Honestly: What To Do about Guns
Texas Highway Patrol Troopers stand in front of a memorial for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 27, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images)
Tulsa. Buffalo. Uvalde. Philadelphia. Chicago. And that’s just the past few weeks.
If you’re like me, you’ve had too many despairing conversations about the epidemic of gun violence in this country to count. This isn’t that. This is a conversation about what can actually, practically be done.
David French is a senior editor of The Dispatch and the author of “Divided We Fall,” among other books. David is a veteran. He is also, as you’ll hear, a gun owner.
Rajiv Sethi is a professor of economics at Barnard College at Columbia University who has been researching gun violence and writing about innovative solutions to the problem—even in a country with a robust Second Amendment.
As a centrist, I read and listen to the debates on both sides and must say, this is THE BEST AND MOST BALANCED presentation of the issues surrounding the gun debate. As a fan girl of Bari Weiss, I reiterate my respect and admiration for her ability to distill down to the fulcrum of the issues and present them critically and clearly.
Nope. In fact, a Democrat candidate for Philly mayor (there is no Republican party in Philadelphia), has suggested stop and frisk. Cops do it all the time, and always have. It gets illegal guns off of the street and saves lives