Keyword: Gun-Control
Gun-Control
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Salon.com
- By Kirk Swearingen
- 7/1/2026, 10:30 AM
Politically Left Leaning Bias 49.1% - Negativity Bias 43.7% - Appeal to Emotion 31.8%
The six Federalist Society-vetted members of the Supreme Court claim to be close readers of the Constitution, “originalists,” who parse the intentions of the founders and, somehow, even the attitude of the public, whenever a law was created. The latter approach is their fairly new “history and traditions” gambit. Chief Justice John... more
Reason.com
- By J.D. Tuccille
- 6/29/2026, 11:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 44.6% - Appeal to Authority 19.9% - Appeal to Emotion 16.8%
Everybody loves local control when they run towns and counties and their opponents hold federal or state offices. It works in reverse, too, with presidents and governors denouncing rebellious officials who won't follow dictates from the state or federal capital. So it is in Virginia, where Democrats who dominate the state government are... more
MS NOW
- By Jessica Levinson
- 6/28/2026, 10:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 15.3% - Negativity Bias 14.8% - Genetic Fallacy 12.1%
As I always say to my students, you may or may not like a Supreme Court decision as a matter of policy, but you need to understand it. It is impossible to effectively argue for or against anything without that crucial first step. Accordingly, the key to truly comprehending the Supreme Court’s big Second Amendment decision this week is... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Suzanne King
- 6/26/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 17.5% - Anecdotal 17.1% - Framing Effect 9.7%
Since Kansas City stepped onto the World Cup stage this month, gun violence has repeatedly threatened to steal the spotlight. On June 6, before matches even began, a shooting that injured nine people made international headlines because it took place about five miles from Swope Soccer Village, where England’s team has its base camp. On... more
The Federalist
- By Shawn Fleetwood
- 6/25/2026, 7:01 PM
Biased Writer Voice 27.4% - Confirmation Bias 16.3% - Begging the Question 16.3%
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is having quite the year. After authoring a major decision nuking race-based redistricting a few months ago, the senior justice just released a new ruling protecting Americans' Second Amendment rights. Writing for the 6-3 majority in Wolford v. Lopez, Alito and his fellow conservative justices found... more
Vox
- By Ian Millhiser
- 6/25/2026, 4:30 PM
Negativity Bias 39.4% - Hasty Generalization 25.8% - Biased Writer Voice 18.2%
On Thursday, the Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii gun law, claiming that it violates the Second Amendment. As is almost always the case in the Court’s Second Amendment decisions, Wolford v. Lopez was decided along party lines. The Republican justices agreed with the Republican Party’s position that gun regulations are bad, while the... more
The Federalist
- By Shawn Fleetwood
- 6/25/2026, 4:19 PM
Negativity Bias 34.5% - Appeal to Emotion 25.3% - Quote-first Misdirection 24.5%
In a major win for gun owners, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Hawaii’s restrictions on concealed-carry permit holders violate the Second and 14th Amendments. The decision was 6-3, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson in the dissent. Known as Wolford v. Lopez, the case stems from a 2023... more
Reason.com
- By Jacob Sullum
- 6/24/2026, 8:18 PM
Framing Effect 12.2% - Negativity Bias 6.8% - Optimism Bias 6.4%
Last week in *United States v. Hemani*, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the government may not strip people of their Second Amendment rights or prosecute them for illegal gun possession simply because they are marijuana users. That decision was good news for Alexander Ledvina, an Iowa cannabis consumer who received a four-year... more
Reason.com
- By Jacob Sullum
- 6/23/2026, 7:50 PM
Biased Writer Voice 16.9% - Framing Effect 16.1% - Hasty Generalization 6.6%
Last week in <em>United States v. Hemani</em>, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the government may not strip people of their Second Amendment rights or prosecute them for illegal gun possession simply because they are marijuana users. Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving current member of the Court, joined his colleagues... more
Reason.com
- By Jacob Sullum
- 5/15/2026, 6:00 PM
Appeal to Authority 20.1% - Optimism Bias 18.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 16.8%
Last month, Virginia became the 12th state to enact an "assault weapon" ban, which Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed into law on April 13. That new law is plainly unconstitutional, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and two other Second Amendment groups argue in McDonald v. Katz, a lawsuit they filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court... more