Take the guns first, go through due process second. --President Donald Trump
Second Amendment
A School Shooting: Pull Out the Old Scripts
Last night I went to bed after watching a couple of hours of coverage on various networks about the horrific school massacre in Florida. This morning I got up at 4:45 and began watching more coverage. When retiring last night, I mentioned to my wife that it was...
TGIF: Real Common Sense on Gun Control
Here's how to judge the pragmatic case for gun control: if the pro-control lobby managed to have each of its favorite restrictions enacted, could we as individuals be more casual about our safety than we are today? The answer clearly is no. So what's the point of the...
What The New York Times Gets Right About the Second Amendment–It Exists
In a recent op-ed for The New York Times, Bret Stephens argues that America should repeal the Second Amendment. The case is not a persuasive one; indeed, the article borders on self-refuting. Even so, Stephens deserves credit for getting the constitutional issues...
TGIF: Overcoming Confirmation Bias on Guns
Confirmation bias is one of the great obstacles to making the practical case for liberty. People see in events what they want to see. I think of the joke about the person who planned to take his hyperactive dog on a train trip and asked his veterinarian for a...
Does the Second Amendment Even Exist?
Gun control was going to be a campaign issue even before the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting back on June 12. Donald Trump was endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) after he spoke at the group’s convention in May and remarked that “the Second Amendment is...
The Regime’s Endless War Against the Second Amendment
Freedom Zealot Podcast February 25, 2017: The Second Amendment was intended to deny the government a monopoly on force, which is why the Regime has tirelessly subverted it....
Libertarian Movie Panned by Left and Right
“The Free State of Jones” is a movie with a strong libertarian theme that was released in 2016. Unsurprisingly, the libertarian theme was beyond the comprehension of critics and the public. I recently picked up the film at the library and watched it at home without...
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