The Libertarian Survivalist

The mass-media is generally almost unanimously against firearms in the hands of all civilians. It is rare and, I must say exhilirating, to find anyone in the media saying logical and true things about our right to possess and carry firearms for protection. Needless to say, I was overjoyed to see the Penn & Teller ‘Bullshit’ segment on gun control. I have since discovered that Penn is also a die-hard libertarian, again to my surprise and joy. Without further comments, enjoy:

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My hat’s off to these guys!

After viewing this video (http://current.com/items/89716716_fully-automatic-america.htm) I was compelled to pen the following:

Guns do not cause crime, not even in Camden, NJ. Guns are tools and are not good or bad per se. All the guns in the Camden PD evidence locker are ILLEGAL GUNS – they were seized because someone used them to break the law. (I bet that at least 95% of the guns in there are NOT fully automatic, btw!) Don’t call the gun ‘bad’ – we already have more than enough laws on the books – just enforce them and stop trying to ram more laws down the throats of the legal gunowners.

The Founding Fathers clearly intended for every able man to own a firearms, as they comprised the ‘militia’. This has been upheld by the Supreme Court – 2nd amendment has been declared an individual right, not a collective right. Furthermore, a strict interpretation of the 2nd amendment means that civilians must have access to the exactly same weapons as would an infantryman – man-portable weapon systems – select-fire rifles, sub-guns, and pistols, and everything up to explosive/destructive devices. The original intent of the Founding Fathers was for this ‘militia’ to always outnumber the standing armed forces, and they have succeeded tremendously. While the US has a few hundred thousand (about half-a-million?) active military troops and LE agency members in arms, there are about 90 million armed citizens. Do not be fooled by the new ’sporting use’ test – this is a ridiculous test that has no bearing when it comes to the natural rights of law-abiding citizens to own any man-portable firearm that is available to government troops.

Finally, if you want less crime on the street, you need to enable your law-abiding citizens to arm themselves and to be able to carry their weapons – make all 50 states shall-issue when it comes to concealed firearm permit issuance. Statistics prove that this is the path to a safer nation, not the ban of guns in the hands of law abiding members of society. The failed experiments of England and Australia are a warning of what will happen to a disarmed population, not even getting into the subject of a potentially tyrannical government having to face an armed and angry nation.

I have to add that not one legally-owned full-auto firearm (class III weapons covered by the NFA of 1934) have been used in a crime. Interesting fact to keep in mind – I wonder why the producer didn’t include that little fact in his video?

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