Month: August 2022

Survey after survey indicates that crime remains one of the top issues of voters as the country approaches the midterm elections (here, here, here and here, for instance). A closely related concern is soft-on-crime policies, with “a majority of voters support[ing] proposed new laws that would replace local district attorneys who fail to prosecute criminals,” and large percentages of respondents agreeing

You know what they say: When there are pressing problems, consult history. The past is full of people who’ve lived lives and distilled their knowledge and know-how into that special thing we call wisdom. And while learning from our past to address future concerns is important, just look at the oeuvre of Robert Green —

There are 50 million more guns than people in America. We also have more shootings and gun deaths than any country in the world. As a former president of the Chicago Board of Health, a public health activist and a retired professor of medicine with an advanced degree in psychiatry, I harbor strong, fact-based opinions

The White House is refusing to get drawn into the legal arguments surrounding the FBI search and seizure of classified documents from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property. “We’re not going to say anything at this time while the investigation is going on,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Monday. The FBI recovered 11

This week the California Legislature enters the final week of the legislative session with several anti-gun bills eligible for floor action. It’s critical that you contact your legislators and voice your opposition to AB 1227 (Excise Tax), SB 918 (CCW Reform), and AB 2870 (GVRO Expansion). These bills, on top of the bills already passed and signed this session, will

When we say “brace yourself,” we’re not kidding. The pistol brace rule is coming as well. But first, a different sort of crackdown was unleashed on the nation this week, as an ATF rule published on April 26 finally took effect on Wednesday. The regulation is entitled “Definition of `Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms.” That

OPINION: Florida’s Rep. Charlie Crist is a piece of work. A career politician, he has been on the ballot as often as possible since 1986. He’s won and lost nominations and general elections for the Florida state senate, Attorney General and Governor plus the US Senate, and Congress. An election year without Mr. Crist on

Nikki Fried seemed to have had a strong pitch when she first announced her candidacy for governor, and Democrats initially embraced her as “something new” for the party ticket. For many voters in Florida, she was a fresh face on the political stumping grounds. The party’s standard bearers in the past decade had often been white men. In 2014,

Tom Barton Cedar Rapids Gazette DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa voters in November will be asked to add language to the Iowa Constitution that states it is a “fundamental individual right” to keep and bear arms, and that any restraint on that right is invalid unless it meets the demands of “strict scrutiny.” A new