by Brian Garst | Jun 11, 2018 | Blogs, Free Market
Congress has delegated so much authority to the executive branch over the decades that it has become a de facto legislature in its own right. We see this in the broad discretion bureaucrats wield through administrative law, as well as the various ways that Presidents...
by Dan Mitchell | May 6, 2018 | Blogs, Crime, Society
I’ve periodically featured folks on the left who have rejected gun control. In 2012, Jeffrey Goldberg admitted gun ownership reduces crime. In 2013, Justin Cronin explained how he became a left-wing supporter of gun rights. In 2015, Jamelle Bouie poured cold water on...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 30, 2018 | Blogs, Free Market
Like many libertarians, I’ve always assumed that Thomas Jefferson was one of the best Founding Fathers. He certainly was an advocate of liberty and I’ve cited him several times (see here, here, here, here, here, and here) over the years. But maybe being quotable is...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I don’t own an AR-15. I’m not a “gun person,” whatever that means. I hardly ever shoot. And I never hunt. But I’m nonetheless a big supporter of private gun ownership. In part, this is because I have a libertarian belief in civil liberties. In other words, my default...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 18, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I shared some satire about gun control last month, but the left’s campaign to exploit the horrible Parkland shooting seems to have instigated a bunch of new material. So let’s have some weekend fun. We’ll start with this humorous image from Reddit‘s libertarian page...