The founders’ individual mandates
It is unconstitutional to force individuals to buy health insurance, according to critics of Obamacare. Not so, says Einer Elhauge of The New Republic, who points out that the founders who wrote the...
View ArticleObamacare supports gun rights
So will the NRA rally support for Obamacare? The words were tucked deep into the sprawling text of President Obama’s signature health-care overhaul. Under the headline “Protection of Second Amendment...
View ArticleProtect our rights with a police state?
My colleague Mark Mitchell feels some cognitive dissonance with the NRA’s response to gun violence in schools: NRA president Wayne LaPierre called for a new initiative to place policemen in every...
View ArticleThe gun control package
The President has issued sweeping new gun control measures, a combination of Congressional proposals and 23 executive orders that go into effect immediately. Details on exactly what the measures are,...
View Article150 firearms you might not be allowed to have
Democrats have introduced legislation to ban 150 specific firearms. Not just “assault rifles” but also certain brands of pistols and shotguns. I’ve posted the complete list after the jump. Those of...
View ArticleThe militia part of the Second Amendment
The Washington Post has a front page story saying that the Second Amendment had always been construed to refer to a “collective” right to own firearms on the part of state militias until 2008 when the...
View ArticleColorado throws out anti-gun lawmakers
Citizens of Colorado voted for the right to smoke marijuana, but they have also voted or the right to own firearms. In a recall election, this blue state ousted two state legislators who pushed...
View ArticleJesse James meets the Second Amendment
If there should ever be a monument to the Second Amendment, it should be erected in Northfield, Minnesota. In this little college town in 1876, Jesse James and Cole Younger, with six other members of...
View ArticleTextbook’s version of the Second Amendment
How American history and the Constitution are taught in high schools: The authors of United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination have taken it upon themselves to change the...
View Article“Fixing” the Second Amendment
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, having spent much of his career trying to interpret the Constitution away, now wants to change it. He has written a book entitled Six Amendments: How...
View ArticleThe Dalton gang meets the Second Amendment
In the course of a discussion on the importance of an armed citizenry, Michael Walsh tells how the citizens of Coffeyville, Kansas, shot up the Dalton gang. The story is similar to what the good folks...
View ArticleIn Europe, only outlaws have guns
In Europe, owning a firearm is pretty much illegal. But a huge black market has arisen in military-grade weapons, making them easily available to criminals, gang members, and terrorists. Proving the...
View ArticleSupport for gun rights grows
Reversing the trends of the last few decades, a majority of Americans (52%) now say that protecting the right to own a firearm is more important than controlling gun ownership. The question now is why...
View ArticleMore gun control by executive order
The Justice Department is moving ahead with a new round of gun control regulations implemented by the President’s executive order, to be enforced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and...
View ArticleNew rhetorical strategies for the anti-gun crowd
Opponents of the Second Amendment, inspired by other rapid changes of public opinion, are formulating new ways of framing their arguments against the ownership of firearms: Make gun ownership a public...
View ArticleSocial Security status to block ownership of guns
Today’s gun laws restrict those who cannot manage their own affairs from owning firearms. So the Obama administration is planning to use Social Security to restrict gun ownership. Individuals...
View ArticleObama’s top priority will be gun control
In an interview with GQ magazine, President Obama said that his top priority for his final year in office will be gun control. From Dave Boyer, Obama says gun control to be top issue of final year –...
View ArticleSupreme Court clears way for semi-automatic weapons ban
The Supreme Court refused to hear a case contesting a ban on “assault weapons”; that is, semi-automatic weapons that can hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. This will doubtless clear the way for...
View ArticleHow barring all Muslims is like gun control
Donald Trump has called for banning all Muslims from entering the United States, not only as immigrants but as tourists. He defends this religious discrimination by invoking Franklin Delano...
View ArticleThe assault weapon in question
The push for gun control following the San Bernadino shootings is filled with misinformation, according to columnist Rich Lowry. He takes a look at the “assault weapon” used in the attack that many...
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