A member of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters stands guard, Burns, Ore., Jan. 5, 2016 (AP photo by Rick Bowmer).
Fixation on Terrorism Blinds U.S. to Domestic Threats to National Security
Michael A. Cohen Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016
Paul Ryan, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is none too impressed with President Barack Obama’s plan to curtail gun violence in America by tightening purchasing requirements through executive order.
In an interview with Katie Couric of Yahoo News, Ryan complained that “a week [when] we . . . talk about gun control is a week we’re not talking about our failure to confront [the self-described Islamic State] fully, the failure to take care of the threat that’s on our doorstep.” ...