Doris Wise Montrose

Yes, this is from 2015. Yes, this is published on Politico. Yes, this is well worth reading. t’s deja vu all over again. In a recent Politico Magazine article, Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes resuscitate criticisms of a survey on defensive gun use that I conducted with my colleague Marc Gertz way back in 1993—the National Self-Defense

“… the model red flag legislation produced by Biden’s Justice Department evinces an almost complete lack of concern for the serious due process issues raised by depriving people of the constitutional right to armed self-defense based on suspicions about what they might otherwise do.” Due Process – 14th Amendment. As director of the Centers for

Hint: Has nothing to do with gun control laws, infringing on the Second Amendment, or disarming law-abiding citizens. And it doesn’t have anything to do with gun control. Instead, William “Juneboy” Outlaw says violence interrupters and street outreach can set young offenders on a new path. And Outlaw isn’t just engaging in hypotheticals, but is speaking

This soldier says she’ll shoot you if you don’t do what she says if martial law is declared. Is she familiar with the Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes which limits the powers

“… if Senate Democrats get their way, they’ll weaponize S230 reform to target online gun marketplaces. Conservatives urging repeal of Section 230 are playing right into their hands.” Debate surrounding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 most often involves social media. But what about gun sales? The question is worth asking because

Getting a law passed is not the same thing as getting people to obey. “There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it

The CDC now plans to take on “gun violence” as a public health issue. Read: gun control and disarming law-abiding citizens. (CNN)For the first time in decades, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the nation’s top public health agency — is speaking out forcefully about gun violence in America,

Stopping the import of Russian ammo is just pretending to do something noble. “…restrictions on imports of firearms and ammunition are less likely to hurt well-connected Russian manufacturers, who will almost certainly find buyers elsewhere, than they are to hurt civilian consumers of those goods. Amid social fracture and loss of faith in institutions, American

Universal background checks will do nothing to make people safe. That is not the goal. The goal of mandating universal background checks is to create a registry for the purpose of confiscating our guns. Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords isn’t a fan of guns. She was at one time when it could benefit her politically. Now,

Chipman’s confirmation is languishing in the Senate, the anti-gun rights groups are urging Biden to establish a White House office that will not require Senate confirmation. The gun-control lobby is growing impatient. With major gun-control legislation yet to materialize and Biden’s nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) stalled in