The ethical imperative for small arms in private hands: new on GAT Daily
The ethical imperative for small arms in private hands.
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In America, most cars involved in accidents and deliberate vehicular attacks have automatic transmissions. That’s no surprise, considering that most cars on the road have them. Almost everywhere else...
View ArticleAMENDMENT TWO: A LEGAL IMMIGRANT’S CAUTIONARY TALE by Anonymous
A good friend, a long-time American by choice, wrote this excellent essay. I post and propagate it because my friend cannot without dire consequences to self and family from state authorities acting as...
View ArticleIndividual or collective?
The difference between individual rights and collective responsibility may be illustrated with this example: imagine a group of half-dozen people which includes you. Every person in that group has a...
View ArticleTechnology isn’t the devil.
Until 1994, any teen in America could buy a 30-round magazine, in person or by mail. From 1957 to 1968, they could buy an AR15 to go with it, mail order if they so wished. After 1968, they would have...
View ArticleVicious enforcement of arbitrary laws.
The utterly illogical and pointless nature of the US gun laws can be illustrated with this simple example. Let’s take a gun owner who has an AR15 rifle. An ordinary carbine with a 16 inch barrel. Since...
View ArticleThe problem with socialism
And from this problem comes its corollary…giving up arms is a mistake free people can only make once.
View ArticleBio-political musings
Much of the political process can be likened to auto-immune disorders: segments of the body politic hijacking the defensive organs of the society, such as police, to attack other elements of the body....
View Article“No civilian needs…”
A common statement from the fans of government monopoly on force is: “no civilian needs such weapons”, with “such weapons” being whatever they are trying to ban. Let’s look at this statement more...
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