http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/alston/alston1.html
Great article to help you brush up on your pro-self defense arguments. Don't let the anarchistic writing deter you, anarchism as a theory is on the side of guns for personal protection. I'd recommend reading some more on the subject/philosophy for those serious about freedom and personal liberty .
But I digress. Here are some highlights, starting with a great Gandhi (that's not a typo) quote:
How could one disagree with Gandhi? Some other great quotes:
What do you think?
Great article to help you brush up on your pro-self defense arguments. Don't let the anarchistic writing deter you, anarchism as a theory is on the side of guns for personal protection. I'd recommend reading some more on the subject/philosophy for those serious about freedom and personal liberty .
But I digress. Here are some highlights, starting with a great Gandhi (that's not a typo) quote:
“Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.”
~ Mohandas Gandhi, from An Autobiography
How could one disagree with Gandhi? Some other great quotes:
For the record, I think the Constitution is a fine document; however, one absolute fact about the Constitution should preclude any such discussion for our purposes here. That fact is: the portion of the U.S. Constitution referred to as The Bill of Rights is an exposition, not a bestowal. Whatever “well-organized militia” meant to someone in 1776 or to anyone this week is irrelevant since the clause is explaining what exists already, not what the document provides to a lucky citizen. One of two things is true: a human being has the right to protect and defend himself or he does not.
Either way, no rule or regulation can be expected to selectively arm a segment of society, while disarming another. As such, attempting to arm only a specific cadre of people—the police for example—cannot generate peace and tranquility. Why not? Those who care little about life and liberty care even less about rules.
Carrying a weapon also provides a prophylactic effect on those who might wish to infringe or act out violently. Police know this. When is the last time anyone heard of a madman entering a police station with plans of killing a bunch of people like [place name of psycho here] did at [place name of ostensible gun-free zone here]? People who are known-to-be, or even possibly might be, armed tend to scare psychos away, or at least give them a reason to rethink their lunacy.
Bottom Line: Arm and train the citizens in [place name of violent place here] on Wednesday and I bet violent crime will plummet to unheard of levels by Friday. Disarm every citizen on Wednesday and not only will every psycho within shouting distance be ready to take advantage of him by Friday, but his government will also be much more likely to infringe upon him as well.
What do you think?