My earlier post discusses the constitutional basis for gun rights. The important thing to remember about that is that the Second Amendment responded to a clear, historical need. In fact,… Read more The Politics of Guns and Fun →
GUNS IN AMERICA: PART ONE The Second Amendment: Our Constitutional Equivalent of a Vestigial Organ. The Second Amendment of the US Constitution is something like the appendix that homo sapiens… Read more GUNS IN AMERICA: PART ONE (The Constitution) →
Trump and mass shootings! He says all that was needed in Paris and California was ‘good guys with guns.’ He decries “Gun Free Zones.” 2015 report from Everytown for Gun… Read more Good Guys With Guns →
We have somewhere around 500,000 sworn local law enforcement officers in this country. They have literally millions of encounters with citizens every day. So, when we see a North Charlotte… Read more Policing the Police: Rotten Apples and Occupational Cultures →
The Quicken Loans Center where the Republican convention will be held this year does not allow individuals to carry weapons of any kind to large scale events. The interesting thing… Read more REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND OPEN CARRY →
With the fear generated by terrorist threats, and some leaders calling for more boots on the ground, we need to think again about what that really means. We have seen… Read more Returning from War: A Rumination →
This is an ongoing email conversation between myself (Chas) and a knowledgeable friend (George) as we ponder the ins-and-outs of this presidential race. I will put George’s contributions… Read more Two Guys Just Talking Politics →
This is another episode in David Waldman’s “GunFAIL” Daily Kos postings. What is really incredible is the very small number of times the entries indicate police action—arrests, charging, etc,… Read more More “Good Folks” With Guns Being “Normally Stupid” →
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