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Isn’t government trying to affect the price of goods an example of textbook socialism?

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New video of Salt Lake City protest shooting appears to contradict police

If the armed volunteer recklessly opened fire on a person legally carrying a firearm, he should be charged, perhaps with Murder Two. I guess it is possible for bad guys who think they’re good guys to shoot good guys they think are bad guys…and kill innocents too. 2/2 www.fox13now.com/news/fox-13-...

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Video of Saturday’s No Kings protest in Salt Lake City appears to show a suspect with his rifle aimed down and not running until a volunteer begins shooting.

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A bystander was killed by an armed “peacekeeper” who opened fire on another man carrying an AR-15 rifle during the Salt Lake City No Kings March. Initially, they said the rifle holder was pointing his gun at the crowd. New video contradicts this, suggesting he was legally openly carrying his gun. 1/

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Colin discusses those precise attacks in his piece

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Very proud of my former student @colinpclarke.bsky.social for his opinion piece in the @nytimes.com identifying what Iran is likely to do after being bombed by the US. One option: attacking US bases in Middle East, which is underway right now. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...

Opinion | How Iran Might Strike Back

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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 19/06/2025

At this point, I am posting nearly every single day about administration decisions that will cost lives. This is yet another one of them. Don’t turn away. This White House seems particularly determined to help rogue gun dealers flood our communities with guns, and make our country less safe.

Justice Dept. to Cut Two-Thirds of Inspectors Monitoring Gun Sales

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Trump administration: vandalizing a Tesla is terrorism. Also Trump administration: assassinating an elected official is not terrorism.

Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Photo of Vance Boelter, the man suspected of shooting two Minnesota legislators and their spouses, being taken into custody by law enforcement

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The gunman who shot two Minnesota legislators has been reportedly captured by police

𝙼𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚐 @mkang.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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We’ve updated the FSS proxy for household gun ownership to include 2020–2023. The dataset now spans 1949–2023 and includes state-level estimates of gun ownership, homicide, firearm homicide, and suicide rates. dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Imagine if, instead of teaching kids how to deal with active shootings, we made a serious effort to prevent them

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

The challenge to Washington DC’s ban on large-capacity magazines (LCMs), which the Supreme Court rebuffed, was the last pending cert. petition pertaining to firearms-related “hardware.” To date, SCOTUS has refused to strike down bans on LCMs and assault weapons. #SecondAmendment #2A

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I saw that. Because it’s dicta, it doesn’t amount to a judicial finding of fact. At some point, maybe some appellate court will provide guidance on how to determine what is the most popular type of rifle and what the timeframe should be. In past year? In past decade? In past century? Ever?

Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Aren’t you conflating “common use” with popularity? Hasn’t practically every federal appellate court said these are two distinct concepts? Also, is the AR-15 “the single most popular type of rifle” in America?

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Yesterday, not only did the Supreme Court decide not to hear a challenge to Maryland’s assault weapons ban (AWB), the Seventh Circuit also upheld Cook County’s AWB in Viramontes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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With SCOTUS denying certiorari in Snope and Ocean Tactical today, the only pending cert. petition pertaining to a firearm “hardware” case is Hanson, which involves a challenge to DC’s ban on large-capacity magazines. Distributed for conference this Thursday (June 5), I suspect cert. will be denied.

The suspect in the Boulder attack has been charged with a hate crime. I would be curious to hear from the US Attorney as to why he has not (yet?) been charged with terrorism (18 USC 2331-2339)

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I think Thomas and Kavanaugh teed up an insightful question for the lower courts to consider. In Heller, SCOTUS prohibited a ban on an entire class of firearms in common use: handguns. Does that mean the other classes are shotguns and rifles? Or can a subset of those, like AR-15 rifles, be a class?

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The lack of a guaranteed fifth vote makes logical sense.

I returned to social media after a one-month hiatus just to weigh in on today’s decision to deny certiorari in Snope. My two cents here: bsky.app/profile/prof...

One final thought: Kavanaugh and Thomas address AR-15s in their filings. But bans on assault weapons restrict more than just certain AR-15s. They apply to other types of rifles as well as certain shotguns and pistols. The fixation on AR-15 rifles seems to affect all levels of the judiciary. 5/END

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Kavanaugh predicts that SCOTUS “should and presumably will address the AR-15 issue soon, in the next Term or two.” The key word here is “address.” It should not be read as meaning SCOTUS will resolve the question of bans on assault weapons for once and for all. Only time will tell. 4/

First, perhaps SCOTUS is so overwhelmed with Trump administration challenges that it currently lacks the bandwidth to take on these cases. Second, perhaps he sensed in conference that there weren’t 5 votes to reverse these cases and he didn’t want to risk setting a precedent he disagreed with. 3/

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A few quick thoughts. Justice Kavanaugh did not vote to grant certiorari (review) and he filed a statement respecting the denial of certiorari. He referred to decision in the Maryland case as “questionable.” That he didn’t vote to grant review could mean at least one of two things. 2/

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

This morning, after months of deliberation, the Supreme Court refused to hear challenges to Maryland’s ban on assault weapons and Rhode Island’s ban on large-capacity magazines. Justices Gorsuch, Alito, and Thomas wanted to hear the cases. Thomas filed a dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

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It’s hard to break my old school mentality. Lead off with someone who is patient, draws walks, and is a base stealing threat. Have another patient batter with great bunting skills hit second. And place your best hitter in the third slot.

Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

In the past hour. Multiple victims have been reported.

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I’m seeing horrific video from the active shooting at Florida State University (FSU). There are likely to be fatalities. We need to do more to prevent such senseless tragedies.

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The job of a congressional leader is to keep their caucus united. When the Senate Democratic Leader votes differently than 3/4 of the Senate Democratic Caucus, it’s time for that person to step down as leader.

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

These are unprecedented times and it’s disheartening, to say the least.

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Gee, leaving an AR-15 rifle leaning against the wall, unsecured, while a dog and coyote run free in your house … what could go wrong?

Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Georgetown Law shows us how all institutions of higher learning should respond to politically-rooted threats that fly in the face of the U.S. Constitution

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Now this sounds like someone who is the leader of the free world. Thank you Gov. Shapiro!

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Calling Justin Trudeau “Governor”? I guess going that extra step to piss off Canadians is the new normal in the Trump White House.

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Sonali Rajan @sonalirajan.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

P.s. while you're at it...don't forget to register for our @columbiauniversity.bsky.social SURGE webinar, early next month (details below) --

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Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…. And I will have them detained in the disease-infested jungles of Panama, far away from me — The Evil Colussus, Donald J. Trump, 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

Under Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Some Migrants Are Being Sent to Panama (Gift Article)

The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.

Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Under Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Some Migrants Are Being Sent to Panama (Gift Article)

The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.

Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

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New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts

Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees.

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Justin Etheridge @justinetheridge.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

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I was surprised when I saw that claim. It’s why I asked for the source. I now see that that claim is unsubstantiated, and possibly false. If that sentence isn’t retracted, it could be used to spread a “myth” about gun owners. And as scholars, we want to prevent the spread of inaccurate claims. 4/END

4) Even if you could generalize from this largely local Chicago cohort sample to gun owners nationwide, all the data show is that, roughly, a minority of gun owners (apx. 48%) view J6ers are extremists. This does not mean that the other 52% or so view J6ers or J6 “favorably.” 3/

2) The study doesn’t report percentages that view J6 participants as something other than “extremists.” It only reports how many gun-owning cohort respondents (by race) view J6ers as “extremists.” Again, this is not favorable or unfavorable. 3) As mentioned yesterday, it’s not a national sample. 2/

The Bucci et al. study can’t be used to support your claim for numerous reasons. 1) It only reports if Chicago-cohort gun owners view J6 participants as “extremists.” This is not a measure of favorability or unfavorability for J6. To claim so misrepresents the data and the study. 1/

Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

As the authors point out, only 15% of the survey pool owns guns. This is different from the national pool. Also, the respondents were 48% Black, 32% Hispanic, and 20% White. This distribution is also non-representative. You can’t generalize about American gun owners from this study. 2/End

Louis Klarevas @proflou.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Just an FYI: I saw that hyperlink but thought there was another source. That article does not present the attitudes of American gun owners. It is not representative of views nationwide. That article surveys a Chicago cohort, which largely resides in Illinois. 1/