by Dan Mitchell | Sep 8, 2010 | Blogs, Constitution, Crime, Society
A man in New York recently scared off some gang members by firing a couple of warning shots into the ground. When the cops arrived, did they congratulate the man for protecting his family and start looking for the thugs? That’s what would happen in a logical and just...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 3, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
David Ignatius has a thoroughly boring and utterly predictable establishment left-wing column in the Washington post, but it is a perfect illustration of my maxim that “Bad government policy begets bad government policy.” In this case, Ignatius wants to expand gun...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 2, 2010 | Blogs, Constitution, Justice
I’m not a lawyer, so I certainly can’t pretend to have expert views, but everytime I read something like this, my regard for Justice Thomas rises even higher. In the McDonald case, the justices were asked by the plaintiffs to strike down Chicago’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 29, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Constitution, Crime
In addition to noting that gun control tends to increase crime by reducing the cost of being a criminal (i.e., thugs are less likely to meet armed resistance), Tom Sowell also explains that people who don’t like the Constitution should amend the document rather...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 28, 2010 | Blogs, Constitution, Crime
John Lott is one of America’s leading scholars of gun rights and the 2nd Amendment. His Foxnews.com column explains today’s ruling in favor of the Constitution and explains how the 2008 Heller decision led to less murder in Washington, DC. With another...
