Crime and Punishment

  A U.S. military tribunal has condemned Nidal Malik Hassan to death for committing "workplace violence" in the name of Allah. Some four years ago, Hassan killed 13 people and injured 30 others at Fort...

A few hours ago, President Obama announced proposals to change the way the ATF handles NFA trusts. While the news is still fresh, I wanted to take a moment to discuss NFA trusts and...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rujoW83lOFQ Mayor Michael "Mike" Patrick McGinn admits to the Fox News host that "if someone's determined to come in with a gun, decal or no decal, I mean that's going to happen." So WTF?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfNH_ItIGCY This is not the first time I'm advising armed Americans to hang fire on a ballistic response to bad guys stealing stuff. Previously on Who Wants to Die if They Don't Have To, I've...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdSbldDKOmk#t=51 "Senseless gun violence against innocent people is commonplace in the United States," Kansas City Star writer Barbara Shelly asserts, without any statistical justification. " Lane’s murder is very similar to the death of Harry...

I finally got to walk the schnauzers; Lola was in school and the thermostat dipped below eight bazillion degrees. Circling overhead: the biggest damn bird of prey I've ever seen. Its wingspan must have...

  Anti-gunners are always bleating on about how "allowing" legal concealed carry would lead to "the Wild West." Ignoring the fact that the American frontier was far less violent than urban enclaves, the thinking (such...

"At home, he loved eating pancakes and waffles with syrup, and could belt out the lyrics to 'Bad Boys' when he was young, his relatives said. He played basketball and video games. Neighbors remembered...

By Rob Morse, slowfacts.wordpress.org Domestic violence makes me think of battered women. It is that, and it is more. Sometimes the real victim is abused twice; once by their abuser and once by the...

"A California man killed his mother and lit her house on fire before he climbed atop a tractor and cruised tranquil suburban streets, firing randomly until he was gunned down by cops," nydailynews.com reports....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ETZUM0ZtA "The 20-year-old man who police say went to a school heavily armed and exchanged gunfire with officers before surrendering was a normal kid growing up but began to change as a teenager, his brother...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2bmImPNKbM "Robert McDaniel was puzzled when the Chicago police commander dropped by his West Side home unannounced last month," The Chicago Tribune reports. "The visit was cordial, but Barbara West's message was clear: Don't commit...