Police have their faults, but the bigger problem is bad law written by politicians.
Daily Analysis
Another Nauseating Example of Government Thuggery
The WSJ provides the sordid details of a bureaucratic injustice.
We Need Fewer Laws: Over-Criminalization Hurts the Innocent and Empowers Government
Laws should be few, comprehensible, and narrowly focused on protecting life, liberty, and property.
A Feel-Good Story from Ferguson (Assuming You’re Not Michael Bloomberg)
What could be more touching than gun rights exercised to help protect private property across racial lines?
Another Example of Government Thuggery – and another Reason Why Decent and Moral People Are Libertarians
The government has lots of ways to steal your money without charging you with a crime.
Even its Creators Want to Shut Down the Government’s Asset-Forfeiture Racket
If you ask me about the most wasteful department in the federal government, I’ll state that there are lots of good choices, but if forced to identify the best candidate for elimination, I’ll go with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. If you ask me about…
Disgusting News and Great News about the Exercise of Second Amendment Freedoms
As a libertarian, it’s easy for me to get agitated about the theoretical burden of high taxes, wasteful spending, and costly regulation. But even regular people should get upset when they get exposed to specific examples of individuals who are victimized by abusive…
Gun Control and Mass Shootings
Well, another loser killed a bunch of people, this time in Santa Barbara, California. Which gives gun control zealots an opportunity to seize upon the tragedy to recycle their calls to restrict private firearms ownership and otherwise erode the Second Amendment. But…
The Right to Proclaim that Guns Save Lives
I’ve explained on several occasions (here, here, and here) that we can be optimistic about the fight to preserve our rights to keep and bear arms. Simply stated, politicians are increasingly scared to go after gun owners and we keep seeing more and more evidence that…
No More Stealing by Government? A Long-Overdue Attack on Asset Forfeiture
Since I’m a public finance economist, I realize I’m supposed to focus on big-picture issues such as tax reform and entitlement reform. And I do beat those issues to death, so I obviously care about controlling the size and power of government. But I like to think I’m…