7 hours agoMember-onlyA New Gun Bill Which Makes Sense.If the bill introduced yesterday in the Senate by Angus King (I-ME) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) becomes law, it will mark the first time that the government’s focus on controlling the ownership and use of guns will be where it should always have been, namely, on the lethality of the…Gun Control3 min readGun Control3 min read
8 hours agoMember-onlyIs Trump a Fascist?Donald Trump’s latest rant that Capitol police should be prosecuted for beating up ‘innocent J6 protestors’ is so disgusting that it’s beyond belief, but I have to give Trump credit for continuing to figure out something to post on social media every day that keeps his name out there for…Trump4 min readTrump4 min read
1 day agoMember-onlyWhen Will Doctors Stop Worrying About the 2nd Amendment?So, the argument about gun violence which occurred on Monday between Megan Ranney, who is the newly-appointed Dean at Yale Medical School, and a John Kennedy, a pro-GOP Senator from Louisiana, has now spilled over to the digital world and every other gun-violence expert is getting into the act. The…Guns4 min readGuns4 min read
1 day agoMember-onlyNikki Haley on the Issues — Yea, right.If you’re a confirmed Trump hater like me, or maybe still deciding whether you want to hate Trump, take a look at this video which shows Trump arriving at the South Carolina — Clemson football game to a cascade of boos. I taught at Carolina from 1976 to 1980 and…Haley4 min readHaley4 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyWhat Does Gaza Represent?The first time I went to Israel, which was 1967, as I walked along the boardwalk in Tel Aviv, I thought I was in Miami Beach. Most of the adults were speaking Yiddish, not Hebrew, and they looked exactly like the Jews in Southern Florida who had moved down…Israel3 min readIsrael3 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyDid Sandy Hook Really Happen?I was standing in my gun shop on Friday afternoon, December 14, 2012, when I got a telephone call from another gun dealer who had a shop located just across the state line in Massachusetts. This dealer asked me if I had heard about the shooting earlier that day in…Sandy Hook3 min readSandy Hook3 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyWant to End Gun Violence? Deal with Gun Risk.I have just stopped watching today’s hearing on a new gun bill that may come out of the Massachusetts legislature this year and will no doubt be signed by the Governor. Massachusetts happens to have the lowest rate of gun violence of all 50 states and also has the…Guns3 min readGuns3 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyWhat Will the GOP Do About Pro-Choice?There’s an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal which is such a misstatement about the conservative political tradition that no wonder a charlatan like Donald Trump is still the presumptive head of the GOP. Because if anyone with the slightest degree of knowledge about American politics buy this bullshit, then…Abortiion3 min readAbortiion3 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyDoes Anyone Know Anything About Guns?One of the reasons I have always enjoyed writing about guns is that I don’t have to figure out a story line, or even come up with an idea. All I have to do is scan the daily media and wait for one of the major media outlets to put…Guns4 min readGuns4 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyTrump’s a Fascist Like I’m a Fascist.So, now there’s only seven weeks until the Iowa caucuses, and the latest RCP aggregate polls show Trump with a huge lead. In fact, it’s the largest lead he’s had over the rest of the field since the beginning of July. Trump also clings to a small lead, nothing more…Trump3 min readTrump3 min read
