Les Jones

Krauthammer's a medico, isn't he? Psychiatrist, I believe.

Yep, psychiatrist. Published in research journals, even. Smart guy.

Except for that "we need to disarm the citizenry" thing.

It is odd that he's so in favor of gun control.

I'm still trying to get a clear picture of Krauthammer's position. I read a couple of examples of the "disarm the citenzenry" quote, but I can't find the original article. It sounds a lot to me like he was talking about the sneaky nature of the law, and not an endorsement of disarming people. Until I can read the whole thing though, it is impossible to say.

In 2002 he talked about how gun control laws didn't do much to fight terror, stating - "Let me assure you of one thing: Terrorists will find guns whether they’re legal or not. It will make no difference. Al-Qaeda doesn’t observe gun laws."
http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2002/cyb20021028.asp

That's not a ringing endorsement of gun ownership, but presuming he's for gun control (as some state) then it at least makes his position more nuanced. He isn't falling for wacky ideas that assume criminals and terrorists will follow the law.

Later this evening I'm going to look up more on this. I have a lot of respect for his writings, so I'm very curious to know his position.

I'd be curious to see what you find. Krauthammer never seems to talk about gun control in his column.

reading the gun control essay from the latter 90's. He is pro gun-control, but says both political sides are "blowing smoke." He says the assault weapons ban is just symbolic and that no one will ever give up their guns in this country until liberals in the judicial branch are harsher on criminal penalties.