In March 2020, a dozen+ sheriff’s deputies wearing bulletproof vests descended upon Waylon Bailey’s home in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, with guns drawn…
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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason, a monthly magazine that covers politics and culture from a libertarian perspective. During two decades in journalism, he has relentlessly skewered authoritarians of the left and the right, making the case for shrinking the realm of politics and expanding the realm of individual choice. Jacobs’ work appears here at AmmoLand News through a license with Creators Syndicate.
Arbitrary Ban on Gun Possession by Drug Users Invites Wildly Uneven Enforcement
Something like 12 million drug users own guns, making them guilty of a federal felony that is currently punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Attacks on 1st Amendment in the Name of Protecting Minors From Online Harm
The ham-handed Kids Online Safety Act would compromise anonymous speech & restrict access to constitutionally protected content.
Why Israelis Are Taking to the Streets: The Furious Response to a Seemingly Modest Reform
The furious response reflects a broader dispute about the role of courts in a Democracy. Thankfully the USA is a Republic.
Lethal Effects of Booze Ban Are Widely Recognized, Politicians Ignore Similar Consequences From US Drug Laws
When governments try to stop people from consuming politically disfavored intoxicants, they make consumption of those substances more dangerous by creating a black market.
Biden’s DOJ Post-Clemency Prosecution Shines a Light on a Broken System
Donald Trump commuted Esformes’ sentence, but the Biden DOJ is hell-bent on sending him back to prison…
Former Attorney General Barr vs Trump, Kayfabe & Precedent in Motion?
Trump argued that the Presidential Records Act gave him complete discretion to claim documents as his personal property. Barr observes that the case against Trump is “entirely of his own making.”
Congress Considers Conditions on the Government’s License to Steal
The FAIR Act includes several substantial reforms that would make it harder to take property from innocent owners through civil forfeiture.
Biden Administration Insists That Cannabis Consumers Have No Right to Arms
The Biden Administration still insists that cannabis consumers have no right to arms: As pot prohibition collapses across the country, that policy is increasingly untenable.
Ron DeSantis Dangerously Blurs the Line Between State & Private Action
Whether the putative target is the “biomedical security state,” wokeness, “Big Tech censors” or Chinese Communists, DeSantis’ grandstanding poses a clear threat to individual rights.
Perils of ‘Rule by Indefinite Emergency Edict’: Lesson From COVID-19 Plandemic
…”executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a breathtaking scale,” …one of “the greatest intrusions on civil liberties” in U.S. history.
TX: Allen Massacre Underlines the FALSE Promise of ‘Universal Background Checks’
Mass shooters typically do not have disqualifying records, and restrictions on private gun sales are rightfully and widely flouted by sovereign American citizens….
‘Assault Weapon’ Bans Look More Legally Vulnerable Than Ever
Pending demise of a long-running public policy fraud that falsely depicts semi-automatic rifles as good for nothing but mass murder.
Texas Jury Unanimously Rejects Perry’s Assertion That Foster Pointed a Rifle at Him
Whether Foster had, in fact pointed the rifle at Perry was a crucial question during the trial & was contradicted by several witnesses…
Rejecting the Premise That Universities Should Protect Students From Offensive Ideas
Cornell’s president Martha Pollack rejects the pernicious premise that universities should protect students from offensive ideas.
Israeli Fight Over Judicial Review Highlights the Dangers of Unconstrained Democracy
Opponents of the proposed reforms are right that unlimited majority rule is a recipe for tyranny…
The Inconvenient Crime of Malinformation: Are You Innocent or Guilty?
The Legal Challenge to Censorship by Proxy Highlights Covert Government Manipulation of Online Speech…
Biden’s Attack on ‘Ghost Guns’ Fits a Pattern of Lawless Firearm Regulation
The ATF’s about-face in service of Biden’s gun control agenda threatened to destroy an industry that catered to DIY gun makers…
The Only Ones Influenced by Russian Propaganda Were Fake News Media
Russian propaganda looks like a failure if it was supposed to “reshape U.S. politics [..]as the Times has claimed. But credulous journalists to the bait hook, line & sinker.
3rd Circuit Considers Whether Nonviolent Crimes Justify the Loss of Gun Rights?
Bryan Range did not realize that Pennsylvania misdemeanor conviction also came with a lifelong penalty: He lost his constitutional right to keep & bear arms!?
Democrats Will Regret Compromising Taxpayer Privacy to Get Trump
The release of former President Trump’s ‘nothing-burger’ tax returns sets a dangerous precedent for Joe Biden, Obama & the Clintons. All most like Trump planned that?
Prosecuting Julian Assange Poses a Grave Threat to Freedom of the Press
“Publishing is not a crime,” the U.S. Department of Justice disagrees, as evidenced by its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for obtaining and disseminating classified material.
The Government Can’t Fix Social Media Moderation & Should Not Try
Democrats and Republicans both demand solutions that are inconsistent with the first amendment…
Judge Accepts Biden Admin’s Dubious Argument for Banning Gun Possession by Pot Users
Biden says cannabis consumption should not be treated as a crime. His administration then defends the federal ban on gun possession by marijuana users!?
Biden’s Support for Pot Prohibition Belies His Recognition of the Harm It Causes
The mass pardon for low-level marijuana offenders that the president announced last week suggests how far he has traveled since his years as a gung-ho drug warrior.
Biden Officials Pressure Social Media to Suppress Disfavored Speech
This surreptitious exercise in censorship by proxy, practiced by an administration that preaches transparency while practicing opacity, is especially troubling…
Mocking Police is Not a Crime: Case Prompts The Onion to Explain How Parody Works
Novak’s parody, which was online for just 12 hours, prompted 11 calls to the police department’s non-emergency line by gullible Facebook Karens.
New Jersey Joins New York in Defying the Supreme Court
These regulations, Democrats bragged, will make New Jersey “the toughest in the nation when it comes to concealed-carry laws.” Constitution be dammed…
DeSantis Wants to Edit 1st Amendment: FL’s Governor Claims Unconstitutional Powers
Ron Desantis wants to edit the First Amendment: Florida’s governor claims unconstitutional powers that easily could be used to advance the ‘far-left woke agenda’ he decries.
Judicial Rubber-Stamping of Warrants Can Be Deadly
Lethal Drug Raids in Louisville and Houston Were Based on Fishy Police Affidavits That Turned Out to Be Fraudulent.