Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. That psychic discomfort is the price we pay for basic civic peace. It's worth it. It's a pragmatic principle. Defend everyone else's rights, because if you don't there is no one to defend yours. -- MaxedOutMama

I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. -- Kim du Toit

The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them.-- Moshe Ben-David

The cult of the left believes that it is engaged in a great apocalyptic battle with corporations and industrialists for the ownership of the unthinking masses. Its acolytes see themselves as the individuals who have been "liberated" to think for themselves. They make choices. You however are just a member of the unthinking masses. You are not really a person, but only respond to the agendas of your corporate overlords. If you eat too much, it's because corporations make you eat. If you kill, it's because corporations encourage you to buy guns. You are not an individual. You are a social problem. -- Sultan Knish

All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. -- Billy Beck

Friday, June 06, 2003

But When a Long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, Pursuing Invariably the Same Object...

KeepandBearArms.com links to this story about how the fine legislators in California, seem to want to fix the massive debt their state is running by putting a 10¢ per round tax on ammunition. Actually, they say it's to "help reimburse shooting victims and help pay their health-care costs." but we know what legislatures do with money, don't we? And if they're going to put a $500 tax on a $200 case of .22 rimfire, then all they're going to do is start a new black market. We're already seeing it with cigarettes in the Northeast. Supply and demand, you morons.

They call it a "sin tax." Gee, what was once a highly regarded practice, one guaranteed to us by the Bill of Rights, is now a sin? One of the ethicists interviewed for the piece states that "sin taxes" put the legislature in charge of labelling right and wrong. And here's the money quote:
"Once you start doing that, then government becomes something above and beyond what the American founders thought it should be,' Palm said. "Government becomes more of a parental figure.'
I'm not sure where Mr. Palm's been, but our government's been parental since the 1914 Harrison Act. Prohibition followed close behind.

Big Brother knows what's best for us chillun's.

No wonder politicians are concerned about the armor-piercing capabilities of the .50 BMG cartridge.

Ten cents a round, eh? How many legislators are there in Sacramento?

Give me a few minutes. I have more to say on this matter.

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