Gun Control
A Gun-Loathing President Weeps Over the Limits to Power in a Gun-Loving Country
There are limits to the government's ability to make the country other than it is, and to force citizens to bend to official will.
If Gun Owners Can Be Licensed, Why Not Journalists?
A South Carolina legislator's stunt bill tweaks the press for failing to take the Second Amendment seriously.
Lawsuit Filed Over Obama's Executive Actions on Guns
Freedom Watch's Larry Klayman claims Obama's proposed changes to gun dealer and mental health definitions violate Second Amendment rights and administrative procedure laws.
Rejecting Gun Control, Jeb Bush Calls for Gun Control
Like Obama and Clinton, the former Florida governor wants to "take rights away from law-abiding citizens."
SOTU and Guns: The Issue That Didn't Go Off
One off-handed mention, and gun policy gets the (lack of) attention it deserves.
Paperwork Can't Stop Criminals From Getting Guns
Why background checks won't stymie ordinary felons or mass shooters
Gunman Tries to Kill Cop in West Philly 'in the Name of Islam,' Mayor Calls for More Federal Gun Control
Gun used was a stolen police firearm.
6 Reasons Obama Is Untrustworthy on Guns
The president's townhall and New York Times op-ed piece illustrate his slipperiness.
What's Obama Trying to Accomplish with Tonight's "Town Hall" on Guns?
Likely little more than letting a narrow base know he cares, though the implications of more feckless "gun policy" choices might be alarming.
CORRECTED! Don't Bring a Dildo To an Anti-Gun Fight?
Texas gun-control advocates to protest open CONCEALED carry on college campuses by brandishing unregistered phalluses.
Obama Oversteps His Authority With Gun Orders
The president is without authority to negate the congressional will, and any attempt to do so will be invalidated by the courts.
Anthony Fisher Talks Oregon, Guns, and Obama's Tears on HuffPost Live
First Cocktail Chatter of 2016!
Obama's Gun Control Policies Serve the Same Function As His Tears
The president boldly proclaims that good intentions matter more than results.
In Gun Sales, Whose Hands Are 'Wrong'?
Obama wants to make it easier for the government to take away people's Second Amendment rights.
Justin Amash: Let's Close Loophole That Lets U.S. Sell Guns to Syrian Rebels
Libertarian Congressman responds to President Obama's executive order on guns.
"Tomorrow We Should Do More" and Other Reasons Gun Rights Folk Mistrust President Obama
Obama's announcement today uses public mass gun murder to buttress irrelevant policies, with vague promises of "more."
Obama Wants to 'Remove the Stigma' of Mental Illness While Expanding the List of Former Patients Barred From Owning Guns
The president seeks to encourage psychiatric treatment while increasing the likelihood that it will result in the loss of Second Amendment rights.
We Are Way More Scared of Government Than Guns
President Obama's urgency on gun control is at odds with what people are really worried about.
You Know Less Than You Think About Guns
The misleading uses, flagrant abuses, and shoddy statistics of social science about gun violence
New York Legislators Propose Another Unenforceable Ammunition Limit
Purchases would be limited to twice a weapon's capacity every 90 days.
2015: The Year in Gun Politics
Public murders committed with guns are used to try to drive gun policy, even though gun policy is powerless to prevent them.
Simpleminded Gun Control
Like the president, Hillary Clinton assumes we can identify mass shooters before they strike.
Is America's Military Interventionism an Extension of Its Gun Culture?
Tyler Cowen makes a fascinating but wanting argument.
Good News, Americans! Cars Are Now Killing as Few People as Guns!
The numbers don't justify the outrage and fear.
Democrats Say Guns Owned by Millions of Americans Are Good Only for Mass Murder
The Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 covers guns with lethal features like threaded barrels and folding stocks.
Rep. Thomas Massie and 14 Colleagues File Amicus Brief in Case Regarding Barring Distribution of 3D Weapon Printing Files
Massie's brief argues State Department claiming powers to halt speech related to 3D weapon printing that the relevant law does not, and cannot, give.
To Keep Your Second Amendment Rights, 'Show You're Not a Problem'
Why are avowed civil libertarians so eager to abandon due process and the Bill of Rights?
Does the Libertarian Support for Gun Rights Lead to U.S. Foreign Policy Adventurism?
A response to Tyler Cowen
Threatening Cherished Gun Rights Confirms Americans' Worst Fears Without Improving Safety
Gun controllers advocate the imposition of laws that have already failed on people who won't obey them, to address crimes already decreasing in prevalence.
Don't Even Think of Taking Kurt Russell's Guns
The libertarian acting legend stands up for self-defense.
Cutting Constitutional Corners Won't Save Us From Terrorists
No-gun zones like the one in effect where the San Bernardino shooting took place are not only unconstitutional but also an invitation to disaster.
Autonomous Terrorism Calls for Autonomous Defense
Unlike Obama's gun control proposals, armed citizens can stop mass shooters who are invisible until they strike.
What Kind of People Are on the Feds' Terrorist Watchlist Anyway?
Over one-third of the 680,000 suspected terrorists have "no recognized terrorist group affiliation."
Which Watchlist Would They Use to Deny Gun Rights? And Are They Even Confined to a List?
You don't have to be a gun-lover to be worried about the vagueness of the language.
For Gun Control Supporters, Japan's High Suicide Rate Is Much Less Interesting Than Its Low Homicide Rate
A Vox post about Australia highlights declines in suicide, a subject that a post about Japan does not even mention.
What If We Talked About Dogs the Way We Talk About Firearms?
How mangled terminology impairs America's gun debates
SCOTUS Refuses to Hear 2nd Amendment 'Assault Weapons' Case, Clarence Thomas Files Sharp Dissent
Justice Thomas faults his colleagues for "relegating the Second Amendment to a second-class right."