Why New York's 'Assault Weapon' Ban Didn't Stop the Buffalo Massacre
The problem is not sneaky entrepreneurs who sell accessories; it's legislators who ban guns based on functionally unimportant features.
The problem is not sneaky entrepreneurs who sell accessories; it's legislators who ban guns based on functionally unimportant features.
Maria Falcon doesn't have a business license. So New York police officers detained her and confiscated all of her merchandise.
A recent court decision has reinvigorated the debate around just how specific the accused has to be in asking to speak with an attorney.
The kids never came back to big-city public schools, and now districts face budgetary "Armageddon."
Creating a TSA-like experience for every single New York City subway rider is one of the worst ideas floated in the wake of yesterday's tragic shooting.
After Rochester police took her cash, Cristal Starling found out just how hard it is to challenge civil asset forfeiture in court.
The argument for loosening restrictions on armed self-defense goes beyond the measurable impact on public safety.
If approved by the New York legislature, it would be the biggest public handout in NFL history.
Bail reforms did not lead to higher crime, and in fact should be applied more uniformly, report finds.
Inmates with opioid addiction suffered severe withdrawal after the Jefferson County Correctional Facility stripped them of their medication.
The decision allows Smartmatic to proceed with its defamation lawsuit against Fox, two anchors, and Rudy Giuliani.
New York's residence restrictions for sex offenders raise the question of how irrational a policy must be to fail "rational basis" review.
Rochelle Walensky says "now is not the moment" to stop forcing masks on children. Democratic politicians increasingly disagree.
Despite a binary media narrative, the vast majority of the U.S. is in favor of quality, accountable policing.
A pastor and a nonprofit challenge occupational licensing rules.
Inflation-adjusted revenue per student in public schools is up 68 percent in the Empire State—and 24 percent nationally—over the past two decades. Time for School Choice.
After more than a decade of subversion, the Supreme Court has a chance to rectify this situation.
The New York State Supreme Court ruled that Governor Hochul and the health commissioner did not have the authority to mandate a masking requirement
Making booze to-go rules permanent is the right policy choice, no matter what entrenched interests claim.
Ron DeSantis killed people because Florida didn't impose tougher rules, we're told. But it's not true.
The traditional case for rent control isn't made any more convincing by a Democratic Socialists of America dance number.
The Golden State's legalization of accessory dwelling units has produced a glut of new housing. New York area policymakers are trying to replicate the success.
Last year may have been the year of the Cuomosexual, but 2021 rightly disabused people of the notion that New York's governor had their best interests at heart.
Financial pressure is the main reason why people say they move, and pandemic-era public policy created a lot more financial pressure in certain places.
This Brooklyn-bred New York Post columnist and her family are fleeing to Florida due to bad education policy and COVID mismanagement.
15 out of 16 adult New Yorkers have gotten the jab, but that's not enough to keep government from fining businesses and excluding kids.
Requiring kids as young as 5 to either get vaccinated or stay home is not as smart or as necessary as de Blasio claims.
Instead of impoverishing the world, we have to learn to live with COVID-19.
The Supreme Court should reject a law that bars ordinary people from carrying guns for self-defense.
In Buffalo, incumbent Byron Brown staged a successful write-in campaign against DSA-backed candidate India Walton. Elsewhere in the country, DSA candidates won their local races.
Several groups urging the Supreme Court to overturn New York’s virtual ban on bearing arms emphasize the policy’s racist roots and racially disproportionate impact.
Higher cigarette taxes will fuel greater black-market activity and more confrontations with the police.
A Supreme Court decision against New York's gun control scheme would be a victory for both criminal justice reform and the Second Amendment.
San Diego becomes latest school district to require teen jabs. But is it good policy?
The vaccine mandate on health care workers, ahead of the broader mandate on the rest of us, is putting America in uncharted territory.
One at Rikers, one at a nearby jail barge, marking 12 deaths this year
Formal sentences cover for informal penalties including crowding, poor sanitation, beatings, and rape.
The men of Attica said they had "set forth to change forever the ruthless brutalization" of U.S. prisoners. For all the horror and bloodshed, not much has changed.
Business owners in the Bronx respond to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine passport mandate.
Hochul’s office reports that some 55,400 people have died of the coronavirus in New York, much higher than the 43,400 claimed by Cuomo, who left office Monday.
Andrew Cuomo was a very bad governor. His ability to convince people otherwise during his pandemic press briefings is surely a performance deserving of an Emmy.
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