Politics

Now Is Not the Time for New Gun Laws

Not Yet

Legislation should never be passed in the heat of a crisis, writes Nick Gillespie.

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Monday’s horrific mass shooting at the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard left 12 victims (plus the shooter) dead and more than a dozen people wounded. It has raised immediate, impassioned, and understandable—if ultimately misguided—calls for increased levels of gun control now.

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