Category Archives: Gun control

If Althea Bernstein led a march …

Posted on April 19, 2021 by David Blaska

… did it really happen? Seriously? Althea Bernstein led a march against racism? (Old-timers will remember when they were called “civil rights marches.”) There she is on the front page of our favorite Madison WI morning newspaper. Leading a “unity” … Continue reading →

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2019 Was a Bad Year for the ‘Only Cops Should Have Guns’ crowd

Posted on January 2, 2020 by David Blaska

At least six other parishioners drew their guns but none fired, seeing that the attacker had been taken down On December 29, an armed gunman entered the West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas and shot two members of the … Continue reading →

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Would even more gun laws help?

Posted on November 15, 2018 by David Blaska

Clearing off the roll-top desk here at the Policy Werkes “California may have the toughest gun control laws in the nation,” The New York Times reports. “But that did not prevent the latest mass killing — a shooting on Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump is to blame for everything, apparently

Posted on October 29, 2018 by David Blaska

Who knew? The usual suspects are blaming Donald Trump for the synogogue shooting in Pittsburgh over the weekend. Suddenly, a man with Jewish grandchildren is an anti-Semite. Mid-term elections are a week away. Can you tell? “Ordinarily, a politician cannot be … Continue reading →

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Who is killing all the young black men of Madison?

Posted on June 27, 2018 by David Blaska

The inconvenient truth that dare not speak its name The Capital Times discovers another racial disparity and it is worse than Cops in Schools. “African-Americans increasingly targeted as gun homicides spike.” Given the headline’s passive voice, it is fair to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cops in schools, Crime, Gun control, identity politics, Race, War on Police | Tagged , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Brave cops stepped up to the plate at Texas school shooting

Posted on May 22, 2018 by David Blaska

Puts crimp in Madison’s ‘Cops Out of Our Schools’ movement Police advocates last week presented each of 20 alders and Mayor Soglin with copies of Heather Mac Donald’s book, War on Cops. The gift is intended as a corrective to … Continue reading →

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