In the wake of Newtown, CT, Christopher Dorner, the theater shooting in Colorado, Columbine and a host of other terrible shooting assaults on a defenseless public, there are calls for greater legislation to ban assault weapons and proposals to arm…
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UCI’s Erwin Chemerinsky: Congress should repeal law protecting gun makers from liability
by Dan Chmielewski • • 14 Comments
UC-Irvine ‘s Erwin Chemerinsky published an article in The National Law Journal nearly three months ago that if drawing considerable review in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting. Chemerinsky points out that the Bush Administration and the Republican…
Constitutional Conflicts: OC Register endorses Craig Hunter for OC Sheriff
by Chris Prevatt • • 7 Comments
When the Orange County Register announced that it was dropping its life-long policy of not endorsing individual candidates I suspected the the logic applied to their process might be a bit flawed. I did not expect them to throw common…
Pick and Choose
by Bill Spaulding • • Comments Off
Sometimes I just don’t understand conservatives. Wednesday the Senate Homeland Security Committee held a hearing to consider legislation that would prohibit people on the terrorist no-fly list from buying firearms. South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham said he thought the bill goes…
Gunfight at the OC Corral
by Michael D. Fox • • 4 Comments
There’s a gunfight brewing in Orange County that would make a great John Wayne movie. But the plot of the movie depends on your political perspective and your view on gun control.
