Firearm liability “insurance”
It’s a general rule of common or statutory law that insurance does not cover intentional actions. Yet, time and again, we see proposals for “gun lia...
Category: Second Amendment
Responding to a knife with a firearm
LA Times Letters to the Editor: “Why do police officers keep shooting people armed with knives?” Oh this is a good one… To the editor: I read ...
Japan isn’t an argument for gun control
Article: How Japan Has Almost Eradicated Gun Crime Whenever someone mentions Japan in the context of gun control, there’s always a quick test I do on an a...
Once a government…
A friend of mine recently tagged me on Facebook to ask my opinion on this. Below is my response with some enhancements and additions. * * * * * Quoting for acce...
Taxing firearms
Article: Don’t Ban Assault Weapons – Tax Them I’ve said before (here and here) that subtle racism largely fuels the calls for greater financial burd...
State gun laws and pediatric firearm-related mortality
Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics published a study concluding that “States with laws requiring universal background checks for firearm purchase...
Your concealed carry permit is not a badge
Back when I was first learning about firearms and concealed carry, I came across a video – since removed, unfortunately – called “Your conceal...
Lying about the US and Australia
Harper’s Bazaar: “How can we stop mass shootings?” Okay, let’s get into this… There have been 316 mass shootings this year in Amer...
Redefining terms to infringe the Second Amendment
Article: What does it mean to “bear arms”?, The Economist I’m not going to waste much space on this. “Bear arms”, or “to keep and bear a...
Selling out
A little over two months ago, I joined the NRA. Not long after joining, I mentioned it on Twitter, tagging the NRA and “March for Lives”. One person...
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