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.
But none seem curious about how America gun homicide rates fell nearly in half from 1990s to early 2010s.
Increasingly theatrical and frightening active shooter drills are surprisingly common, even though school shootings are not.
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.
Would that outcome have been the same for those of us who aren't in law enforcement?
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.
America may be safer than ever, but residents of the Land of the Free seem set on raising their children in a climate of fear.
If a state criminal conviction leads to denial of gun rights under state law (not just federal law), the defendant must be given the option of a jury trial, rules the Nevada Supreme Court.
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.
Feds go fishing for private data in order to track down illegal exporters.
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.
Defenders, and enemies, of gun access need to get used to their fight being more cultural than political.
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.
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Posting “Finna be lit” on Snapchat shouldn’t have gotten Nathan Myers thrown out of school.
"'There’s definitely an emotional cost to this,' he said. 'But I didn’t get the choice of leaving. I didn’t know what they were going to do.'"
When it comes to deciding who should keep their Second Amendment rights, the deck is stacked against gun owners.
There are different legal standards for the two actions, the Michigan Court of Appeals correctly concludes (in the Siwatu-Salama Ra case).
Facing his district for the first time since going independent, the libertarian congressman preaches legislative process and constitutional principle to an audience thirsty for gun fixes.
The gun control group's new policy proposal is radical, intersectional, and deeply contradictory.
A then-pregnant Siwatu-Salama Ra was sentenced to two years in prison after using an unloaded gun to protect herself, her daughter, and her mom.
Only if you assume they would have happened in the absence of gun confiscation orders.
The Democratic presidential contender suggests that "racist threats or anti-immigrant manifestos" could justify federal gun confiscation orders.
The five Democrats warn that the Court may have to be "restructured" if it keeps making decisions they don't like.
If your neighbor were unbalanced, armed to the teeth and busy posting social-media messages about how much he hates you, you'd certainly support measures to disarm him. But you'd feel more secure if he didn't hate you in the first place.
The justices would be abdicating their duty to uphold the Constitution if they let such political considerations decide legal issues.
The nation's leading scholar of mass shootings explains how media coverage of horrific events such as El Paso and Dayton stoke unwarranted fear and anxiety.
"The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact," the senator says, while glossing over the due process issues raised by gun confiscation orders.
Do we want Trump in charge of deciding who’s too crazy to own a gun?
The presidential contender nevertheless insists the law reduced mass shooting deaths.
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If "the notion that we can identify mass killers before they act" is a "fiction," the conventional policy responses to mass shootings are unlikely to be effective.
