President Obama is expected to formally announce today that he will pursue executive action design to expand background checks on some guns purchases. Obama’s decision has been described by media outlets as a way of sidestepping a Congress that has opposed enacting more stringent gun control legislation. Predictably, the President’s decision to act “unilaterally” has […]…Continue Reading Obama, Gun Control, and the Limits to Executive Action
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Bernie Sanders: Live By the Gun, Die By the Gun?
In an email, former Vermont Governor Jim Douglas provides further context to Senator Bernie Sanders’ ambivalent record on gun control that I discussed in my last post and which has prompted the ire of some liberals in the Democratic Party. In 1990 Sanders challenged incumbent Republican Representative Peter Smith for Vermont’s lone congressional seat. This […]…Continue Reading Bernie Sanders: Live By the Gun, Die By the Gun?
Bernie Sanders: Gun Nut – Or Politician?
Is Bernie Sanders a “gun nut”? As the Vermont Senator’s political stock gains ground, buoyed by rising polling support in both Iowa and New Hampshire, journalists and pundits are beginning to look more closely at his record on the issues. For many progressives, perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this element of Sanders’ candidacy is […]…Continue Reading Bernie Sanders: Gun Nut – Or Politician?