This video clip shows in the clearest of terms why every law-abiding family in America ought to be armed to the hilt. http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/754.html%C2%A0%3E%3E
Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. Thomas Paine, writing from Philadelphia, February 14, 1776
Thomas Paine
Author of the best seller Common Sense (1776)
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This blog contains the common sense thoughts of three concerned Americans: Dave, Bill, and Brian. Others are welcome to post their comments.
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- Dave
- Carlisle, PA
- My best friend is my wife, Barbara. Though I am concerned about my country, I am at peace about our future.
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Quotes we must never forget!
"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." William Penn
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other." John Adams
“The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny are to illuminate the minds of the people.” Thomas Jefferson
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents...Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government." James Madison
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." Alexis de Tocqueville
"I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity. [To approve this measure] would be contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution and subversive to the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded." Frankin Pierce
"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." Abraham Lincoln
"All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their benefit; and that they have at all times an undeniable and indefeasible right to alter their form of government in such a manner as they may think expedient. This means that the citizen who thinks he sees that the nation’s political clothes are worn out, and yet holds his peace and does not agitate for a new suit, is disloyal; he is a traitor." Mark Twain
"You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we're not bound by that same limitation?" Ronald W. Reagan
"We have four boxes from which we can defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box." Larry McDonald
“That government is best which governs least” Henry David Thoreau
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened." Norman Thomas, Socialist Party of America
"Socialism was the tragic failure of the twentieth century. Born of a commitment to remedy the economic and moral defects of capitalism, it has far surpassed capitalism in both economic malfunction and moral cruelty." Robert Heilbroner, committed socialist (for most of his life)
"To sit home, read one’s favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men doing." Theodore Roosevelt
"A word to the wise ain’t necessary--it’s the stupid ones that need advice." Bill Cosby
TJ's insight on the two universal parties
Men by there constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: (1) Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. (2) Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe, although not the most wise depository of the public interests. In every country these two parties exist; and in every one where they are free to think, speak, and write, they will declare themselves.
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Henry Lee (August 10, 1824)
"Wherever there are men, there will be parties; and wherever there are free men they will make themselves heard. Those of firm health and spirits are unwilling to cede more of their liberty than is necessary to preserve order; those of feeble constitutions will wish to see one strong arm able to protect them from the many. These are the Whigs (Conservative Constitutionalists) and Tories (Liberal Democrats) of nature."
Thomas Jefferson: Misc. Notes, 1801? FE 8:1
"Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers, the other by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove. We think that one side of this experiment has been long enough tried and proved not to promote the good of the many, and that the other has not been fairly and sufficiently tried. Our opponents think the reverse. With whichever opinion the body of the nation concurs, that must prevail."
Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 1804. ME 11:52
"Men have differed in opinion and been divided into parties by these opinions from the first origin of societies, and in all governments where they have been permitted freely to think and to speak. The same political parties which now agitate the U.S. have existed through all time. Whether the power of the people or that of the [aristocracy] should prevail were questions which kept the states of Greece and Rome in eternal convulsions, as they now schismatize every people whose minds and mouths are not shut up by the gag of a despot. And in fact the terms of Whig and Tory belong to natural as well as to civil history. They denote the temper and constitution of mind of different individuals."
Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 1813. ME 13:279
"The division into Whig and Tory is founded in the nature of man; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety and accessibility in a strong executive; the healthy, firm, and virtuous, feeling confidence in their physical and moral resources, and willing to part with only so much power as is necessary for their good government; and, therefore, to retain the rest in the hands of the many, the division will substantially be into Whig and Tory."
Thomas Jefferson to Joel Barlow, 1802. ME 10:310
"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Henry Lee (August 10, 1824)
"Wherever there are men, there will be parties; and wherever there are free men they will make themselves heard. Those of firm health and spirits are unwilling to cede more of their liberty than is necessary to preserve order; those of feeble constitutions will wish to see one strong arm able to protect them from the many. These are the Whigs (Conservative Constitutionalists) and Tories (Liberal Democrats) of nature."
Thomas Jefferson: Misc. Notes, 1801? FE 8:1
"Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers, the other by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove. We think that one side of this experiment has been long enough tried and proved not to promote the good of the many, and that the other has not been fairly and sufficiently tried. Our opponents think the reverse. With whichever opinion the body of the nation concurs, that must prevail."
Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 1804. ME 11:52
"Men have differed in opinion and been divided into parties by these opinions from the first origin of societies, and in all governments where they have been permitted freely to think and to speak. The same political parties which now agitate the U.S. have existed through all time. Whether the power of the people or that of the [aristocracy] should prevail were questions which kept the states of Greece and Rome in eternal convulsions, as they now schismatize every people whose minds and mouths are not shut up by the gag of a despot. And in fact the terms of Whig and Tory belong to natural as well as to civil history. They denote the temper and constitution of mind of different individuals."
Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 1813. ME 13:279
"The division into Whig and Tory is founded in the nature of man; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety and accessibility in a strong executive; the healthy, firm, and virtuous, feeling confidence in their physical and moral resources, and willing to part with only so much power as is necessary for their good government; and, therefore, to retain the rest in the hands of the many, the division will substantially be into Whig and Tory."
Thomas Jefferson to Joel Barlow, 1802. ME 10:310
"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
24 comments:
Why armed to the hilt? Are we being invaded? I am law abiding, but have never felt a need to own a gun or rifle.
Just because no one ever broke into your house with malicious intent does not mean no one ever will. Having a weapon handy might be a good idea in such a circumstance. Also, a good way to ensure that none of us ever need to defend ourselves against an invasion is for everyone to be armed and ready to. This is why President Washington considered owning a gun to be a mark of good citizenship. It seems that the people of Switzerland understand this even if many Americans do not.
Julie, 2 cats, and a 2 iron is all the defense I need. Anyway, I don't live in PA, so the chances of anyone breaking into my house are slight. :)
My safeguard for any invasion; DUCT TAPE!!!!
By the way, I would suggest you read up on overall Swiss gun rights, etc. and not just go by this video. You do know they are number 2 in the world per 100,000 in gun murders.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/27/switzerland.shooting/
The article you referenced says, "Despite liberal Swiss gun laws, violent crime is rare and there are only minimal controls at public buildings." Also, I can find no evidence at all that Switzerland is number 2 in gun murders. All the stats I found showed it way down on the list, far below places like Columbia and Brasil.
So what's your source, Tom? You didn't make it up, did you?
Brian and Dave, I don't reply directly to assertions from "T" - nothing personal, just policy - but you might pass this along to him: As Ronaldus Magnus used to say: There he goes again, missing the fundamental point. One's safety and the safety of one's family is not - not - the top priority for overstressed police departments. There's always gonna be someone richer or better connected -or just closer to the station - who's going to merit the first response at 3 a.m. Defending yourself, your family, and your hard earned property is a fundamental - even foundational - natural right. The loss of that right is the loss of freedom.
Tom is willing to commit violence - with a golf club - but not to take the ultimate step to make sure that he and his family don't spend the rest of their lives looking over their shoulders. He chooses to make anaccommodation with terror, in other words, when the correct response to a home invasion is to put the guy down and make sure he never gets up again.
And on the subject: What's so morally superior about bashing a man's brains out with a two-iron? (Of course, if you're too stupid to manage a few simple but essential gun ownership protocols in the home, that's another story, in which case, the decision to resort to swinging a golf club at your wife's would-be rapist and your wanna-be killer is an admirably modest and honest one.)
I will admit a two iron may not be the right weapon, since the old adage is...not even God can hit a 2 iron. Anyway Bill, I will choose to live my life without a gun and not Have relentless worries and living in fear of some home invasion.
No, the saying is, "God can't hit a ONE iron."
I doubt he can hit a 2 iron either
Brian and Dave: T's self-styled, self-satisfied, and sanctimonious nobility -- "I choose to live my life without a gun" (because I'm a better, more evolved human being than you) - is a moral abdication of the most fundamental sort.
I'm not saying - and would not argue - that owning a gun one way or the other is a moral issue per se, but the idea of preparedness certainly is. There's a moral imperative for an adult American male to be prepared to do whatever it takes to defend his family, to recognize and be prepared to deal with the the very real possibility that home invasion does not always happen to the other guy. (And home invasion is only one of many scenarios in which gun ownership makes good common sense, of course.
T's attitude toward defending his home mirrors precisely the attitude of the gangsters running this country today.
An aside: to the extent T doesn't worry about home invasion, it's because most bad guys know that in America there's a very good chance their intended victim will be armed to the hilt. So T can thank his mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging neighbors - those with the American grit to exercise their second Amendment rights - for his relatively placid domestic situation.
better? more evolved? Why don't you put some words in my mouth. You are such a sanctimonious SOB at times, Bill. You don;t know me anymore than I know you. Nowhere have I ever said I am against the 2nd amendment, gun ownership, or anything close to that. I have never felt the need, the threat to own a gun. That's a far cry from me saying I am more evolved or better than anyone. If I lived in Alaska, damn right I would have a few guns, but I don't live there. I live in a quiet suburb 10 miles SW of Baltimore with a low crime rate. If I ddidn't know better I would think you good christian souls are just foaming at the mouth wanting to shoot somebody just to justify your gun ownership.
Tom, what makes you think Alaska is more dangerous than the suburbs of Baltimore? On what do base this? I think this is a laughable proposition.
Bears. You cannot go safely for a walk in Alaska because of bears. Not even in Fairbanks from which I am very familiar with.
So you guys think college students should be able to walk around campus armed?
I don't see why college students shouldn't be allowed to carry a gun. Don't they have a right to protect themselves just like everyone else? The Israeli society is armed to the hilt and it is very safe. At least the security guards on college campuses ought to be armed. Think of the lives that were saved at that church in Colorado (I think it was) where the security guard took down the would be shooter before he could kill who knows how many people.
Bears?! You mean you're going to shoot a poor bear when he crosses your path? A bear who is there naturally, and has as much right as you do to be there?
By all means college students should be armed. Look at the harm that could've been prevented at Virginia Tech. As things stand, only the homicidal nuts are armed. What kind of sense does that make?
Prevention at VA Tech is only a presumption. YOU will never know for sure.
What worries me about students being armed?
beer+pussy+guns= a bad mix
No, no, no: It is you "liberals" who never know anything for sure; but that doesn't stop you from perpetuating the same idiotic policies--like gun control--that you keep telling us might work some day.
AS I said, Bill, you can be such a sanctimonious ass.
We do not object to high passion, even virulence in our political contentions, but let's stop short of profanity/vulgarity.
Sorry about the profanity, but I do not think I have given any reason for you to think I oppose any of you 3 yahoos, rednecks, clingers, or Americans. When I got divorced all hate left me and has never returned. no gun back then and no gun now as that is what I choose.
Anyway, why waste my money on a gun when you guys just think Obama will just come and take them from us all.
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