August 13, 2019
What if the media covered mass shootings with an eye toward mental health?

Over a two week period, gunmen killed 3 in Gilroy, Calif., 22 in El Paso, Texas, and 9 in Dayton, Ohio. So-called "assault weapons" (aka scary black rifle-looking guns) were used in all three attacks and the shooters had obvious mental health problems. As was entirely predictable, the media immediately focused on guns, guns, guns. […]

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May 24, 2018
A mental health problem, not a gun problem

Last Friday's tragic school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas should tell us, once again, that we have a serious mental health problem in this country, instead the political left will make it about guns. Not the usual suspects The 17-year-old Texas shooter (Hoystory does not name mass murderers.) killed 10 and wounded […]

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March 7, 2017
American ingenuity

Starting January 1st, the state of California changed its "assault weapon" laws to include evil black rifles equipped with bullet buttons in the definition. This latest crackdown will fail, thanks to good ol' American ingenuity. The original bullet button was created in response to a state law that defined an assault rifle, in part, as […]

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