Nightcap

  1. “Don’t read that, he is a fascist.” Pierre Lemieux, EconLog
  2. Trump against the professionals Ross Douthat, New York Times
  3. What John Rawls missed Jedediah Britton-Purdy, New Republic
  4. What is a “well regulated militia,” anyway? Brian Doherty, Reason

Senate Democrats want Crazies with Guns out in the Street

You may have heard or read somewhere that there is a Senate amendment to ObamaCare that prohibits the government from registering guns and ammunition.

Well, the amendment (3276, Sec. 2716) is real, but what it says, as any fact-checking site worth its salt will tell you, is slightly different. It just says that certain other provisions in ObamaCare shall not be construed as the authority to do this. It is not an actual ban on doing it.

Ironically, all the liberals whining about guns and mental health and how Republicans hate sick people and want the insane to run through the streets heavily armed is turned upon its head. Continue reading