Back in 1997, the famous actor Charlton Heston called the Second Amendment “America’s first freedom.” The recent battle to defend this freedom is the subject of Shall Not Be Infringed, a book […]
How often does banning things actually work? With abortion, for instance, it’s argued that we can’t go back to a pre-Roe paradigm because women would still seek abortions, but would not be […]
It’s undeniable, for criminal justice scholars and sociologists, that Terry stops are one of the worst things that has ever happened to black America. Stop and frisk policies, along with racial profiling, […]
As our ongoing Not Just a Gun activism campaign ramps up, we’ve been blown away by the positive response we’ve gotten from from all of you in the SFL network — from students […]
SFL is pleased to announce the return of our popular Student Spotlights blog series. These posts are intended to honor the best and brightest student activists in our network and share their […]
Emotions run high around the issue of gun control, and with good reason. Gun violence is indeed tragic. Overshadowed by the grim context of mass shootings, or more personal tragedies like suicides […]
As protests in Ferguson and elsewhere have brought police militarization to the forefront of public debate, some voices suggest that reigning in police militarization requires stricter gun control laws. For example, Matthew […]
