Most of my American readers are going to know about the London mayor’s recent ‘ban’ on knives, inaugurated in this hilarious–but evidently sincerely put–tweet: No excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife. Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law. https://t.co/XILUvIFLOW — Mayor of …
Category: gun rights
This Illustrates What I’ve Been Warning About
[This article is 3,500 words long. If you want to live, you’ll read it to the end.] Not too long ago, I updated my disclaimer to the right with the note: Because I believe that people are being manipulated into regularly scheduled outrages, … I will generally abstain from opining on ‘national conversations’ until I …
The Right Tool for the Job of Securing Liberty
Last year, I needed to move a large item, but had no way of lifting it. A couple of years ago, I had learned of something called a ‘farm jack.’ I picked up one, and the job went super smoothly. I thought to myself: why didn’t I get this thing sooner? There had been sooooo …
A ‘Solution’ to Mass Shootings at Schools
Listen. I will tell you a secret. It isn’t the gun. Indeed, if Nicholas Cruz had wanted to kill even more people, he could have waited until after school and drove his vehicle 60 mph into the kids lined up as they were getting onto their buses. In the Nice, France, attack, 86 people were …
The Gospel According to Gun Control
On the face of it, liberal arguments for gun control are utterly irrational, with no redeeming value whatsoever, except, perhaps, the good intentions that we charitably allow are genuine. The internal inconsistencies of the arguments, and the complete detachment from reality that they represent, leave one baffled. The position can be understood, however, if you …
You Reap What You “Roe”
A guest submission by Brian Horvath: In 1973 Roe vs. Wade legalized a woman’s right to abort a human being. The science involved in abortion is unchallenged: A woman who aborts is aborting a human being. We know that humans produce humans, not elephants, dogs, cats, etc. Additionally, we know that being which is within …
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