Today is July 14th. 219 years ago the Bastille in Paris was stormed, in order to provide severely upset people with ammunition (they had already gotten arms before). The event became one of the important symbols of the French revolution, and is celebrated still today. Reflecting on this, I was reminded of the US constitution, which aims to enable the population to manage a similar uprising against the rulers, if it ever became necessary.

Having said that, what makes it so difficult to understand that allowing anyone to own and carry firearms is not a welfare maximizing strategy? [Read more →]