In a front page story today, The Washington Post reports today that a new study published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association concludes that the 1994 Brady law restricting handgun purchases has had no effect on firearm homicide and suicide rates in states that previously had looser controls. We find no differences in homicide or firearm homicide rates to adult victims in the 32 . . .
Evidence abounds that an armed society is a polite society.
Video of the forum is available on the Cato Web site. The U.S. Army is prepared to respond to civil disruptions at the Republican National Convention, a confidential government document obtained by Wired News says. The document, created by FEMA to supplement its usual procedures, says that the U.S. First Army will, if necessary, execute Operation Garden Plot to quell any serious civil disturbances. Critics such as the American Civil Liberties Union have protested the recent trend to use military troops for law enforcement purposes. The Cato Handbook for Congress recommends tightening the Posse Comitatus Act so that it proscribes all use of military personnel and equipment, including the National Guard.