Walter Williams: Are guns the problem?

Walter Williams' new piece on gun is available here:

When I attended primary and secondary school — during the 1940s and ’50s — one didn’t hear of the kind of shooting mayhem that’s become routine today. Why? It surely wasn’t because of strict firearm laws. My replica of the 1902 Sears mail-order catalog shows 35 pages of firearm advertisements. People just sent in their money, and a firearm was shipped. . . .

Walter Williams' Roast from 2003

This video is awesome.  It probably means more to me simply because I personally know so many of the people that spoke here.  But it is well worth watching.

Walter Williams' 2012 Commencement address

Walter's address starts this way:

"Markets and Morality"Dr. Walter E. Williams 

Benjamin Franklin said “A frequent reference to fundamental principles is absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of Liberty, and keep a Government free." That is what I would like to do today – talk about fundamental principles. 

How often do we hear the suggestion that free markets or capitalism is immoral? Some of the alleged injustices of capitalism include that it is a system where there is unfair distribution of income, there is greed and materialism where the rich get richer whilst the poor get poorer, and there’s systematic bias in favor of big business and bias against the little guy. . . .

CSPAN's Q&A for Walter Williams