Debunking the Myth of ‘Concealed-Carry Killers’

Plus: What's Driving Chicago's Political Dysfunction

Nov 05, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where lots of folks excited about impeaching President Trump don't understand how the process works. On "The Right Side of History," guest James Rogan, a former House member who now is a California Superior Court judge, tells what happens in a Senate trial. From Germany, foreign correspondent Nolan Peterson reports on the U.S. getting ready to fight a more conventional war. Plus: the mess that is Chicago, a concealed-carry lie, and where Kanye's new faith may lead. Ten years ago today, an Army psychiatrist motivated by radical Islam fatally shoots 13 and wounds 30 others at Fort Hood in Texas.      Commentary Debunking the Myth of 'Concealed-Carry Killers' By Amy Swearer The Violence Policy Center—a gun control advocacy group—released a study last month it wrongly claims shows that "too many concealed-carry permit holders are a direct threat to public safety." More Analysis What's Driving Chicago's Political Dysfunction By Daniel Davis "Where Chicago is very extreme is the number of City Council members who have gone to jail. Since the 1970s, 34 Chicago aldermen had been imprisoned for corruption," says Austin Berg, author of "The New Chicago Way." More Special Feature US Troops Prepare to Fight in a Way That Looks More Like World War II By Nolan Peterson With an eye to Russia and China, American troops are preparing to fight a war that looks a lot more like World War II than the ones in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan—or Vietnam, too, for that matter. More Commentary Twitter's Ban on Political Ads Will Only Make Things Worse By John York Without the ability to pay for advertisements, new voices will have a hard time breaking in politics unless they are willing to engage in the flame wars and mudslinging that attract followers on Twitter. More Analysis Former Lawmaker Who Helped Conduct Clinton Impeachment Trial Explains How It Works By Fred Lucas "The Senate precluded us. It was a sham trial. ... It's the only trial I know of in American history where the prosecutors were not allowed by the jury to call a single witness to prove their case," says Judge James Rogan, who served as a House manager during the impeachment of President Clinton. More Commentary What Born-Again Kanye Might Do for America By Daniel Davis The lyrics are the words of a husband and father standing up to the lies of libertine culture, lies he has bought into and even helped propagate for years. He knows the damage they bring and the threat they pose to his kids. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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