The bad people won’t technically hurt you.  They don’t even exist, really.  So, what explains violence?  Sadly, mean old guns persist on discharging on their own while they happen to be held and squeezed in a particular manner by humans. I’m trying to blame life’s problems on tools.  But...

Can you prove what you’re selling is yours?  Wait: why should you have to if you didn’t do anything wrong?  You’re not on trial to establish the chain of ownership for any wristwatch or DVD player you put in hock.  But you may get legally hassled anyway depending on where you are.  To wit,...

Guess the Hate Crime isn’t a fun game.  But it’s unfortunately being played in Erie County.  Consider two recent infamous attacks within the jurisdiction.  In both, it goes without saying that the victims deserve infinite sympathy while the perpetrators should face ample time in a cell...

You’ve certainly heard by now of the recent anti-gay attacks in Allentown and at the Walden Galleria Mall. As bad as these incidents were, can we stop talking about hate crimes? I am sick and tired of certain groups getting special treatment in the eyes of the law. Have we forgotten that Lady Justice...

Earlier this month, Mayor Byron Brown announced yet another pointless gun buyback program would take place in August… In his announcement, he touted the program’s past “success”: “Over the past two years, we removed 1,601 illegal guns from our city streets through our coordinated...

Looks like Elliot Spitzer has joined the growing club of Above The Law Democrats: Former Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer, who saw his rising political career come to an end last March, will not face federal criminal charges for being a customer of a high-priced prostitution ring, prosecutors said Thursday. While...

Click here to read the actual citation (JPEG, 420 KB) “What are you f**king looking at you motherf**king cop!” -Jon Powers, October 23, 2004 The citation clearly proves that the talking points from the Powers campaign (that it was jaywalking, not disorderly conduct) are false.

Looks like Rochester is the latest city to waste money on a program that will do nothing to reduce gun related crime. Rochester police say they collected 133 guns and more than 300 rounds of ammunition over the weekend during a “no questions asked” gun drop-off. Police spokeswoman Officer...

It’s kind of depressing that I left one gun-crime-ridden city for another. Bloody street violence struck Buffalo this week when at least five people were shot over a two-day period — Sunday and Monday — during four separate incidents across the city. Four of the people were shot Sunday, but...