All Articles tagged assault weapon

• General
  March 23, 2015 EDT
  NEW YORK’S NOT SO “SAFE” ACT: THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN AN ALICE-IN-WONDERLAND WORLD WHERE WORDS HAVE NO MEANING
  Stephen P. Halbrook

  This note states that arguments that seek to justify the SAFE Act reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of the basic nature of the right to keep and bear arms.

• General
  May 13, 2014 EDT
  THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN-POLITICS, THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND THE COUNTRY‘S CONTINUED WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE INNOCENT LIVES FOR “FREEDOM”
  John J. Phelan IV

  This note analyzes the flaws in the now-expired Assault Weapons Ban and proposes that a new assault weapons ban be enacted without the fundamental weaknesses of the initial ban.