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P. Gardner Goldsmith | June 9, 2021
Federal District Judge Roger T. Benitez’s June 4 ruling striking down California’s “ban” on so-called “assault rifles” has evinced reactions among…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | May 18, 2021
In a perfect example of not just authoritarianism, but also a misunderstanding of private property and voluntary association (a misunderstanding that…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | March 30, 2021
In a 215 page majority “opinion,” the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled last week not only that there is no right to keep and bear arms,…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | March 30, 2021
As someone with any grasp of the Constitution might have expected, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on March 25 by…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | March 15, 2021
Isn’t it remarkable to see despots employ terms like “common sense gun control” when they wave the guns of the state to threaten peaceful people and…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | February 10, 2021
As the number of U.S. counties claiming “Second Amendment Sanctuary” status grows almost as rapidly as the pages in the Federal Register, one, in…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | February 4, 2021
It should be obvious to anyone who cares to study the economy, the authoritarian COVID19 policies, and the pop media rhetoric, that the mantra “…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | January 18, 2021
  Joe Biden and his “Office of The President-Elect” just offered members of the American left their opportunity to decry what, during Trump’s…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | December 14, 2020
  Polymer80 is a Nevada-located company that has become one of the most popular manufacturers of firearm parts and kits in the world.…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | November 22, 2020
Two years ago, I noted that Thanksgiving is a celebration of private property, that Plymouth Governor William Bradford explicitly noted the Pilgrims…
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P. Gardner Goldsmith | June 26, 2020
On April 20, Harvard alum, non-fiction author, and Senior Education Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE.org) Kerry McDonald saw FEE…
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P. Gardner Goldsmith | May 6, 2020
(UPDATE: Late in the afternoon on May 6, FoxNews reports that on the urging of Texas Governor Abbott, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter…