by Dan Mitchell | Aug 28, 2013 | Blogs, Crime, Society
It sounds strange, but my two favorite columns on gun control were authored by self-identified leftists. But they didn’t let ideology trump common sense. Justin Cronin, for instance, explained that restrictions on gun ownership undermined his ability to protect his...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 19, 2013 | Blogs, Crime, Society
Fifty years from now (assuming we haven’t suffered a Greek-style fiscal collapse), will we still enjoy our constitutional freedom of private gun ownership? Sometimes I’m pessimistic about what will happen because politically correct educators are brainwashing our...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 22, 2012 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’m not a big fan of the United Nations and I’m not a supporter of gun control, so you can imagine how agitated I get when two bad things are combined together. And that’s exactly what’s happening with a new anti-gun treaty being concocted by the United Nations. John...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 27, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
bout a year ago, I spoke at a conference in Europe that attracted a lot of very rich people from all over the continent, as well as a lot of people who manage money for high-net-worth individuals. What made this conference remarkable was not the presentations, though...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 10, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs
I wrote earlier this year about the connection between a morally corrupt welfare state and the riots in the United Kingdom. But what’s happening now is not just some left-wing punks engaging in political street theater. Instead, the U.K. is dealing with a bigger...
