AND NOW, FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT…
Among other things, regular readers here know that (A) I don’t usually host guest blogs and (B) as sort of the “resident cop” in the Backwoods Home writers’ stable, I frequently visit criminal justice...
THE COLOR OF JUSTICE
There has been a lot of talk lately about self-defense shootings of black suspects by white people being treated differently than if it had been a white person harmed by an African-American. The perception...
WHY GUN PEOPLE NEED TO TRAVEL CAREFULLY
We who travel with firearms need to be careful not to run afoul of the fifty-piece patchwork quilt of United States gun laws. This goes double on commercial aircraft and triple when we travel...
George Zimmerman and Don West Speak on the Trayvon Martin incident.
You all remember the death of Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman. The fifth anniversary of that incident has just passed. You may have read my 20-part take on the trial, archived...
WHAT TO SAY AFTER A SELF-DEFENSE SHOOTING
Conventional wisdom has long held that after a self-defense shooting, the shooter should say nothing to police except, “I want a lawyer.” The problem with that is, it’s exactly what genuine bad guys say...