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 | May 28, 2020 | Blogs, Society
Back in March, I explained that the coronavirus pandemic showed why it’s so valuable for people to have the right of gun ownership. Let’s revisit the topic and we’ll start with the bad news. As illustrated by this Reason video, Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 24, 2020 | Blogs, Crime, Society
Back in 2012, I asked readers to pretend they were criminals and to contemplate whether they would want to rob a house with armed residents. This “IQ test” was designed to help people understand that cost-benefit analysis applies to all types of human...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 19, 2020 | Blogs, Crime, Society
Other than an occasional column about events in my home county of Fairfax, I’ve never written about public policy in Virginia. This is because the Commonwealth has had a dull profile. It doesn’t have a track record of notably good policies, such as Florida and Texas,...
