One of the NRA's favorite bumper-sticker fallacies is that "a good guy with a gun" can always thwart "a bad guy with a gun." There's a rhythm to it, and it's brief enough, making it a nearly perfect line for slow-witted yet constitutionally-protected gun hobbyists to repeat on ...read more
By now, you've probably already heard about Donald Trump's tone-deaf, self-aggrandizing response to the Orlando massacre. The GOP nominee not only patted himself on his orange back, but he also blamed President Obama's foreign policy for allowing the attack to occur.On Thursday, ...read more
This weekend's Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando is such a multi-layered tragedy that it's difficult to know where to begin to pull it apart. On one hand it's being labeled a terrorist attack, largely because of the shooter's Muslim faith and his maybe too convenient embracing ...read more