The Reason video explains the basic problem with enacting “common sense gun reform” in the US. Even if it doesn’t boil down to large-scale confiscation — which it inevitably does — it still represents a major change in the right of the people to keep and bear arms, and as so will require repealing the Second Amendment in order to be enacted. Your “it…

Perhaps. That’s usually a good approach. However, it’s also a good idea to check and see if what you want to do is even possible before investing a lot of time and effort into it.

In this case, the Australian-style gun confiscation that people are holding up as a model for “civilized” countries (I’ll get to that unexamined…

Claire your article is well written and poignant. You make a lot of good points. I feel what you are saying on so many levels. I think understanding this issue might help you deal with it a little more effectively and reduce your suffering. I am not out to make you wrong because you are not. I simply think you are going to feel very frustrated and…

Another day, another mass shooting in the U.S.A

Off they go, those Americans at it again with their guns.

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Tonight I read that there has been a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. 14 killed. The…

And herewith, the second reply to Jon Fingas…

Your message about not hating all gun owners, just the irresponsible ones is exactly the same as a racist who says that he doesn’t hate all the black people, just the uppity ones. (And no, for the record, I do not hold that opinion about black people.) Gun owners who don’t stand…

Guns.

You’re sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door.

Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled whispers.

At least two people have broken into your house and are moving your way.