The Mulford Act and America’s Racist History of Gun Control

“The use of firearms for self-defense was often the only way black citizens could protect themselves from mob violence.”
— Justice Clarence Thomas

Tho Bishop
By Tho Bishop
Black Panther Party

Frequently we see the case against gun control entirely grounded upon a Constitutional defense of the Second Amendment. While the Founding Fathers' warnings about the importance of defending liberty with an armed populace are as important today as they have ever been, this approach has some flaws. For one, the Constitution was not meant to grant

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Are Dead Children The Price of Freedom in America?

The moral perversity that allows one to think that universal healthcare is tyranny but dead school children are the price of freedom is what is corroding the soul of the United States.

Christian Christensen
By Christian Christensen
A gun-rights activist carries his rifle with an American flag during a "National Day of Resistance" rally at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 23, 2013. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

There is a sickness eating at the body and soul of my home country, and it is on full view for the world to see. When the news broke on Valentine’s Day that 17 people—mostly young students—had lost their lives in Parkland, Florida, one could be forgiven for being numb. Of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in US history, six have come after 2012.

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Court Rejects Seattle Police Claims That De-escalation Policy Violates Their Rights

What this lawsuit really amounts to is resistance by a sub-section of Seattle police, who refuse to be more careful about how they use their weapons so they do not kill citizens.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
Seattle Police officers move in to make an arrest, Monday, May 1, 2017, during a May Day protest in Seattle. (AP/Ted S. Warren)

A federal appeals court rejected claims from about 125 Seattle police officers that a consent decree or “use of force” policy violates their Second Amendment rights to use firearms for “self-defense.” Previously, a district court ruled against the complaint filed by officers against the Seattle Police Department, the city of Seattle, and Justice

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Gun Control: How To Solve The Second Amendment

The Second Amendment is not limited to a simple sentence. It is of critical importance that it could have been left at that, a simple sentence making a straightforward declaration about a right of the people, but it was not.

Stephen Yearwood
By Stephen Yearwood
A Colt M4 gun and a button that reads "I Vote - Proud Washington Gun Owner."

OPINION -- In my lifetime 'gun control' has become as explosive as any political issue in this country can be. To my mind, all we need to do to settle that issue once and for all is to read the Second Amendment and do what it says. Here it is: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to

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Seattle Cops Sue Over Police Reforms, Claiming They Violate Officers’ Second Amendment Rights

The Seattle Police Department was placed under a consent decree in 2012 after an 11-month investigation by the DOJ found routine use of excessive force and civil rights violations.

June Williams
By June Williams
Seattle deputies carry rifles near the scene of a shooting in downtown Seattle, April 20, 2017. (AP/Elaine Thompson)

SEATTLE  – The Ninth Circuit seemed skeptical of Seattle police officers’ claims that a new use-of-force policy mandated by the Department of Justice violates their Second Amendment rights. U.S. Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith told the officers’ attorney he didn’t “have much of an argument” at a three-judge panel appellate hearing on

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Trump Walks Back Comments About “Second Amendment People”; NRA Doubles Down

In typical fashion, the Trump campaign attributed the mischaracterization of his comments to the biased media.

ZeroHedge.com
By ZeroHedge.com
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Crown Arena, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Fayetteville, N.C.

After drawing fire for allegedly suggesting that "Second Amendment people" could "off" Hillary as a last ditch effort to prevent her from abolishing the Second Amendment (as we detailed here), the man who "always says what he means" took to the Hannity show last night to explain how that's not what he meant.  Trump commented to Sean Hannity as

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