'No Fly, No Buy' Proposal Takes Away Gun Rights First, Asks Questions Later (Maybe)
Susan Collins' Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act still flouts due process, but for fewer people.
Susan Collins' Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act still flouts due process, but for fewer people.
Their arbitrariness lets them pass constitutional muster while paving the way for broader gun control
Feinstein's bill would affect hundreds of thousands of people, not just suspected terrorists.
Prohibitions have a long history of stumbling over people's unwillingness to obey. This time won't be any different.
You can take advantage of a culture of fear but so can your opponents
Two bills to restrict "terror watchlist" people from getting guns, two to strengthen federal background check system in general, all fail to garner needed 60 votes in Senate. Sen. Rand Paul angers some Second Amendment activists by voting for one of the terror suspect bills.
What the historical evidence says about the Second Amendment and individual rights.
The Senate will soon consider her proposal and two others aimed at stopping "suspected terrorists" from buying firearms.
Violence leads to parade of bad or useless policy proposals.
Cable news at its cable-newsiest
Yet all sides seem to support one really terrible solution.
Correcting the record about guns and the Constitution.
The modern-day massacres are proof beyond a doubt that the government cannot protect us.
After Orlando, Trump wants to meet with NRA to convince the organization to support denying guns to people on the no-fly list, terror watch list.
WaPo now: "Assault weapons" are "the gold standard for mass murder."
Department of Homeland Security
More ignorance from the anti-gun left.
Americans should not lose their Second Amendment rights without due process.
Your favorite libertarian podcast tackles the nation's deadliest mass shooting
Police can't defend every gathering, so the people in attendance must take that task on themselves, with or without legal sanction.
Would it matter if they were?
The Second Amendment's role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Matt Welch talks terrorism and the political instinct to control & clench on tonight's Kennedy
An important Supreme Court decision on the right to self-defense involved the fear of anti-LGBT violence.
One need only be suspected of an ineffective "feel-good law" to be deprived of rights.
Restrictions favored by the president, including a ban on gun purchases by people on "watch lists," are ineffective, unconstitutional, or both.
Trying to ban both open carry and concealed carry is a bit of a problem.
Rule 1: Don't use early moments to advance your longstanding grievances against immigrants, Muslims, or guns.
"When will this stop? When will we get tough, smart & vigilant?" tweets Trump.
9th Circuit upholds gun control scheme.
Katie Couric admits to deceptive edit, but anti-gun extremist director still standing by it
The Democrats' choice for president refuses to say what the Second Amendment protects.
Judge upholds jury's sentence recommendation for Robert Bates, who killed Eric Harris in gun purchase sting operation.
Couric offers advice for aspiring journalists and a little self-reflection.
The cable channel running Under the Gun says it stands behind the "creative and editorial judgment."
Matt Welch talks 2016 politics on tonight's Kennedy at 8 p.m. ET
Detachable magazines, ammunition purchase without background check, and magazines holding more than 10 bullets among many things the California Senate wants to outlaw.
Let's get this deleted. Thanks, The vast majority of Americans.
Will they be able to exercise their right to own a gun again, or just to vote for their leaders?
A preliminary injunction upholds the Second Amendment right to armed self-defense outside the home.
The 9th Circuit reinstates a challenge to a California ordinance that blocked a gun store.
Despite calls to end the militarization of police, new report says "2014 and 2015 were peak years" for local PDs acquiring weapons, armored vehicles, and more.
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