Chicago’s 2nd Amendment challenge before the Supreme Court

MCDONALD V. CHICAGO
This is a story that has failed to catch the attention of a lot of Americans. That is understandable, given the debate over health care reform and the other political news of the day, but it is important, nonetheless. In 2008, the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. came before the Supreme Court [...]

New Hampshire and the Second Amendment

I read an interesting post by Mr. Pink Eyes on America’s Watchtower about a Second Amendment victory in the New Hampshire House, coming on the heels of a Second Amendment defeat, that got me back to thinking about gun rights. With apologies to Larry for returning to this controversial issue (and a promise to engage [...]

The trial of Hal Turner

This is one of those stories that has slipped under my radar. I had never heard of Hal Turner until I came across his name on my homepage news portal and after doing a cursory examination of what is going on, found a much more detailed story from The Bergen County Record. From all appearances, [...]

Gun control and health care reform

My readers (all three of you) are probably going to think I am way behind the times with this story, but I think it bears mentioning. Imagine my surprise as I was listening to NPR this morning and one of the commentators said something about how health care reform was going to have a side [...]

Supreme Court takes up Chicago’s handgun ban

Do you remember June 26 of last year. The Supreme Court finally handed down it’s ruling in the District of Columbia v. Heller case concerning the district’s outright ban on handguns. When that ruling was delivered, it was known that it would not be a blanket decision on gun laws across the United States. Chicago [...]

Raising My Threat Advisory Level

The Department of Homeland Security has two threat measures: the national threat level is currently at Yellow or Elevated meaning a “significant risk of terrorist attacks” while the risk level for all domestic and international flights is at Orange or High meaning a “high risk or terrorist attacks.” My personal threat assessment is different: it [...]

Rabbis With Guns?

No, not in Israel. Right here in New York City. The NY Post had a remarkable front page photo of six rabbis in a synagogue with guns pointed in proper firing position with a screaming headline “Chosen Guns” (a wordplay on ‘chosen ones’) and a subheadline saying “Don’t mess with rabbis’ God squad!” The teaser [...]

Not all pro-lifers are guilty of George Tiller’s murder

I have refrained so far from writing about the murder of George Tiller on Sunday, believing there is already enough uproar about this act of violence. My first thought when I heard about the murder was that no human being deserves to be shot down like that. My second thought was about how much damage [...]

Sonia Sotomayor and the 2nd Amendment

It is beginning to look like the battle against Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court is shaping up on two major fronts. I covered how she feels about judges making policy from the bench in a previous article. For the most part, she is considered a moderate or centrist. She has ruled for [...]

President Obama nominates Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court

In a move that is sure to please Hispanics and women, President Obama is slated to announce his choice to replace Justice David Souter will be Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Long suspected as his top candidate for the position, the President will make the announcement at 10:15 AM ET this morning.
Judge Sotomayor was [...]

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