by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2021 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Back in 2012, I shared a video clip of Ice-T defending the 2nd Amendment, but that video is now dead, so I’m glad to see that Prager University has added his comments as a prologue to this defense of gun rights by Prof. Eugene Volokh. Ice-T and Prof. Volokh make for a...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2020 | Blogs, Crime, Society
I’m (unfortunately) not a rich person, but that doesn’t stop me from opposing punitive taxes on successful entrepreneurs, investors, and small business owners. Likewise, I’m not a gun aficionado, but that doesn’t stop me from opposing efforts to restrict the rights of...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 15, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
When I write about gun control, it’s normally to make wonky points about how gun ownership reduces crime by changing the cost-benefit analysis of potential bad guys. Today, in honor of Bill of Rights Day, let’s change the focus and celebrate the ratification of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Back in 2014, I wrote about “The Unsavory History of Gun Control” to document how many of the first gun control laws in the United States were used as a tool to oppress blacks. Today, let’s take a closer look at this issue. And since we have a lot of material, we’ll...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 21, 2020 | Blogs, Crime, Society
In recent months, governments released prisoners and announced that some laws wouldn’t be enforced because of the coronavirus. Now, with protests against police misbehavior, we’re seeing governments fail to maintain law and order. As suggested by this...
