My jaw dropped when I first read the news headline, "9-Year-Old Manassas Boy Arrested, Charged With Taking Gun to School." My thoughts flashed to some of the violent attacks at schools in the past few years. Fortunately, this story read differently than I expected. A fourth grader at an elementary school in Manassas, Virginia did indeed bring a handgun to school. According … [Read more...]
My stomach dropped when I read the story about a horrifying home invasion in Madison, Wisconsin. Three men broke into a couple's home in the wee hours of the morning. The residents were a legally blind man and his wife, who was six months pregnant at the time of the break in. According to the report, the three burglars pulled the man from his bed and beat him (hard enough to … [Read more...]
Do magazine capacity limitations save lives, or doom them? We've discussed firearms restrictions a lot recently with regard to New York's SAFE Act, which, among other things restricts magazine capacity. The original proposal included a 7 round magazine capacity limit for handguns, but in December of 2013, the provision was deemed unconstitutional and was struck from the law. … [Read more...]
