Virginia's Thwarted 'Assault Firearm' Ban Illustrates the Folly of Trying to Distinguish Between Good and Evil Guns
Legislators who approved a bunch of other gun control bills could not agree on what features make a firearm intolerable.
Legislators who approved a bunch of other gun control bills could not agree on what features make a firearm intolerable.
In Broward County, judges almost never reject police petitions for gun confiscation orders.
The former New York mayor is being called a racist for his former support of searching young minorities without cause.
Such inflammatory exaggeration seems designed to avoid a substantive discussion of the presidential candidate's gun control proposals.
The billionaire former three-term mayor of New York panders to Democratic loyalists rather than laying out a vision for a prosperous, tolerant America.
The bill's requirements for "emergency" orders are loose, and it does not give respondents a right to a court-appointed lawyer.
Erroneous predictions of violence at the Richmond rally conflated civil libertarians with militant racists.
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If politicians are going to paint their opponents as illegitimate, they should be prepared to receive the same treatment in return.
There is no easy way to determine whether someone is spending a lot on guns because they like guns or because they plan to commit an act of terror.
The petitioner, who cited the officer's 2017 shooting of her son, had no standing under Colorado's "red flag" law.
The song and music video amount to grotesque, self-obsessed celebrity activism.
Such a high approval rate reflects the threat these laws pose to due process and the Second Amendment.
The Illinois State Police confirms that people who try newly legal marijuana are not considered "unlawful users" of narcotics.
Two victims were killed at a church shooting in White Settlement, Texas. It would have been much worse had some parishioners not been armed.
Law enforcement betrayed the trust of gun owners who were doing their best to comply with government-mandated confiscation.
New York City’s successful defense of its arbitrary restrictions on transporting handguns highlights judicial disrespect for the Second Amendment.
Several justices seem skeptical of the claim that revising the rules after SCOTUS agreed to consider a challenge to them made the case moot.
The justices will hear oral arguments today in a major Second Amendment case.
Instead of reducing the dangers posed by criminals, California's gun restrictions have increased the threat posed to decent people by the law itself.
Rural communities continue to resist their legislatures’ attempts to enact gun control by declaring themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries.”
You might want to think twice about putting that new gun on your credit card.
From Australia to Massachusetts, illegal gun makers step in to supply what legal markets aren’t allowed to produce.
In the unlikely event that the former New York mayor wins the Democratic nomination, the 2020 election will pit a billionaire busybody against a billionaire bully.
The Founders liked militias, but they also liked an armed citizenry. To them, the two ideas were inseparable.
Well, at least they have the name!
Beto O’Rourke’s scheme would be an ineffectual attempt to enforce arbitrary distinctions.
The former HUD Secretary is still terrible on guns, but at least he recognizes some of the costs of actually enforcing gun laws.
The presidential contenders hyped the "epidemic" of gun violence and the threat posed by school shootings while perpetuating myths about "assault weapons," background checks, and the Second Amendment.
Although San Francisco's supervisors urged city officials to punish contractors with ties to this "domestic terrorist organization," they say they did not really mean it.
The presidential contender says the 1994 ban made mass shootings less lethal, even though the guns it tolerated were "just as deadly."
Someone should tell Beto who did the killing at Kent State.
The Texas senator wants to beef up a background check system that unjustly and irrationally deprives people of their rights.
It would not do much to protect public safety, but it would magnify the injustice of existing restrictions on gun ownership.
Official responses to these extremely rare crimes are grossly disproportionate in light of the risk they actually pose.
The presidential contender conspicuously fails to explain the legal basis for her plan to impose new restrictions by executive fiat.
The "assault weapons" that the presidential contender wants to confiscate are not especially deadly, but the symbolism of that policy is poisonous.
Advocating for gun control is no longer enough. On Thursday night, the Democratic presidential candidates promised gun confiscation.
The bill would make the criteria for federal grants loose enough to accommodate even the worst "red flag" laws.
Going beyond criticism, the resolution would punish the NRA and its supporters by cutting off contractors with ties to the group.
Who are the good guys? Who are the bad guys? Who knows? Do something!
The Supreme Court has said the First Amendment protects government contractors against termination based on their political views.
The law's impact on weapon choice cannot plausibly account for reductions or increases in fatalities.
The policy is unenforceable and poorly tailored to the problem it is meant to address.
Before you ask how many Americans will give up their guns, ask how many cops will even try to take them.
If you disagree with these politicians about gun control, they think, you might as well join the KKK.
A growing number of prominent Democrats want owners of "assault weapons" to surrender them to the government. History says most people will ignore any such law.