There's nothing like a political showdown to help you discover who is on your side, who isn't, and who's been a phony ally all along.
All the people, organizations, companies, and politicians who say "I'm a Second Amendment absolutist, but..." are lying. The Second Amendment doesn't come with any "unless", "except", or "but".
Is the political Left on my side? Absolutely not. They want me to hate myself, they want to steal my money and give it away, and they want to vote away any rights they don't approve of. Just like the political Right wants to violate my right to associate with whoever I choose, to criminalize standing up against kidnappers as long as the kidnappers are said to have "authority" to kidnap, and they want to legislate away any rights they don't approve of.
H.L. Mencken wrote: “The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.”
When President Trump said, “You can’t have guns. You can’t walk in with a gun. You can’t do that", he was wrong. No government rule or politician can overturn the Constitution or alter human rights, not even if the Supreme Court agrees.
Trump said those words because he was trying to gloss over a murder committed by a member of his gang. This will only work on those preprogrammed to believe it.
Trying to find loopholes so you can violate natural human rights, or violating human rights without such a loophole, is criminal. Violating rights is what criminals do; it's the definition of "criminal". Criminals excuse and justify each other.
Defending people from those who try to violate their rights can't be a real crime. Criminalizing defense and the proper tools with which to carry it out? That's the crime.
The Second Amendment isn't about who is allowed to carry what, when, or where; it's about prohibiting government from having any role in the conversation.
If you won't stand up for the rights of those you dislike, you don't really believe in rights at all. At best, you believe in privileges- things you can do as long as some government official agrees and gives you temporary permission to do it.
If this is you, at least admit it.
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“The Second Amendment isn’t about who is allowed to carry what, when, or where; it’s about prohibiting government from having any role in the conversation."
ReplyDeleteThat 'shall not be infringed.' is interpreted by the power-hungry as allowing the imposition of a multitude of ifs, ors, and buts exceptions by the legislature, the president, the judiciary and even some attorney generals is just further proof that mere words on paper cannot restrain the arrogance of authoritarians. The only thing that can serve as a restraint on power is an equal or superior power in opposition. That all people be armed is a permanent and continual necessity.
Yes.
DeleteWhat's distressing is how many of the armed people want to use those arms to support and protect the State- their mortal enemy. They want to be Sauron's orcs.