Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

May 21, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Colin P. Clarke, Samuel Hodgson

Militia Violent Extremists in the United States: Understanding the Evolution of the Threat

Introduction In the United States, militia violent extremists (MVEs) embrace violence in service of antigovernment and anti-authority ideology. MVEs are just one part of the militia movement: movement adherents...

December 9, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Divided We Fall?

“Divide and conquer” describes an age-old military concept: If your enemies are fighting among themselves, they can’t effectively battle you. Phillip II of Macedon, Julius Caesa...

February 11, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Extremis Project

The Challenges of Gun Control: Denying Firearms to Terrorists

Co-authored by Daniel Trombly Following several tragic mass shootings, the U.S. is embroiled in a debate about gun control. The central question for many involved in this d...

May 18, 2011 | Clifford D. May

Guns Don’t Kill People

But terrorists do. So why not make it harder for terrorists to get guns?

January 20, 2011 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

A More Civil and Honest Public Discourse?

President Obama last week refuted – clearly and commendably -- those who have been attempting to exploit the bloodbath in Tucson to smear conservative polemicists and law-abiding gun owners...

January 14, 2011 | Clifford D. May National Review Online

Thank You for Not Packing Heat

Sane and reasonable people agree that political battles should be fought with ideas, principles, and words — not guns, bullets, and bombs. But in a nation of more than 300 million, it must...

October 7, 2008 |

Why Won’t Obama Talk About Columbia?

Barack Obama does not want to talk about Columbia. Not even to his good friends at the New York Times, who’ve so reliably helped him bleach away his past — a past neck-deep in the har...

August 31, 2008 |

Re: re: Rick on Palin

I don’t often disagree with Peter, but there is nothing elegant about Rick’s assertion that “Conservatives love Palin because she has a Downs baby and an M-16.”  It&r...

July 3, 2008 |

Dick Morris on the Supremes’ Gun Case

I generally enjoy Dick Morris’s insights about politics because, even if you don’t agree with him, he is a master tactician.  But when he writes about law, he is often out of his...

June 14, 2006 | World Defense Review |

General Hayden, Invest in the Arms Trade

On June 26, representatives of governments and non-governmental organizations will gather in New York for the United Nations Review Conference on Small Arms. In the grand scheme of things, little...

September 18, 2005 |

Don’t Apologize, Governor Romney!

Monitoring radical mosques is exactly what we should be doing.