Doris Wise Montrose

“In America we say if anyone gets hurt, we will ban it for everyone everywhere for all time. And before we know it, everything is banned.” Professor Jonathan Haidt It’s a common refrain: We have bubble-wrapped the world. Americans in particular are obsessed with “safety.” The simplest way to get any law passed in America,

Arizona is one of the last bastions of freedom in the country. So, of course, Arizona (where I escaped to) is a major target. Hopefully, Arizona Republicans can muster themselves into actually doing something with their strength and numbers – while we still have it. The turning of blue from red can be laid at

‘“The right to self-defense is “the central component of the [Second Amendment] right,” Heller, 554 U.S. at 599 (emphasis added), and it is “a basic right, recognized by many legal systems from ancient times to the present day,” McDonald, 561 U.S. at 767. Indeed, the right to self-protection and self-preservation was viewed at the Founding

The Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund is actively recruiting faith leaders to push anti-gun politicians ahead of the 2020 elections. The organization, largely bankrolled by failed presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, announced this week its plan to “mobilize faith communities to elect gun sense candidates” in November. “Individuals and organizations partnering with Everytown will work

“No matter what gun-control advocates claim, public-health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic do not give governments carte blanche to trample on the constitutional rights of their citizens. Mandating the closure of all firearm retailers across an entire state or locality would do just that. State and local governments have a duty to protect their

In Colorado, an inmate filed a red flag petition to remove weapons from the sheriff of Weld County. In New Mexico, a “preponderance of the evidence” was substituted for probable cause in its red flag law in order to seize firearms from their legal owners. The “preponderance of the evidence” shows what a threat red

“History shows that tyrannical government diktats can long outlast the crisis that inspired them.” With panicked consumers emptying store shelves around the country, and shoppers in at least one city fighting over toilet paper, the coronavirus pandemic seems just a short distance from coronavirus pandemonium. The panic comes at a time when many police departments,

“My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun crime routinely do. But few saw the Third Reich coming until it was too late. The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where