That’s the title of my forthcoming article in the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. My co-authors are Clayton Cramer and Joe Olson. The abstract: This Article is the first scholarly analysis of knives and the Second Amendment. Knives are clearly among the “arms” which are protected by the Second Amendment. Under the Supreme […]
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More on the English Wire Mesh Story
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about English police allegedly telling people not to use wire mesh in their windows, because it could injure burglars. Some readers expressed doubt about the accuracy of the news stories on which I relied, so I e-mailed the Surrey Police Department for more information. Here’s what I learned. […]
English Police: “Remove Wire Mesh from [Your] Windows as Burglars Could Be Injured”
[UPDATE: For a somewhat different account of this, from the Surrey Police Department, see this follow-up post.] So reports the Daily Mail (UK): Residents in Surrey and Kent villages have been ordered by police to remove wire mesh from their windows as burglars could be injured…. Locals had reinforced their windows with wire mesh after […]