Guns
Bring your gun to the bar law passed in Louisiana
Drunk people are not known for making good decisions. In Louisiana, where permissive concealed carry is as old and dear a tradition as drinking to excess, lawmakers have — mostly accidentally — passed a bill that allows concealed carry weapons into establishments that serve alcohol. Called House Bill 48 and sponsored by Republican Representative Henry […]
TSA considers allowing knives on planes
Ever since 9/11, the shoe bomber, the liquids bomber and the underwear bomber, air travel has been a cumbersome affair. We arrive early, occasionally have our luggage swabbed for traces of ballistic material, stumble through the security line, pulling out laptops and Ziploc baggies of toiletries, as we tug off sneakers all the while tripping […]
Violent military tactics used by police investigated by ACLU
After a decade of wartime innovations, some of those military technologies are finding their way into local and state police stations. Law enforcement is already successfully using predictive technology in capturing serial offenders on American soil. Originally developed by the military to help bomb squads in Iraq and Afghanistan figure out where explosives were buried, police have […]
Bring your gun to work law passed in Tennessee
A recent gun law is pitting employers and employees in Tennessee against each other–and each group has the law on their side. A new bill, signed by Governor Bill Haslam, will allow people with handgun carry permits to store these weapons in their vehicles, no matter where they’re parked. However, the new bill conflicts with […]
