THE 2026 VESA ACT: A Structural Solution to a Preventable Problem

Civilians are not a lesser class. Civilians are not expendable. Civilians are not "the other side."

For more than two centuries, America has lived under a Constitution written in the aftermath of the Boston Massacre—a moment when the Founders saw the danger of armed agents of government confronting unarmed civilians without clear limits. They responded by building a system of checks, balances, and restraints. Yet one reality they never imagined now shapes millions of encounters every year: t...