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, October 08, 2004

Mr. Free Market, Just Another "Gullible Gunner"

Mr. FM has written another excellent piece, entitled "The Police & Self Defence." ("Defense" is spelled funny because Mr. FM is a Brit.) Initially quite humorous, he gets right down to it:
A couple of reassuringly large & tasty coppers that I count in my circle of chums have long admitted that down in this little corner of rural England, if you had cause to dial 999 during the night, the police are spread so thin that the chances of them getting to you ‘in time’ are pretty marginal to say the least. So where does that leave us law-abiding householders went the pond life kick in the back door in the small wee hours. Try to defend your loved ones, self & property, the Crown malicious prosecution service will leave no stone unturned in an attempt to convict you – all in the ‘public interest’ you understand. There is little point in calling the police, as the nearest unit will be over half an hour away - & in this sort situation seconds count. Even if the police do turn up, the chances of them actually doing anything is reasonably remote, as events in Highmore Cross, as small village in Oxfordshire bear testament.
The Crown will prosecute you for trying to defend your loved ones, self & property? Surely not! At most there may be only a "chilling effect" occurring!

Do read the whole thing - you need to, to see where English-style "gun control" leads - but I'm quoting this part for my archives:
The root of the problem rests with our increasingly emasculated society. As opposed to relying on others in times of great adversity, surly(sic) isn’t (it) time that people started to assume some form of self reliance. That starts, not necessarily with learning how to triage a sucking chest wound, but demanding our politicians restore an unfettered right for a bulldogs, in their own homes, to defend themselves as they see fit & them giving them the means to do so. As the police are increasingly unable & unwilling to fulfil their mandate from society, we must demand the reinstatement of our right to take matters into our own hands.
Unfortunately, I'm in agreement with the authors at Samizdata. It'll be a cold day in hell before the State gives back that power.

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