Why the Left Opposes Arming Teachers
Why does the Left oppose allowing a small number of highly trained teachers and other adults who work at schools to arm themselves? When asked, […]
Second Amendment
Gun Grabbers Deny the Science
Mark Rosenberg, former assistant surgeon general and founder of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control, claimed in […]
The Train to Common Sense
Common observation and a plain understanding is the source of all art. —Joshua Reynolds I hope you haven’t let anyone talk you out of seeing […]
Weaponizing Our Kids
It didn’t take long to politicize the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, and Sheriff Scott Israel became household names in […]
The Children’s Crusade
According to legend, in 1212, a shepherd boy experienced religious visions that inspired him to lead fellow children on a Children’s Crusade to the Holy […]
One More for the NRA
I just joined the National Rifle Association. Although I’ve always been somewhat open-minded about gun control, especially high-powered weapons, the current mob mentality of the […]
Worst Responders
The Parkland Shooting has emboldened the gun control lobby yet again. The same activists who spent the better part of the last two years speaking […]
The Failure to Confront Evil in Florida Shooting
Every time a mass shooting occurs in America, you can map out the public discussions that inevitably follow. They usually deal with gun control, mental […]
Delirium, Questions, Resolve in the Wake of Florida
In a testament to progressive insolence, the Florida school shooting swiftly became a platform for shredding the Second Amendment. Any notion that it is unseemly […]
Signs of the Times
When we think about “Making America Great Again,” surely one such feature that would contribute to it would be the end of nihilistic crimes, such […]
Mass Shootings Point to a Problem—and It Isn’t Guns
I’m a father of four children who all attend public school. My love for them and their value to me and to society are immeasurable. […]
“Hoplophobia,” Not “Gun Culture” Is the Problem
As the usual suspects enter into the steps of the gun-control dance once more, the ringing tones of “shall not be infringed!” and the admonition […]
Trump is Not to Blame for the Downfall of the California GOP
As a lifelong Californian, there are few political lies more infuriating to me than the suggestion, repeated recently in the New York Times, that President […]
Bumperstocky
Twas quarter-past Hysteric, and The media did sound alarms; All froozy were the Democrats, Yarping of firearms. “Beware, my son, the Bumperstock; The muzzle-loading barrel […]
It’s Not a Gun Issue, It’s a Community Issue
In America, gun rights are enshrined in the Constitution. The Supreme Court has been clear and insistent on it since District of Columbia v. Heller […]
More American Carnage
It’s too soon to comment in any detail about what happened at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival Sunday night in Las Vegas. There’s […]
Fear-Based Policing Poses a Public Danger
It all started with a hat. “You sure remind me of Sam Hall,” said the old-timer in the lobby of the Post Office in The […]
The Cold Civil War Just Got Warmer
The Republicans want to kill poor people; they want to throw grandma off a cliff; Republicans want dirty water and polluted air; Republicans want to […]
For Memorial Day, Some Common Sense About Our Common Purpose
“Will our Republic survive?” It is a fitting question for Memorial Day. For, as Abraham Lincoln noted in his Gettysburg Address, “It is for us […]
Why California’s New Gun Laws Deserve Contempt
The arrival in 2017 of a raft of new gun control laws in California won’t amount to much, except more hassles for gun dealers and […]