It is the oldest mistake in Congress. “We must do something!” It’s a classic error of logic known as appelare desperadi, the appeal to desperation. It inevitably leads to disaster. You must do the right thing, not just anything. This…
Tag: Mass Shootings
The Lessons We Didn’t Learn from Mass Murder
February 14th is the third anniversary of the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkwood, Florida. If you’re like me, it is uncomfortable to stir that painful memory. I’ve studied that attack because it would be worse to…
Contemplating Mass Murder – Is There A Pattern?
It’s just a sign. They have one painted on the entrance to our local Blockbuster, and there’s another on the glass front door of my doctor’s office, as well. The notice usually reads “No Firearms Permitted” or something to that…
This Is Where I Came In
It’s happening again. And again and again and again. Goblins and mutants of various descriptions and apparent motivations invade a public school or some other unprotected crowd somewhere, with whatever the politically incorrect Gun-of-the-Month happens to be, killing or wounding…
Setting the Nation on Fire
Most people agree that our world faces major threats, but they wildly disagree on what those threats are. Unfortunately when you can’t identify the real threats, you end up fighting for the wrong causes. After two recent mass shootings journalists…
Deadly Sin of Anger on Display
America has an anger problem. Besides the Texas and Ohio mass killings this past weekend, (my emphasis) there was another random shooting— in a city east of Santa Cruz in California. The Mercury News (7/28/19) reports: “At least four people…
A False Flag or a Lone Nut?
Firearms industry expert and part-time police officer Mark S. Mann (pseudonym) lives in Connecticut, just miles from the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary. He’s been following the story closely, talking to cops he knows in the area and he will…