McDonald vs Chicago

I am sorely tempted to send Chicago’s Mayor Daley a sympathy card. I’m sure he’s crying about the latest Supreme Court decision, which bluntly asserts that Chicago’s anti-gun laws violate the Second Amendment, and the rights of all Chicagoans....

Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty

I try to keep my ear to the ground, and my finger on the pulse of the people, but I didn’t know about the Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty until just recently. If you are a defender of individual rights (and by logical inclusion, a defender of the Second...

Importance of the Second Amendment

“We hold these truths to be self-evident” says the often-quoted Declaration of Independence. Of course, that depends on whom you mean when you say “We”. Self-evident truths are only obvious to those that have already discovered those truths. It seems to be part of the...

Second Amendment

Why is a federal agency (ATF) spending nearly one billion dollars each year trying to eliminate the Second Amendment? Our right to life becomes meaningless if we are powerless to defend that life. It is crucial for us to understand why it was included in the Bill of...