This morning I watched the opening segment of Fareed Zakaria GPS. The topic was guns in America. Zakaria gave some statistics. The United States, with liberal gun laws, suffers approximately 30,000 gun deaths a year. Japan, with the strictest gun laws in the world, has as few as two gun deaths annually. In fairness, the United States has […]
gun control
What is the case for citizens being able to access (semi) automatic weaponry?
This morning I posted the following tweet: I've heard people say that today is not the day to talk about gun control in the US. Okay, but the conversation needs to happen tomorrow. — The Tentative Apologist (@RandalRauser) October 2, 2017 Somebody under the moniker “Christian Debate Maps” (henceforth CDM) replied with a defense of […]
No Eagles of Death Metal Frontman, everybody shouldn’t have guns
This morning I read in The Guardian that Jesse Hughes, the frontman for the Eagles of Death Metal — the group that was playing at the Bataclan in Paris when terrorists entered with guns and killed scores of people — has stated that “Everybody has to have guns.” Here’s the key passage: “Did your French gun […]
Jerry Falwell Jr: Jesus follower … or hate monger?
As the saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. It turns out that the intolerant spirit of Jerry Falwell (d. 2007) lives on in his son, Jerry Jr., who also happens to be the President of Liberty University, the school his father founded. (University presidencies that pass from father to son? Is […]
The irrational fear of Islam, or why “radical Islam” is like the Ebola virus
With the most recent terroristic act in San Bernardino at the hand of Muslim Syed Farook and his wife, one can anticipate the fear and paranoia about “radical Islam” will continue to grow. To be sure, like any other radicalized ideology, radical Islam is a reality against which one must be vigilant. However, I worry that […]
