Hyper Rugged Individualism, the Castle Doctrine, and the Terror of the Second Amendment

I never liked playing the board game, Monopoly, because the premise seemed so contrived and downright contrary to a country that promoted itself as land of freedom and liberty. Why, I thought, does a player have to pay someone money — fake or not — for merely landing on another’s property? This wouldn’t happen in real life; well, at least that is what I thought. In fact, the price for merely stepping onto someone’s land is higher, much higher, than forfeiting a couple of valueless pieces of Monopoly currency, as we have witnessed over the course of the last week. <a href="https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/hyper-rugged-individualism-the-castle-doctrine-and-the-terror-of-the-second-amendment-50a8acad0051">Read More</a>