When we consider the Second Amendment to the Constitution, it may be difficult to separate our critical faculties from the continual onslaught of media bias. The efforts to ban guns in the United States garners support from those who feel that if there were no legal way to buy a gun then there would be less violent crime. The truth of the matter is that in all countries where guns are commonplace, crime rates are lower. In countries where guns are illegal, the innocent have no way to protect themselves against those who obtain guns illegally. Weapons are the great equalizer. It does not matter if you can physically restrain someone or not if you have a 9mm pointed in their face. Sure, a burglar and a home owner may shoot one another, but they could have also beaten each other's heads in with clubs. The heart of the matter is much deeper than the debate about crime and defense. The debate goes all the way back to the founding of our country.
Our founding fathers understood what it meant to be oppressed. They understood it so well in fact that they wrote arms protection into the Bill of Rights so Americans could defend themselves against intrusive government. The right to keep and bear arms has nothing to do with chasing away common burglars. It has to do with chasing away legalized burglars in fancy hats. All governments strive for more power. It is the nature of government. The militias of the several states stood with our founding fathers to stop the ever increasing encroachment of the British.
Today, the idea of pulling a gun on a government official is quite taboo. Generations of media bias have led us all to believe that this is an atrocity. I counter with the notion that a situation where the government has gathered enough power to force you to do anything is an atrocity. Liberty is blind. Fancy hats and uniforms do not override your rights. Your rights are characteristics of you just like a brick can be described as heavy. You can't take the heavy out of a brick. You can't take rights from an individual. Rights must be defended, however. We find ourselves in our current situation where you can hardly do anything without government intervention because several generations did not stand up for their rights. We are now deceived into contracts with the government that force us to pay taxes, obtain licenses and permits to perform legal actions, register property, and submit to official authority.
The Revolutionary War was not debated in council. The militia defended the people against government oppression. The first shot came from a patriot standing up for his rights and the rest of the country just joined in. The history books can spout their opinions all they want, but history is written by the politicians in power and they do not want you to know that the local militia fought the armed forces of the king of England ... and Won. They even tried to disarm the people to prevent rebellion because they could sense the unrest. Gun ownership insured against government malfeasance.
Your own personal liberty lies in how far you are willing to go to defend your rights. Just because someone wears a badge and a fancy hat does not give them authority over you. We have to keep our guns. If we do not keep them as crime deterrents then we should at least keep them as oppression deterrents. Mark my words. If guns are made illegal, liberty will disappear
Our founding fathers understood what it meant to be oppressed. They understood it so well in fact that they wrote arms protection into the Bill of Rights so Americans could defend themselves against intrusive government. The right to keep and bear arms has nothing to do with chasing away common burglars. It has to do with chasing away legalized burglars in fancy hats. All governments strive for more power. It is the nature of government. The militias of the several states stood with our founding fathers to stop the ever increasing encroachment of the British.
Today, the idea of pulling a gun on a government official is quite taboo. Generations of media bias have led us all to believe that this is an atrocity. I counter with the notion that a situation where the government has gathered enough power to force you to do anything is an atrocity. Liberty is blind. Fancy hats and uniforms do not override your rights. Your rights are characteristics of you just like a brick can be described as heavy. You can't take the heavy out of a brick. You can't take rights from an individual. Rights must be defended, however. We find ourselves in our current situation where you can hardly do anything without government intervention because several generations did not stand up for their rights. We are now deceived into contracts with the government that force us to pay taxes, obtain licenses and permits to perform legal actions, register property, and submit to official authority.
The Revolutionary War was not debated in council. The militia defended the people against government oppression. The first shot came from a patriot standing up for his rights and the rest of the country just joined in. The history books can spout their opinions all they want, but history is written by the politicians in power and they do not want you to know that the local militia fought the armed forces of the king of England ... and Won. They even tried to disarm the people to prevent rebellion because they could sense the unrest. Gun ownership insured against government malfeasance.
Your own personal liberty lies in how far you are willing to go to defend your rights. Just because someone wears a badge and a fancy hat does not give them authority over you. We have to keep our guns. If we do not keep them as crime deterrents then we should at least keep them as oppression deterrents. Mark my words. If guns are made illegal, liberty will disappear
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