Why was the Second Amendment added to the Constitution? “The experience of the American Revolution, where a “well regulated Militia” of all armed and able-bodied citizens proved very important, combined with knowledge of other militias in history to influence James Madison and other Framers of the Bill of Rights to include the Second Amendment in …
The Numbers As a society, we need to do our best to work with reliable statistics in order to make sound policies and laws regarding gun deaths. If we don’t do so, we’ll waste a lot of effort and lives in addition to causing further political polarization and division in our country. A good summary …
BJ Campbell has written a series of six Medium articles on guns in America, with the intent of using fact-based analysis to suggest some ideas to help reduce gun deaths. If you’re only going to read a couple articles, read the sixth and first articles (both summarized below). If you’re only going to read one …
From Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President: Help Fight the Socialist Wave “President Trump’s election, while crucial, can’t turn away the wave of these new European style socialists bearing down upon us … How about Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Bill DeBlasio, Andrew Cuomo, Corey Booker, Christopher Murphy and Keith Ellison … they hide behind labels …
Virginia House of Delegates speech by Nick Freitas On March 2, 2018, Virginia House of Delegates member Nick Freitas gave a speech that has since gone viral. It was a good, impassioned and well-reasoned speech. Please listen to the speech in its entirety before continuing to read this post. Some thoughts about the “two sides …