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Gun Control & RKBA

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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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Mon May 21, 2012, 05:16 PM May 2012

It is a common misconception... [View all]

...that laws are meant to control the common people and limit aberrant behavior. Laws are the standards by which the justice system, without malice or prejudice, convicts those whose behavior is harmfully, anti-social.

Laws that control people are themselves anti-social in that they work, not to enlighten nor to protect the peoples' freedoms, to advance a type of limited slavery. We have protection from prior restraint. Would not the same principle apply to many basic freedoms?


From Noah Webster, linguist:

(During 1787) The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops.


From his cousin Daniel Webster, Senator and Secretary of State:
Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority…the Constitution was made to guard against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.


Find the spirit to discern and vote against such candidates.
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It is a common misconception... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 OP
Unfortunately, military technology has progressed Warpy May 2012 #1
Mistaking an argument of small arms being useful against... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #2
Military technology is also of limited usefulness i in a civil insurrection. krispos42 May 2012 #3
Your technical ignorance is showing. Clames May 2012 #4
tell you what gejohnston May 2012 #5
I hear... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #6
"asymetrical warfare" is the phrase you're missing. PavePusher May 2012 #7
Which cause? discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #8
or British? gejohnston May 2012 #9
Why would the Brits be a problem? discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #10
Iskandar. PavePusher May 2012 #11
Not to be a pain in the ass but... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #12
The Great one, of course. PavePusher May 2012 #13
I'm here all week.... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #14
Don't fight a tank... Callisto32 May 2012 #15
Wrong. DanM May 2012 #16
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