The Ass-End of What Academics Get Wrong About Guns
The dominant scholarly approach to studying guns, gun owners, and gun culture reminds me of the parable of the blind men and the elephant.
The dominant scholarly approach to studying guns, gun owners, and gun culture reminds me of the parable of the blind men and the elephant.
The administration is now prioritizing local governments and giving special preference to applicants that “directly support law enforcement,” including “immigration law enforcement operations.”
In 2025, can we still say that gun rights are winning and nobody has realized it? Well, we can say the first half.
The agency clearly wants to be seen as crusading for gun rights. And Willinger expects the DOJ to ally with gun rights groups in cases in which “it can most successfully characterize state or government actions as motivated by anti-gun animus.”
That the NFA can no longer be justified as an exercise of Congress’s taxing power on suppressors, SBRs and SBSs and is thus unconstitutional should be the end of this matter.
For the progressive left, the age to buy a firearm should be higher (21) and the age to vote lower (16). Considering 18- to 20-year-olds, two questions must be asked to arrive at a moral and logical – if not constitutional – answer.
Brooklyn firearms instructor Ross Den said anyone who was ever on the fence about getting a concealed carry weapon, is no longer.
“We have consistently voted for gun safety reform, and our voters prioritize it,” [State Senator Adam] Ebbin added. “Governor-elect Spanberger is on the right side of those issues.”
Since the law changed, more than 17,000 New Yorkers have been approved for permits, and over 8,000 additional applications are pending as of October 1.
State Sen. Judy Seeberger says she will back more restrictions on assault-style weapons, a significant shift from the previously undecided swing-district Democrat.