You're neither 'pro-gun' or 'anti-gun'; only pro-freedom or anti-freedom
Warning, short rant ahead:
You're not 'pro-gun' or 'anti-gun', 'pro-drug' or 'anti-drug'. You're either pro-freedom or anti-freedom. You either understand that people have the right to own whatever they want (provided they are not violently imposing their will on others), or you don't. It's called freedom.
(Radical, I know)
Someone owning a gun or snorting cocaine might offend you, but does your 'right' to not be offended trump their right to self-determination? Is the act of snorting cocaine a violent act of aggression? What about owning a firearm? You might find those acts offensive, but neither are violent acts of aggression.
It isn't a gun issue, a drug issue, or a tax issue; the issue is individual liberty and the acceptance of personal responsibility. Being for guns doesn't mean you have to love guns. Being for drugs doesn't mean you have to take drugs. It means you understand the principle of self-ownership and the basic tenets of individual freedom. You have the right to do whatever you want provided you are not violently imposing your will on others.
Freedom is the highest truth.
I have often said something along the same lines in regards to government...
...It's not that I'm anti-government, I'm just pro-freedom. It is not my fault that the two happen to be incompatible.
Exactly, I hate using the term 'anti'-anything. Thanks for the resteem.
hahahahaha i agree with you
I don't even own a gun, but I do own a memory of studying WW2 and how the rise of Hitler and the Nazi communist propaganda party came into the lives of everyone on this planet. Luckily I didn't have to live through that horrific nightmare, but I see the same acts of propaganda and fearmongering plus the push to ban self defense weaponry as the first step to an overthrow of the common sense and right to self determination in which we should never abandon. If you fail to understand history you are bound to relive it, if you don't learn from your mistakes you are bound to repeat them. If you think Communism is such a great thing, go live in a communist country for 10 years and then come back to the USA and I'll listen to your point of view, and we can debate whether or not it is a model the USA should follow.
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Do no harm but stand your ground. Free men don't need permission to own a gun. Stay free govern yourself!
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All rights are property rights. Life, the liberty to act, and the material goods produced or exchanged are all aspects flowing from the same core principle. They define the sphere of trespass against others in a universal and reciprocal relationship. A disarmed populace keeps no one safe, and only makes trespass easier. Government can only function by trespass, so it should come as no surprise that government will use any excuse to make trespass safer.
Kokesh should hire you as his speech writer.
Ha ha ha. I could write the speeches and you could be his live performer. Something to get the crowd amped up before he takes the podium. 'Can't stop me now, I'm goin' thunder!'
Heres another view, how about the freedom to live without being shot, in school, in a cinema, in a club, anywhere. Freedom to live without a gun, in peace.
@scaurus5, whilst it's clear you have good intentions and a good heart, handing over guns to the government (the biggest mass murderer in human history) is not a solution to gun violence. Read @markeverlasting's comment above about government genocide.
If you want the people to be disarmed, do you still want the government and military to keep their guns?
Let me ask you, if a group of men were violently gang raping a woman, and someone offered you a gun, would you shoot the rapists?
Another one: If a foreign army invaded your country, would you want the military to use guns to defend your homeland?
How about the freedom to live without being stabbed or being hit by a car
Unfortunately the fact that guns exist make this utopian dream unattainable. Not to mention people who want to do the most harm will find a way to do so. It's not a matter of the weapons we have access to. It's a matter of what drives those individuals to act upon those heinous urges.
I always thought it was pro-life vs pro-choice
I don't own a gun but I don't agree with taking away guns from the people. While I know anti-gun activists have good intentions and want to stop senseless violence the way they trying to go about it isn't binary. Take away guns violence will stop.
All it says is that we're clearly can't trust ourselves to be responsible and be rational human beings with personal responsibility and basically be humane. Its saying we a bunch of children that need a higher power big daddy government to make decisions for us, to give up civil liberties to a higher power because we don't want to handle adversity
People need to realise that we've moved on from these archaic systems and need to take personal responsibility. We need to reduce the amount of government and their reach as we give away ground to this more and more of our rights will go along with it, free speech, basic necessities and more tyrannical laws that would be detrimental to the country and would take ages to reverse
Stop trying to give the government all your power! Well thats how i see it
The only way to settle this is on a deathmatch of Saints Pro 3