Part II: Where PERF Was PERF-ect

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As I said in the last entry (found immediately below this one), the Police Executive Research Forum had a lot of things right in its recent controversial 30-point list of suggest use of force...

THRESHOLDS

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With our fifty-state patchwork quilt of gun laws, it’s often difficult to know where the armed citizen is legal, and where he or she is not.  I constantly check what I consider to be...

TALLYING FEBRUARY

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My January hiatus from teaching (which is not a break from writing, researching, or trial prep) is long over. February turned out to be a good month, albeit a hectic one. Three classes (Virginia, Alabama,...

POST CHRISTMAS MUSINGS

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Christmas Eve and Christmas Night saw full moons for the first time since 1977, I’m told. Just  too purty for the Evil Princess not to photograph. The approaching New Year brings with it challenges for...

READING BETWEEN THE LINES OF FIREARMS LAW

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The six-day Legal Eagles seminar continued on Sunday with a powerful all-day presentation by attorney Mitch Vilos, author of “Self-Defense Laws of All Fifty States.” Mitch specializes in firearms law and has done a...