Clayton E. Cramer is a software engineer and historian. His sixth book, Armed America: The Remarkable Story of How and Why Guns Became as American as Apple Pie (Nelson Current, 2006), is available in bookstores. His web site is www.claytoncramer.com.
People who expect something for nothing will fall for even the most wild-eyed promises and conspiracy theories.
If this wasn’t such a dreadfully serious matter, it would almost be funny watching Democrats insist that there’s no elephant in the bathtub.
There's nothing intrinsically masculine about guns — just look at Fort Hood's Sgt. Kimberly Munley.
Avoiding examination of your actions when they directly oppose your morals is a human behavior, not a phenomenon of the religious.
Gun owners should think hard about whether it serves our best interests to offend and disturb our neighbors.
When a precedent relevant to one question is applied to a largely unrelated one, a travesty of justice can result.
A slogan with so many layers of arrogance that it deserves a careful dissection.
A case before the Court will decide how far the states can go when it comes to gun control.
Yet another flawed study attempts to make the case for keeping citizens defenseless.
The Supreme Court has redefined the Establishment Clause far beyond the original public meaning.