KAPELSOHN ON CASTILE
I have known Manny Kapelsohn for decades. We have appeared together on numerous panels at national and international training seminars. We serve together on the advisory board of the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. ...
DAMN HURRICANES
When my county announced the evacuation order with Hurricane Irma coming on fast, I had the good fortune to be in Illinois teaching a class: had “pre-evacuated,” as it were, and personally escaped the...
SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN PERUTA
Well, damn.
We’d all had hopes that the current Supreme Court of the United States would review and overturn the Peruta decision, in which the Ninth Circuit had upheld the right of California authorities to...
CHANGING THE BALANCE OF PUBLIC OPINION?
Recent revelations have changed the narrative of who bears responsibility for the atrocity at the Parkland high school. Of course, the primary responsibility is upon the twisted young man who performed the evil deed.
But...
WHEN PULLED OVER WHILE CARRYING…
In comments on the last blog entry here (on the Philando Castile shooting), more than one commenter suggested public service announcements on how to handle traffic stops…particularly if one is legally carrying a gun.
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