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.
Store orders ban of violent displays, but is still selling guns and video games.
It's foolish for media outlets to imply that laws which were signed in May and June were passed in relation to the tragic shooting in El Paso.
The law demands use of Real I.D. compliant identification for background checks that many state residents don't have
Here is how the states with "red flag" laws fail to protect the constitutional rights of gun owners.
What’s next for the Second Amendment at SCOTUS?
The Trump-endorsed response to mass shootings gives due process short shrift.
Deflections, generational conflict, and misleading data abound.
Because psychiatrists are terrible at predicting violent behavior, the wider net would catch lots of harmless people.
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The familiar proposals would do little or nothing to prevent attacks like these.
The president offers the worst of both worlds.
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The presidential contender feels no need to defend the policies he favors, because "we all know" they are "the right thing to do."
So the D.C. Circuit held today.
The late Supreme Court justice was an inconsistent defender of civil liberties.
The retired Supreme Court justice has died at 99.
Officers will now have to argue that killing was necessary and not just say they had a fear they were in danger.
As of last week, only around 700 weapons had been turned over.
The new law says that someone buying a semi-automatic rifle has to be at least 21, pass a stricter background check, take a safety training course, and complete a 10-day waiting period.
The principal calls it "very, very serious" wrongdoing.
Sanity prevails (for now) in Alabama case that sparked national outrage.
The plaintiffs say manufacturers broke the law by producing rifles that were compatible with accessories that facilitate rapid firing.
None of the participants in last night's debate had a credible answer to the question of what should be done about the hundreds of millions of guns that Americans already own.
A flawed study continues to be repeated as if it proves something about the efficacy of gun permit laws.
Most of the party’s presidential contenders show little or no concern for the right to armed self-defense.
The bill would turn law-abiding gun owners into felons for possessing a product that is almost never used in violent crimes.
Like America itself, gun owners are a varied bunch whose politics and experiences don't conform to any narrative.
"I think it’s ridiculous I would have to trade one of my rights," said veteran Joshua Raines.
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