Red flag laws are the top priority of Democrats and gun control advocates. Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly support these measures – by margins ranging between 2-1 and 3-1. Congress recently passed legislation providing funding for states that adopted these laws. But the polling doesn’t really gauge whether Americans understand how these laws operate. The surveys generally just […]
Hurricane Season’s Most Destructive Fallacy
It’s possible you may have heard that natural disasters have silver linings. Most often it’s how the reconstruction – with new and better things – will create an economic boom. This, and other economic fallacies, are hard to root out of the public consciousness because they get repeated so often. But let’s say it one […]