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The Brady Center to Prevent "Gun Violence" was handed a victory on Monday when the Supreme Court ruled that its lawsuit against firearms manufactures could continue. Under Washington DC's Assault Weapons Manufacturing Strict Liability Act of 1990, firearm...

As in years past, the weeks and months leading up to the 2004 presidential election have been laced with stern reminders about the importance of voting. But while every citizen has a right to vote on election day, none has an obligation. In fact, morally, many have an...

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger: Thank you so much! At first, I was worried when the 1994 federal assault weapons ban expired on September 13th. I know that the ban did absolutely nothing to decrease violent crime in the United States, but I sure felt safer when the nice...

In May of this year, a group of American citizens united to form a small organization dedicated to spreading the shared opinion of its members. To that end, they have run television advertisements and held press conferences criticizing the military service record of...

In what on the surface could only be described as an acute case of masochistic dementia, Philip Morris USA owner Altria Group Inc. is now protesting the promotion of its own brand.In a May 20th letter to Paramount Pictures, Philips Morris Senior Vice President Howard...

On Wednesday, Amnesty International (AI) issued their annual "International Report" on the state of human rights. It even included a message from AI Secretary General Irene Khan titled, "Why human rights matter." Her message was apparently aimed the large contingent...

Once again, someone has managed to blame a few pounds of metal for the demonstrated ineptitude of a few pounds of gray matter. Last week, jurors in a California civil court ruled that gun manufacturer Bryco/Jennings must pay over $50 million to a 16-year-old who...

There are plenty of otherwise rational individuals in the world who avoid confrontation at all costs, as if getting labeled a "Capitalist" was somehow worse than actually being one. This article is dedicated to them. Sometimes, even I receive hate mail. It's shocking,...

"Just so you know," Natalie Maines told a London audience last month, "we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." But in an interview with Diane Sawyer Friday, the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks responded to fan backlash by claiming that...

The worst possible nightmare for many politicians--and especially for California Assembly members Mark Ridley-Thomas and Paul Koretz--is that citizens actually start to pay attention to their everyday shenanigans. Several times now, socialist fiefs in California's...

California Democratic Assemblyman Paul Koretz is at it again. A year ago, Koretz tried to cash-in on widespread fears of terrorism by sponsoring a bill to ban .50 caliber rifles in the state. To woo emotive soccer moms, he nonchalantly labeled the rifles "sniper...

[HUMOR] If I have learned anything from world leaders over the past several decades, it is that the war-mongering methods of people like Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose just don't work. Police and government officials should stop their oppressive,...

As executives from almost every studio chatter nervously about the need for better "content protection" technology, those responsible for piracy continue to hide somewhere Hollywood hasn't bothered looking: the mirror. "Piracy is a huge issue," warned John Mass,...

The American Civil Liberties Union recently released a white paper admitting that it is not particularly concerned with defending free speech. But not to worry, this does not make the ACLU purposeless: according to the paper, the leaders in the ACLU derive just as...

The United States should not be fighting for a democratic Afghanistan. In fact, it should not be fighting for democracy at all--not in Afghanistan, not in China, and not even in America. Democracy and dictatorship are not rivals; they are brothers. In Afghanistan, the...