By Tim Lynch
According to news reports, there was a “stabbing spree” at a store in downtown Salt Lake City. Just the latest reminder that a crime can happen anywhere, anytime. Fortunately, an unnamed concealed carry permit holder was on the scene and put a stop to the attack. H/T Instapundit. Last week, Cato held a policy forum on the [...]
Gun Owner Ended the Attack and Hysteria is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
Katie Pavlich’s new book, “Fast and Furious,” assembles the devastating evidence that implicates the Obama administration for its ill-advised gun-walking operation and ensuing scandal to mislead Congress and the American people. Few journalists have devoted as much time reporting on Fast and Furious as Pavlich. As the news editor of Townhall, she has asked questions the mainstream media ignored. Now her book pieces the story together for a complete picture of how a government-run operation turned deadly. Listen to the interview with Katie Pavlich on this week’s Scribecast Operation Fast … More
By Tim Lynch
Very little media interest so far in the case of an 18-year old shot and killed by a man who claims to have acted in self-defense. It happened a few days ago in Detroit. At about 1:30 am, Willie White claims that an intruder broke into his home and that, fearing for his life, he had to shoot. Prosecutors have [...]
Teenager Shot and Killed is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Tim Lynch
Americans use guns to thwart a lot of crime, very often without having to fire the weapon. When citizens do use deadly force, the legal system will adjudicate whether that force was lawful or unlawful. With respect to the Trayvon Martin case, our focus thus far has been on Florida’s Stand Your Ground law and what role, [...]
The Trayvon Martin Shooting: Just the Facts is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Tim Lynch
The landmark Heller ruling said the Constitution protects a person’s right to keep a gun in his home for purposes of self-defense, at least as against the federal government (the case was filed in the federal capital city, Washington, DC). Next, the Supreme Court ruled that the right to keep a gun in the home also had to [...]
Second Amendment Victory is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Tim Lynch
Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy mentions the new Cato study, Tough Targets, in his latest column. The article begins with this self-defense quiz: Say you’re sitting at a bus stop in the District, alone at night, when a suspicious person approaches. There have been more than 475 robberies in the city this year — a [...]
Courtland Milloy’s Self-Defense Quiz is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Tim Lynch
Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy mentions the new Cato study, Tough Targets, in his latest column.
The article begins with this self-defense quiz:
Say you’re sitting at a bus stop in the …
Courtland Milloy’s Self-Defense Quiz is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Tim Lynch
Jack Goodwin was at home listening to a Lakers basketball game when he heard someone breaking one of his windows. He retrieved his handgun and then saw two intruders trying to gain entry at …
Broken Windows and the Unseen Crime Victims is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
A Milwaukee man only recently acquired his permit to carry a concealed handgun and then found himself in the middle of an armed robbery. As the robber threatened a store clerk with a shotgun, the permit holder was able to draw his weapon and shoot the culprit. The Milwaukee District Attorney said: “He disrupted an [...]
Milwaukee Man Shoots Armed Robber is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
Today, Cato is releasing a new study, Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens, by Clayton Cramer and David Burnett. The paper makes use of a news report-gathering project to explore in more detail how Americans use guns in self-defense. The paper makes many excellent points, but I’ll mention just three here. First, the [...]
New Cato Study: Tough Targets is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
