by Thomas Mick
This article is not meant to provide
statistical analysis or attempt to convince people to lobby Congress
to remove restrictions on firearms; Congress was prohibited by the
Bill of Rights, Article IV to infringe on that right and there is a
volume of material already available to provide favorable statistical
information. The focus here is to paint a picture of what a free
society exercising their right to keep and bear arms will look like
and the benefits to society of being armed, as well as the economic
benefit to arms manufacturers in a free economy. I will be exploring
a very brief observation of the historic reason for weapons, the
utility of firearms over other inferior weapons, as well as their
contribution to American life in history without passing ethical
judgment on the men who wielded them; my focus in this article is on
firearms and our inherent, God-given right of self-defense, which by
necessity when you consider what we’re defending against, requires
firearms.
This article will deal with what I consider to
be the most important right we possess, which if we’re denied the
ability to exercise it will make exercising the rest problematic to
say the least; the natural right of self-defense, specifically our
right to keep and bear arms.
Our Creator endowed us with intellect and
reason; substantially setting us apart from the other beasts we share
this world with. It is through that ability that we’ve learned to
make fire and fashion weapons to hunt food and protect us from others
that attack either our life or property. The natural right to keep
and bear arms of any type is mankind’s resource to protect his
other rights from other men, as well as the beasts of the earth, such
as lions, bears, poisonous snakes, etc. Without our ability to
successfully defend the most basic of rights, life, we would soon
find ourselves extinct as a species or subjects of the most
despicable of tyrants.
Our ancestors in America survived primarily
through the use of firearms. Yes they used other implements of war,
as well as snares, traps, and other means; but firearms, since their
invention, has always been the premier weapon of choice to anyone who
could obtain one, since a lead projectile fired at high velocity was
more effective than any of the others for removing a threat or
putting meat on the table. While primarily thought of as an implement
of war, firearms were primarily used to put meat on the table and
repel threats in defense of their rights, more than to impose their
will on others; since most people possessed arms in early America it
was much more difficult to attack them. Many, if not most people
today, owe their existence to the use of firearms by one or more of
their ancestors in the defense of life; had they been unsuccessful by
using an inferior weapon they would have died and their line, which
includes you would have never existed.
Today most governments
Americans live under wish to remove our arms and are openly attacking
our natural right of self-defense in contravention of their oath to
support the Constitution, by seeking to regulate away our ability to
exercise that right. This assault against our arms has been ongoing
since shortly after the Civil War, when organizations, such as the
KKK, and political parties such as the Democrat Party, sought to keep
arms out of the hands of freed slaves; specifically blacks. The
problem with denying one group of people the peaceable enjoyment of
their natural rights is that the effort ends up denying all of us in
the end. What is done out of fear and ignorance more often than not
comes back to harm everyone but is always
a benefit to
government, especially when it regards our ability to repel their
attacks against our rights as individuals.
This is what all government officers are sworn
to support and defend with relationship to the right to keep and bear
arms:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to
the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and
bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” – Bill of Rights, Article IV
The rights of the people to
arm, organize, and defend their natural rights, which include life,
liberty, and property, requires
the availability of the arms necessary for that purpose. All
governments, both state and Federal, have sworn an oath to abide by
the terms of the Constitution, of which the Bill of Rights is a vital
part. By that one sentence in the Bill of Rights, it is clear that
government is prohibited from infringing in any manner on our
pre-existing right to keep and bear arms of any type or configuration
we require whatsoever; the first Congress slammed the door on any
debate on the matter.
An armed society is a polite society
Now let us explore what a free
armed society of people might look like. For some of you, that is not
a problem since not all states have made gun ownership as difficult
as the Federal Government would like. Criminals flee armed
communities because their victims can and will fight back, resulting
in a particularly unsafe work environment for their chosen
professions. Clerks can shoot armed robbers, women can shoot rapists,
everyone can shoot muggers, as well as anyone else that attacks us;
peace officers, after it is established that a murder has not been
committed, can merely call the coroner to clean up the mess, fill out
some paperwork, and rest easy knowing that the people removed another
pest from society by defending themselves.
If there is any question regarding motive an inquest can be called to
determine the facts.
Since Congress is prohibited from infringing on
our right to keep and bear arms, it exempts the arms industry from
many Federal regulatory powers internal as well as external, since
those regulations would infringe on the American people’s right. We
should have access to any arms required for Militia use to repel any
threat, including threats from arbitrary and criminal government. As
government becomes more sophisticated in their arms the Militia must
have the freedom to keep pace, in fact, Congress is required under
Article I, Section 8, and clause 16:
“To provide for organizing,
arming,
and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as
may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the
States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the
Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline
prescribed by Congress;”
Arms are an integral part of a free society;
free men are armed, slaves are not. In an armed society, most people
will never have to fire a weapon except to practice and remain
proficient. Most ammunition would be expended into targets or wild
game, not the body of another human being. Government wouldn’t dare
attack the natural rights of the people since every council meeting
or courtroom would be attended by armed spectators jealous of their
rights. Members of Congress wouldn’t be passing or even supporting
unconstitutional legislation against our natural rights if they had
to face armed people at their next town hall meeting. In short, the
freedom to exercise our rights, all of them, would be much more
secure.
Today we live under a
dictatorship in Washington, D.C. The Office of President has been
usurped, with the aid and comfort of all three branches of the
Federal Government and with the tacit approval of the states who
continue to comply with the Federal government and impose its
usurpation and taxation on the people of America. Barack Obama is
attempting to use any device he can conceive to deny us the power to
exercise our natural right to defend ourselves from the Islamic and
international forces he is bringing into our communities in order to
subjugate us and destroy the republic. I can see no question as to
his intent or doubt of the complicity of so many today in government
to his criminal and treasonous activity. There is one thing
distressing Obama and his loyal subjects though; armed Americans who
have refused to comply with his demands and have been building their
inventories of arms and ammunition in preparation of the conflict to
come. Our natural right to keep and bear arms, protected by the Bill
of Rights, is the only thing holding off a much greater tyranny than
we already have.
When Americans once again exercise their right
to not only own but bear arms throughout their day, government will
be much less inclined to reach the state we see today… arm up
America.
©2015 by Thomas Mick, All Rights
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