Imposing fines based on income
I’ve seen this idea crop up every now and again. And a lot of people are wanting this because 1. it sticks it to the rich and 2. it’s from Europe, s...
Category: Crime
On Jeffrey Epstein
I’ll say this up front: I don’t believe Jeffrey Epstein was murdered. When Epstein’s death was announced, a lot of people presumed he had been...
Gun control States are robbery-friendly States
In continuing the analysis of gun control laws and violent crime, let’s turn our attention to robbery rates. Source for the robbery rates comes from the F...
Analysis of gun laws and violent crime
I’ve done previous analyses on the Brady scoring for various gun laws and how they relate to suicide rates in various States. To briefly recap previous ar...
Demographics of gun violence
These numbers come from the CDC WISQARS Fatal Injury Report and Nonfatal Injury Report, cross-referenced with the FBI Uniform Crime Report. All data is for cale...
Breeding fear
Firearms are both exciting and terrifying. Depending on the person, they’ll either command respect and awe for the marvels of engineering they are, or the...
Teaching men to not rape
This is a response I gave on Facebook to someone who said Can’t we teach men not to rape at the same time as teaching women how to defend themselves? Oh w...
Misleading gun statistic
I’ve seen one particular statement replayed several times over, and it’s rather misleading in its representation: gun deaths have been cut in half o...
Reply to Lonnie and Sandy Phillips regarding your lawsuit against Lucky Gunner
Mr and Mrs Philips, In your op-ed posted to Huffington Post, you make quite a few troubling statements: We brought our lawsuit because we thought it was outrage...
Talking about rape
Let’s talk about rape. Rape is forced sexual performance or sexual performance that occurs while the person — the victim — has been coerced, i...