And Speaking of Thugs…

Hey folks!  Sorry for my brief hiatus.  My mom’s arthritis flared up in her neck of all places, so I’ve been occupied with amateur nursing duties.  I’m pleased to report that she’s officially back to her usual trouble-making self, thank…

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The Zimmerman Conundrum … Part 2

We self-defenders are expected to behave like reasonable people.  The Founders entrusted us to wield enormous power — indeed, the power to inflict death — in exchange for our commitment to be honorable stewards of that power (unlike the King).  That’s all well and good, but…

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Scotchman vs. Black-Face … Continued

So, a bunch of you chimed in with responses to the epic battle of Scotchman and Black-Face, which later became a lawsuit decided in part by Hunt-Berlin Coal Co. v. Paton, 202 S.W. 935 (Tenn. 1918).  To quickly recap, a strapping young bloke named Paton…

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Scotchman vs. Black-Face

Here’s an interesting set of facts from a Tennessee Supreme Court case from 1918.  For some reason I would just love to stage this scene with actors and costumes and props.  And appropriate accents (see if you automatically take on an accent…

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The Closet

I usually take NRA publications with a grain of salt, because they shamelessly promote themselves while accusing their opponents of being shamelessly self-promoting.  But I recently read an article by Chris Cheng in America’s First Freedom (one of the NRA’s Magazines).  In…

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