Gun Control

Good News, Bad New May 26, 2022: Uvalde School Shooting & the Baby Formula Shortage

Media

The team discusses the immensely troubling school shooting in Uvalde, Texas and the economics behind the baby formula shortage. Will gun control work? How does mental health play into it? ...

Weekend Insights – Gun Control is as Racist as Drug Control

News

Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI "President's Corner" of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I'm thinking about...

Weekend Insights – Of word games, viral and otherwise

News

Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI "President's Corner" of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I'm thinking about...

Should Christians Call on the State to End Gun Violence?

Christian Ethics

This is a guest post by Kollin Fields. Kollin is an Adjunct Professor of History, and a Ph.D. candidate in American intellectual history and political philosophy. His essays have appeared ...

What will prevent mass shootings?

Culture

This guest post was written by Dr. Douglas Young. To prevent more mass shootings, many demand more gun control laws. But do these laws prevent such massacres or address their ...

Republicans Still Don’t Get It on Gun Control

Libertarianism

As night follows day, so cries for more gun control follow another deadly shooting. But once again, it is not just Democrats, liberals, progressives howling for more or stricter gun-control ...

The Free Market at Work

Economics

In 2013, in response to the increasing “open carry” debate, Howard Schultz, the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Starbucks posted an open letter on the company’s website requesting ...

Why I’m Triggered by Knee-Jerk Reactions

Politics

After a tragic event like the one brought on by a white terrorist in Las Vegas, predicting the ensuing social media conversation is easy. Gun control is too lax! say ...

A Biblical Defense of Self-Defense

Book Reviews

I have written many articles on gun control. As a book reviewer, I am especially interested in new books on gun control. I have in front of me a review copy of ...

Glenn Beck Almost Gets It Right (About Guns)

Book Reviews

Review of Glenn Beck, Control: Exposing the Truth about Guns (Threshold Editions, 2013), xvi + 189 pgs., paperback, $12.00. I am not a fan of Glenn Beck. I negatively reviewed ...

Guns? Let’s Talk about Logs! (or, Luke 6:42 for President Obama)

Politics

I usually avoid making comments about tragic events, mostly because there are many astute authors who produce more profound thoughts than I have (here). I really have nothing new to ...

News of the Week: “You Didn’t Build That”

News

Recapping the interesting and significant events of the past week. This week, President Barack Obama told a crowd that if you have a business, “You didn’t build that.” Congratulations to ...

Prudence in Resistance

Theology

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. This column is the ...

The Second Amendment and Built-in Revolution

History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. This column is the ...

UT-Austin Shooting & the “More Guns, Less Crime” Event

Christian Worldview

On the morning of Tuesday, September 28, the University of Texas community was alerted to the terrifying situation of a gunman on campus. Students, staff, and faculty were told via ...

Texas Senate Passes Concealed Carry on Campus Bill

News

Big news in Austin! Yesterday, the Texas Senate passed the bill that would allow concealed carry on university campuses in Texas. While I still have some issues with the government ...

Would Allowing Firearms on Campus Protect Students?

Politics

Proponents of "gun free" campuses often say there is no reason to believe that guns on campus would prevent violence on campus. They feel confident saying this merely because guns ...

40 Reasons to Ban Guns

Essential Reading

Christians are not forbidden by Christ to practice basic self-defense. There are times, of course, when suffering through persecution (even unto death) will happen, but if somebody breaks into your ...

Concealed Carry on Campus in Austin

Media

If you recall, January 20th was inauguration day of our new Glorious Leader, and many libertarians took over the West Mall on the UT campus to protest said leader’s policies. ...

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