After the horrific events in Las Vegas gun control is, once again, a topic of national debate. Which is fine by me, as I’ve said on my radio show and elsewhere this week. The people proposing gun control have good intentions. They genuinely feel these policies will make us safer. They’re just wrong is all.…
When It Comes to Gun Control Heidi Heitkamp Says Guilty Until Proven Innocent
The Senate is expected to vote later this week on a gun control measure backed by, and apparently lobbied for, North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp. “We need to reach a bipartisan compromise that truly aims to address the issue of keeping guns out of the hands of potential terrorists, while protecting Americans’ constitutional rights,” Heitkamp…
Congress Voting Down Gun Control Is Not License For The President To Do Whatever He Wants
There’s a letter to the editor in the Jamestown Sun today responding to my recent newspaper column about President Barack Obama’s actions on gun control (read it here in the Grand Forks Herald). In my column I argued that the policy overreach of the executive branch – up to and including Obama’s actions on gun control – promote…
Gun Confiscation Is Hardly A Conspiracy Theory When The President Has Praised Gun Confiscation
Yesterday President Barack Obama was part of a town hall on guns and gun violence hosted by CNN. One of the questions – from Mark Kelly, husband to former Congresswoman Gabbie Giffords – was about gun confiscation. “Often what you hear in the debate of expanding background checks to more gun sales, and, as you…
The Left Is Losing The Argument On Assault Weapons And Gun Control
If you had no other evidence available to you other than smug social media postings from your progressive friends, or aggressive proclamations from left-wing pundits, you would think that the left was winning the gun control debate. A spate of mass shootings has certainly provided them with a convenient environment in which to make those…
Thoughts And Prayers Tweets Are About As Effective As Gun Control Would Be
In the modern media age we cannot simply observe a crime of the sort that happened in San Bernardino yesterday while waiting for facts to lead us to logical conclusions about the how and why of an incident. Rather pundits – from citizens with Facebook accounts to paid professionals on cable news – must immediately…
Three Weeks After Oregon Shooting American Support For Gun Rights Increases
“Given the proof that the cops are not quick enough to stop a shooting in progress to save every [life], then it’s important to protect one’s own life with any means possible,” writes Ace of this news: Nearly three weeks after the latest mass shooting claimed the lives of nine people, 52% of Americans now…
Are North Dakota Democrats Getting Cozy With Gun Confiscation?
North Dakota’s top elected Democrat, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, has been testy with reporters lately when asked about gun control. The reason is obvious. Heitkamp’s fellow liberals want gun control, up to and including gun confiscation (more on that in a moment), very badly. But Heitkamp knows that in order to keep her office, which she…
Matt Evans: What Actual Gun Law Compromise Might Look Like
A compromise is when two parties who disagree both give up something they want in order to get something else they want more. People who want to restrict gun laws further tend to complain that those who don’t want further restrictions are not willing to compromise. This is silly; the gun grabbers basic game plan…
Jeff Bishop: Debunking Some Gun Control Talking Points
Gun control is a topic nearly all people hate. Brits universally despise the notion that anyone should have a right to own a weapon for self-defense, and can barely fathom the notion that anyone would want to. Americans are split on the issue. One believes we could pass a law tomorrow mimicking Britain’s gun laws…