Author Archives: Rob Lyman

I have written before about knife rights, which are for the most part not as endangered as gun rights…but under attack even so.  It is the Triple-O knife that prevents Leo Combat from advertising on Facebook.  And now reports are … Continued

OK, that headline might be a little hyperbolic.  But the State Department has issued guidance that suggests that many more people need to register under ITAR as “manufacturers” of defense articles–and therefore pay $2,250 annually. As you may know–or perhaps … Continued

A man who robbed a Waffle House with an AK-47 is in critical condition after an event some people say is impossible: a customer with a lawfully concealed handgun shot him. Hopefully the Democrats will be able to stop the menace … Continued

After the Orlando shooting, President Obama said that the notion that armed clubgoers could have defended themselves and others “defies common sense.” (The notion that police should be armed when confronting a terrorist does not similarly defy common sense because … Continued

The unlikely lineup of Breyer, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan conclude there’s no rational basis for hassling law-abiding gun owners, who commit very few crimes, just because criminals exist: But there is no reason to believe that an extra layer … Continued

Kevin Drum writes for Mother Jones, so you can guess his politics.  I’ve read his work on and off for many years and I have agreed with him approximately 0% of the time–although in fairness, I don’t read everything he … Continued

So, if there are any journalists reading this (and I don’t imagine there are, but anyway): here’s a question you need to put to everyone calling for banning people on the “terror watch list” from buying guns: What Constitutional rights … Continued

An en banc panel of the 9th Circuit just declared that the Second Amendment does not protect the right to “bear” arms, in the sense of carrying a concealed weapon for self-defense. This is the opposite conclusion from the 7th … Continued

A few weeks ago I wrote about what I called “an astonishing case of governmental misconduct,” in which Department of Justice lawyers were caught in baldfaced lies. Micheal Greve adds his take, which includes the disturbing statement that “For what … Continued