The Real Reason We Have Mass Shootings
March 21, 2018 |
Good morning from Washington, where the Supreme Court asks tough questions about a California law requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to promote abortion. Elizabeth Slattery has the blow-by-blow. As a public employee takes down a shooter in a Maryland high school, we've got more on the gun debate from a high school senior, Will Farthing, and a seasoned commentator, Walter Williams. Plus: Pat Tyrrell on what New Zealand teaches us about tariffs, Kyle Perisic on a rail-tunnel project that could bloat a spending bill, and Fred Lucas on what the president thinks of jurisdictions that protect dangerous illegal immigrants. |
CommentaryThe Real Reason We Have Mass ShootingsWhat about the calls for bans on the AR-15 so-called assault rifle? Well, according to 2016 FBI statistics, rifles accounted for 368 of the 17,250 homicides in the U.S. that year. |
Commentary7 Key Exchanges as Supreme Court Hears Case of Pregnancy Centers Forced to Promote AbortionAfter an hour of argument, some justices appeared to be concerned about the burden the California law places on free speech, and the fact that it clearly targets pro-life pregnancy centers. |
CommentaryI'm a High School Senior. We Can Make Schools Safer Without Curbing Gun Rights.My school, Hickory Grove Christian School, has armed police officers on campus at all times. Students feel a great sense of safety knowing that anyone who wishes to harm them will be met by trained personnel. |
CommentaryTariffs Were Killing New Zealand's Economy. Free Trade Turned It Around.In the mid-1980s, New Zealand was facing an economic crisis. Unemployment had reached 11 percent, and inflation was a sky-high 15 percent. |
NewsTrump: Sanctuary State Places 'Innocent Americans at the Mercy of Hardened Criminals'Mary Ann Mendoza was enraged that the illegal immigrant who killed her son–police Sgt. Brandon Mendoza–wasn't deported for a crime committed in Colorado two decades earlier. |
NewsNC Lawmaker Fights Earmark for Rail, Tunnel Project"I'm trying to shut this thing down before the federal taxpayer ends up on the hook for a project whose cost overruns seem endless," says Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C. |
NewsArmed School Resource Officer's Intervention Helps Stop Gunman at Maryland High School"This is what we train for, this is what we prepare for, and this is what we pray that we never have to do," says St. Mary's County Sheriff Tim Cameron. |
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