by Dan Mitchell | Aug 28, 2016 | Blogs, Crime, Society
While I’m depressed about the election and America’s economic future, the news isn’t completely grim. Advocates of personal freedom are winning on the issue of guns. Gun ownership has become more pervasive and legal protections for the Second Amendment have expanded,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 17, 2016 | Blogs, Europe, Society
There are no simple answers to Islamist terrorism, particularly when individual nutjobs are determined to kill a bunch of innocent people. But I know that some answers to the problem are wrong. So when politicians like Hillary Clinton say we should have more gun...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2016 | Blogs, Crime, Society
The Constitution and Bill of Rights exist to protect our civil liberties from government. And that’s true whether the attack on our rights is legislative or bureaucratic. For instance: Our 1st Amendment rights to participate in the political process are – or at least...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 12, 2016 | Blogs, Crime, Society
It’s happened again. A nut went to a gun-free zone and engaged in a mass killing. In this example, the perpetrator apparently was an Islamic fanatic upset about gay people. But let’s set aside the question of motive and ask the important question of why politicians...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 15, 2016 | Blogs, Crime, Society
I recently wrote about gun control, noting how there’s less murder in demographically similar U.S. states than there is in matching Canadian provinces. This is one of the reasons why I’m optimistic about protecting the Second Amendment. The empirical evidence is so...
