Archibald: Carrying a Gun Doesn’t Make You Safer, It Makes You More Dangerous

We have become victims of our own fear. Gun sales surged after 9/11, and after Sandy Hook, and at the start of the pandemic. Open carry laws proliferated, and in Alabama, lawmakers decided you don’t even need a permit to carry a concealed weapon anymore. We are supposed to be afraid. Because fear drives politics, and gun sales, … Read more

What Can We Learn From 100 Million American Gun Owners?

By MarkPA Academic articles typically end with an admonition that more data and research are desperately needed to resolve the question under study. That’s where this article begins. Professional gun controllers cry out that there is an epidemic of deaths from gunshot wounds in America. In the next Supreme Court session or two we are … Read more