There could be no better poster boy than Mel Gibson for the wisdom of "red flag" laws, which allow the state to remove guns ...

Swatting involves hoax emergency service calls that send police, sometimes including armed response units, to a person's home ...

When leaders put loyalists in charge of the men with guns, it becomes easier to repress opposition from citizens, political figures and any dissenting military leaders. That’s for three reasons.

Syrian army special forces in 2005, wearing pictures of their president, Bashar Assad, his father, Hafez, and brother, Basil, on their uniform, stand guard at a Lebanese military air base. Patrick ...

Repressing dissent – and democracy When leaders put loyalists in charge of the men with guns, it becomes easier to repress opposition from citizens, political figures and any dissenting military ...

These men have little administrative experience in ... command—think the Department of Government Efficiency, but with guns. Pro-Trump military contractors are already calling for the government ...

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