THE VIEW FROM THE DOORWAY: BOTH SIDES, PART II
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In the last two entries in this blog, we discussed the controversial case of a female cop off-duty who believed she had come home, found an intruder inside her apartment, and wound up fatally shooting the legitimate resident because she … Read more
THE VIEW FROM THE DOORWAY: BOTH SIDES, PART I
The double-edged tragedy in Dallas, discussed here in my last post has triggered a common phenomenon seen nationwide, and even here in commentary: the natural human tendency to be tribal focuses sympathy on whichever party the onlooker most identifies with. Having … Read more
LEARNING FROM A TRAGEDY IN DALLAS
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Another controversial police shooting is in the news, this one particularly heart-breaking. A synopsis of events and some legal analysis is found here. This incident came up in a private forum to which I belong. Some emotion was evident. A … Read more
A BLAST FROM THE PAST, AS IT WERE
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A reader in Georgia was cleaning out his old gun magazines, and was kind enough to send me a photocopy of an article titled “Bowl ‘Em Over,” about the 1979 Second Chance Combat Shoot, from the November ’79 issue of … Read more
WELL SAID, MS. SWEARER
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Regular reader Ted Fries sent along this commentary on the recent atrocity in Jacksonville, Florida. Ms. Amy Swearer is a bright young voice in the gun owners’ civil rights movement. I haven’t heard the reality of this matter explained better. … Read more