Gun Control: Treating The Symptoms

By: Breeanne Howe (Diary)  |  April 24th at 11:00 AM  | 

As the nation struggles to understand the attack at the Boston Marathon, the debate over background checks for gun buyers has received more attention from gun control advocates as a result.  The left argues that stricter gun control laws might prevent tragedies such as the Boston bombings and the Newtown shooting.  The right points out that criminals, including the Boston bombers, do not adhere to | Read More »

That Other Issue

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  December 26th at 02:04 PM  | 

For five and a half years I was an indigent criminal defense attorney as one area of my law practice. I never once represented an innocent person. They were all guilty. I never had a criminal trial. They were all willing to take deals. Most of them were black men between the ages of 18 and 35 and their crimes most often involved drugs. Today | Read More »