What about banning bump stocks?
So far, I’m with this guy on the question of a bump stock ban: …as much as it pains me to say it and with full knowledge of the potential implications for a slippery slope, I think we need to … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Violence
Mass-murdering man of mystery (Part I): why did Paddock target the country music concert?
First let me address the general topic of the conspiracy theories that have been flying around ever since the Las Vegas killings. I think that in a way the talk is understandable. After all, nature abhors a vacuum, and at … Continue reading →
Who was Stephen Paddock?
And why should we care? After all, there’s a very good argument to make for not giving shooters such as Paddock the attention they probably craved in life. But there’s also a desire to make sense out of something so … Continue reading →
No sympathy for the Republican devils
The Daily Caller reports on the following heartwarming thought expressed in a Facebook conversation: A top legal executive at CBS, Hayley Geftman-Gold, said she “is not even sympathetic” for the victims of the shooting at a country music festival at … Continue reading →
High death toll in Las Vegas mass murder
Terrible terrible news: A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 400 … Continue reading →
Aaron Hernandez and CTE
This is sad, although it may offer Hernandez’s family mild comfort and some evidence that might help them win a lawsuit against the NFL: Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL star who took his life while serving a murder sentence in … Continue reading →
The First 48: ties that bind
Although the program is thirteen years old, I only recently discovered the TV show “The First 48,” a documentary series that follows crimes (usually homicides) in various US cities by filming police as they put a case together piece by … Continue reading →
The dangerous threat from North Korea: would Seoul survive?
I’ve been meaning to write a big and very comprehensive post on North Korea, but I’ve been putting it off. I have a rough draft, but it’s very rough and I cannot bring myself to work on it today. The … Continue reading →
Armed robbery thwarted in Cleveland
Two armed robbers chose the wrong Taco Bell to hold up: An armed robber shot and killed by three Taco Bell employees early Wednesday is identified as De’Carlo Jackson. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner released the 24-year-old man’s identity on … Continue reading →
Viral video du jour
This one: Looks bad for the cop, who is a Salt Lake City police detective. He must have known it was being recorded, too. I can’t find anyone defending this guy, but if you go to the YouTube comments for … Continue reading →
The WaPo and the AP decide (for the moment, anyway) that maybe Antifa aren’t such freedom fighters after all
Take a look at the headlines: “Black-clad antifa attack peaceful right-wing demonstrators in Berkeley,” and “Black-clad anarchists swarm anti-hate rally in California.” The first is from the WaPo and the second the AP; the first is more critical of Antifa … Continue reading →
Reversals
William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection has this to say (the whole post is worth reading): That truth that both sides [in Charlottesville] were violent doesn’t mean both sides were equal. But the denial of the truth that both sides were … Continue reading →