 2011

Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Plaxico Burress did not deserve to go to prison for carrying a loaded weapon into New York City’s Latin Quarter in 2009. The worst he should have gotten were a few stitches and a Darwin Award for shooting himself in the leg. As the story goes, Burress had pistol in the waistband ...

The Jacob Hornberger Show: Gun Control and Middle East Dictatorship

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 21, 2011

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The Irrelevance of the Second Amendment

by Laurence M. Vance March 9, 2011

The killing of six people on January 8, 2011, in Tucson, Arizona, and attempted assassination of a “public servant” and her staff members has brought forth a predictable response from the left and gun-control groups: We need stricter gun-control laws to prevent tragedies like the Tucson shooting. But calls for banning extended-capacity magazines, instituting gun-free zones, more thorough background checks, ...

The Jacob Hornberger Show: The Tyranny of Gun Control: The Real Rationale for the Second Amendment (video)

by Jacob G. Hornberger February 26, 2011

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Good for the ATF

by Laurence M. Vance February 4, 2011

The recent shooting in Tucson and the continuing allegations that U.S. guns are fueling the increasingly violent Mexican drug wars have once again brought the ATF into the news. It turns out that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has been without a permanent director since Carl Truscott was replaced in 2006 by the first of four ...

The Illogic of Gun Controllers

by Benedict D. LaRosa February 1, 2010

On August 9, 2009, seven people died and three others were badly injured in Dinuba, California, near Fresno, when a car being chased by police for a traffic infraction slammed into a pickup truck carrying five children and two adults. Four of the children in the pickup died at the scene along with the three occupants of the car ...

Nightline/Twitter Web Show — Debate: Do We Need Stricter Gun Control Laws? (Video)

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 1, 2009

Debate: Do We Need Stricter Gun Control Laws? (Video)

Second Amendment Battle (Audio from Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Freedom Watch FoxNews.com)

by James Bovard October 1, 2009

Freedom Watch Podcast: 10/05/2009 Freedom Watch 42 w/ James Bovard, Dr. Eric Novak, Andy Levy

Reciprocity for Concealed Carry

by Scott McPherson August 4, 2009

No American would for one moment consider the possibility that, once issued a driver’s license by his state of residence, he should not then be free to drive in another state. Thus, your driver’s license is valid in Virginia, even if you live in Hawaii; your marriage license and birth certificate and property titles must be respected, regardless of ...

The Horror of Gun Control in Mumbai

by Benedict D. LaRosa July 1, 2009

As Ronald Reagan would say, “Here we go again!” How many Rwanda, Columbine, Virginia Tech, Warsaw Ghetto, post-office, and other shootings do people have to endure before they face reality? How long does it take to learn a simple lesson: unarmed people are more vulnerable to terrorists, criminals, and crazed ...

What Is Wrong with Guns in Churches?

by Scott McPherson February 20, 2009

If you’re going to talk nonsense, the best strategy is to talk it loud, often, and to as many people as possible. Thanks to the editorial board at the Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader, there was no shortage of nonsense being spread around on February 19. That day, on the paper’s website,