Outside the Beltway

Yes it was said. No the context doesn’t make it better.

Who are you going to believe, the WSJ or your lying eyes?

Weirdly, politicians who don’t understand the debt ceiling also don’t understand other things.

It would be nice if politicians and cable news outlets were more responsible.

A rather bizarre coda to yesterday’s big Supreme Court decision.

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

The obstacles to fixing the problem are many.

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

CBS did a lousy job.

A Senate report alleges that the National Rifle Association allowed itself to become a Russian asset,

Not surprisingly, there are other phone call transcripts and other communications that further complicate Trump’s position.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

As he has in the past, President Trump has backed away from support for any gun control measures in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

At some point, what we call conservatism turned into a racket. It’s not surprising that this led directly to Trump.

Republicans have aborted President Trump’s lofty plan for a $2 trillion infrastructure deal just days after it was conceived.

After just a year in office, Oliver North is out as President of the National Rifle Association as the group faces an ongoing series of scandals centered around Wayne LaPierre and others.

One opinion writer says that Senator Kamala Harris should be disqualified as a Democratic candidate because she owns a handgun.

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

A Federal Judge in Washington State has, at least temporarily, blocked the release of files that would allow anyone to make a 3-D printed gun. The First Amendment seems to clearly indicate that this ruling is wrong.

Jarrod Ramos should have been in jail, let alone allowed to have any weapon more dangerous than a butter knife.

In the end, it may be insurance companies that have the biggest voice in the debate over arming teachers. 

The new President of the National Rifle Association has a new theory to explain mass shootings, but there’s no basis for believing it’s accurate.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.