Courts have recognized that “reasonable regulation” of firearms is permissible. But can any regulation be “reasonable” if its effects are in fact detrimental? Has this ever been explored in court? Many, many laws and regulations are a net detriment to society. They may in fact successfully aid the intended beneficiaries and have the desired effect […]
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MacLockPick
You’ve probably seen the hoopla regarding MacLockPick — a USB device used for extracting passwords and such from a Mac running OS X. You can google MacLockPick or simply go to <http://www.subrosasoft.com/> to read about it. Couple of notes: To work, the software on MacLockPick must be run. That means someone has to gain physical access […]
Virginia Tech Shootings
Like many shootings before it, this one did not have to be a mass-killing. It could have been nipped in the bud if just one potential victim had been armed.
Right to Self Defense? Naw!
U.N. To World: You Have No Human Right to Self-Defense Thwarted by the demise of its global gun ban treaty, the United Nations declares the human right of self-defense null and void. by Dave Kopel America’s First Freedom, November 2006, pp. 26-29, 62-63 <http://www.davekopel.org/2A/Foreign/UN-To-World.htm> “People who object to weapons aren’t abolishing violence, they’re begging for […]
The War On (some) Drugs
An Epidemic of “Isolated Incidents” <http://www.cato.org/raidmap/> An interactive map of botched SWAT and paramilitary police raids, released in conjunction with the Cato policy paper “Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids,” by Radley Balko. The war against (some) drugs is totally out of control. It leads to these increasingly frequent “dynamic” entries and no-knock search […]