It isn’t a right if it’s compulsory
In the United States there are several rights codified in our Constitution. And one concept about rights many seem to forget is they are entirely voluntary. You...
Category: Second Amendment
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...
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...
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