gunnerbob
PEW Professional
OtisM, I suggest you read a book called The Second Amendment Primer, this should give you some insight into the many reasons the Founders knew why citizens require an equal method of defense as/from the gov't.
You have fallen into "positivism", among other things.
You think you exist to serve the gov't, and not the other way around. This is a dangerous belief OtisM, for it lends itself to tyranny. The POTUS is not a king, and any person how rises to the position of POTUS who considers themselves as such are in violation of the American peoples' Natural Rights and thus must me removed. Furthermore, any person who considers the position of POTUS to be that of "king" doesn't understand their Natural Rights or the concept of Liberty.
I am going to assume that a lot of your life is consumed by electronic entertainment, so, I'll post some inspiring words from a pretty good movie called V for Vendetta. I'm sure you've seen it...?
" Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot. "
Now, while this is fictional, it speaks of some very good points. Many of which we are falling for today, and must resist.
Moving forward, what do you think "they'll" come after next? They've already gone after trans fats, sugary soda, more taxes, emissions, guns, ammo, free speech, assembly, religion, petition, privacy, your sex life, property, Habeas corpus, education, sound money, automotive industry, housing market, free interprise, right to travel freely, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.......
How long before they get to something you really care about? B/c if you let "them", they'll get to it... and by then, there will be nobody left standing next to you to help you defend it.
Please, others who feel like typing more than me, please list all the intrusions the gov't has perpetrated upon us.
OtisM, I hope you wise up my friend... I really do.
