REFLECTIONS ON THE NRA MEETING
The National Rifle Association’s annual meeting is underway in Houston as I write this. The national media is still claiming that 90% of Americans wanted the flawed Universal Background Check to pass last month....
Part 4: PERFidy?
Some of PERF’s recommended policies are downright dangerous to police, and to the law-abiding citizens they are sworn to protect. Consider Policy 8: “Shooting at vehicles must be strictly prohibited. Agencies should adopt...
MORE ON GUN-FREE ZONES
It has long been known that a large majority of mass murders in public take place in “gun-free zones,” where it is unlikely that any of the potential victims will be armed and capable...
HISTORIC MOMENT IN ILLINOIS
When I was young, most states had a provision for an ordinary law-abiding citizen to get a permit to carry a concealed and loaded handgun in public, but the issuing of the permit was...
AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME
In the last entry, I promised to discuss some historical matters here, unless something more newsworthy came up. Something certainly did.
I recently received the following from the office of Senator Kelly Ayotte of New...