Bernie Sanders Responds to Oregon Shooting: More Gun Control, More Mental Health, Less Violence in Media
Wants less shouting, more good policy.
Wants less shouting, more good policy.
Any attempt to stop would-be murderers from buying guns is bound to be overinclusive, underinclusive, or both.
How can we know simple gun safety laws would help when we know nothing about circumstances of how the killer got the gun?
The answer, like the frequency of youth gun carrying, may vary from state to state.
The most popular gun-control proposals would have little effect, while the most effective measures would be immensely unpopular.
Do less than 1 percent of crime victims defend themselves with firearms?
State AG just got the authority to investigate such shootings last month.
National Journal reads too much into a correlation.
A thriving and unbeatable black market makes weapons available no matter what officials intend.
"I've been a human powder keg for a while....just waiting to go BOOM," said Flanagan.
The New York Times thinks so.
"Stronger mental health screenings for prospective gun owners" would strip many harmless people of their Second Amendment rights.
Chuck Schumer and Amy Schumer employ the same old anti-gun rhetoric.
In New York City, you can't even wield a fake gun on TV... unless you're making anti-gun propaganda.
"Something has to be done" is generally an indicator of a bad, reactionary policy.
Under current law, the Louisiana theater shooter was properly cleared.
And a federal court continues to violate handgun sellers' First Amendment rights in California
Man who opened fire in crowded theater fails with insanity-plea defense.
What Sanders' third-party home had to say about guns in 1972
Should "unlawful users" of "controlled substances" automatically lose their Second Amendment rights?
And why should all the millions caught up in the drug war be deprived of Second Amendment rights?
A bizarre scandal, even by political standards.
The logic may lean that way, but we can't be sure the Court values the Second Amendment's application that strongly.
A race to check off boxes on the Democratic side
The dragnet would ensnare many harmless people without having a significant impact on gun violence.
The urge to "do something" after the Charleston church attack inspires half-baked proposals.
SAFE Act widely ignored, New York state is forced to admit.
A much-hyped new Violence Policy Center study grossly misses the point about guns' value in self-defense.
Probably not: "I don't think it's an answer," says the former Bush adviser.
Meanwhile, Martin O'Malley tries to reposition himself.
Why "common-sense gun safety reforms" would not have "prevented what happened in Charleston."
Catching the candidate off guard
The absence of yet another law that somebody could have ignored just means that you have one legal violation instead of two.
This is relevant to my issues because...
Why the Charleston church massacre isn't likely to lead to stricter gun laws
"You can't have a bunch of people walking around with guns," Hillary's husband says.
The Constitution says otherwise.
The Supreme Court misses an opportunity to defend the Second Amendment.
Petition denied in Jackson v. San Francisco.
A left-wing pundit attacks the Vermont socialist for being insufficiently anti-gun.
Do the numbers tell us something they don't want to reveal?
Free Speech and Right to Bear Arms Both Violated by Keeping Him From Spreading Software that Helps People Make Guns At Home, Wilson insists.
In California, one gun was sold for every 39 state residents just last year.