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Gun control advocates continue to claim that only restrictions on gun ownership will keep people safe from mass shooters and other criminals. However, good people with guns can stop bad people with guns. And bad people will still have guns despite gun control laws. Further weakening the argument that restricting private firearms ownership will reduce violent crimes is the fact that states with “constitutional carry” — where individuals are free to exercise their Second Amendment rights without seeking permission from the government — have lower homicide rates than states with more restrictive gun laws.
One policy that is popular among gun control supporters and some who normally support the Second Amendment but want to “do something” about gun violence is red flag laws. These laws allow law enforcement to confiscate an individual’s guns based on a report that the individual poses a threat to public safety. Red flag laws allow governments to restrict the exercise of a constitutionally protected right without due process.
Another weakness in the argument that more restrictive gun laws will reduce violence is that many of the cities and states with the highest incidence of violent crime have restrictive gun laws. Gun control supporters try to explain this by blaming individuals who bring guns from states with more permissive gun laws into states with more restrictive gun laws. The guns can, though, at the same time be coming from states with less violent crime into states with more violent crime. But, if guns were the problem, then violent crime would be higher in states with permissive gun laws than in states with more legal restrictions related to firearms.
The gun control debate ignores the root causes of rising violence, which is a symptom of the decline of traditional morality that respected every individual’s inalienable right to life, liberty, and property. This traditional morality has been replaced with a nihilistic philosophy that denies moral law and natural rights. Instead, it justifies doing whatever one feels is necessary to achieve one’s goals.
This disregard for a higher moral law finds expression in a foreign policy that then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright famously supported while defending US sanctions that starved Iraqi children. The US is viewed as the world’s “indispensable nation,” and whatever it does is automatically considered right, regardless of the human suffering caused by the US government’s overseas interventions.
We also see this expression of disregard for a higher moral law in support for abortion that is based on the idea that preborn do not have the right to life. Whether the baby lives or dies is called a matter of “choice.”
Should we be surprised a society produces mass shooters and other psychopaths when government, schools, media, entertainment, and even some churches promote nihilism that devalues human life?
While government can undermine morality, it cannot promote virtue. Any attempt to use government power to “make people good” will inevitably result in tyranny. It will also lead to a less virtuous population. Instead, those seeking to replace the nihilism with a philosophy that recognizes that all humans are born with inalienable rights should work to restore limited constitutional government that does not attempt to provide for the people’s material or spiritual needs.
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A superb essay – – as far as it goes. I realize the topic is shootings and gun control. Still, it
should explicitly mention that below what I will call the “tier one” level of shooters and psychopaths there lies a “second tier” level. These are the people responsible for daily life’s affronts, humiliations, and compromises. The same “decline of traditional morality” that produced tier one likewise produced tier two. To fail to mention tier two is to throw in the towel and implicitly say, well, we’re stuck with that.
Ammunitions that contain Uranium are utilized in the Zio/NATO war against Russia. These ammos reportedly were sent to the NATO/US/British forces in Eastern Europe that are attempting to destroy RUSSIA.
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1. WW III has begun.
2. Utilizing ammos containing uranium brings in/humanity a step closer to using bombs that contain uranium.
3. These NATO munitions were stored WITHIN a City, (rather than in an outlying lightly populated area).
4. The 3 World Wars have been triggered in East Europe (the traditional political powder keg of Europe & the world).
5. Look at the video (there are others). We are on the brink.
Only we American -Rabble in Arms- can stop this slide to the Abyss. WE MUST FIGHT.
WE MUST RESTORE OUR REPUBLIC!
A. We must escort RF Kennedy jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and their supporters to the Executive office (& protect them from harm). Ron Paul-Secretary of State. Cynthia McKinney – Senate. Replace all the Statues of our heroes.
B. Our Nation will function well – once our Sovereignty & Honor is ensured.
C. The Palestinians will be restored their lands, and the Political Balance of the Planet – Restored.
Dr. Peter J. Antonsen – nom de guerre, Durruti
*A single dream is worth a thousand realities.
The best gun control is 1-inch groups at 500 yards.
I thought it started in East Asia (Japan).
It is generally accepted WWII started when Germany invaded Poland, but that is an arbitrary assertion. In any case Germany is Central Europe, not Eastern.
WWI was brewing up pretty much all over Europe until things popped in Serbia, which is sort of both east and central Europe.
First things first: I totally get we cannot expect much an in-depth article in merely 500 words…
Dr Paul is a good person – but he’s a propagandist, not a thinker.
Examples:
Works on paper – what about working in theory? No source is given why it would.
Ignores so many variables – the ones that interest me the most are: race, biology, genetics…
Anyway…
I’m pro-Gun Rights – there are many good arguments for it; the one that resonates with me the most is: Armed Citizenry is needed to STOP the Gov’t from taking our Freedoms away.
Yes, SADLY, mass shootings are inevitable, let’s face it – but it’s WORTH IT in the grand scheme of things, just do a cold-blooded calculation, and think like men, not women!
Ah… here’s a ‘fun fact’:
Anarcho-capitalist philosopher Prof Jason Brennan made “The Case for Killing Democratically-Elected Politicians”.
Here’s: https://philpapers.org/rec/BREWMW
I tried reading this. The words are all jammed together, the paragraphs are not indented or started on a new line. Very poorly formatted.
I don’t believe any shooting happened without proof. Blubbering fake crying pity playing psychopaths are not proof. We live in the Truman Show world.
Regardless of the issue, this is truth. It is impossible to “make people good” by passing and enforcing laws. People will not change their innate nature because someone else told them to. Forcing someone to act in a manner contrary to their desire breeds resentment and resistance. It does not matter how “worthy” the end result is. Human nature does not change for the better except by personal choice and volition. People must make an individual, conscious decision to improve their life and circumstances.
Contrary to the opinion held by many, the term “repentance” simply means changing the way one thinks, then changing the way one acts to bring those into alignment. Changing the way you think inevitably changes the way you will act. This is personal self-improvement and it produces solid benefits to those who practice it.
Unfortunately, this is not the way most people want to make things happen. They prefer to shout orders and use force, always with the intention to make their version of “morality” pre-eminent. To accomplish this, it is necessary to rely on that institution known as government, which is only to happy to maintain and grow its power.
Is it any wonder that in the U.S. people are grabbing guns and murdering random people for political or other reasons when the U.S. government has been doing the same thing since 2001 in Jewish inspired “war on terror”? Timothy McVeigh said that people will learn from the American example of killing and destroying people and things that the Jewish occupation government doesn’t tolerate and use the same tactics.
After all he did and said as much.
The breakup of the family, difficulty in family formation due to the disappearance of middle class jobs, SSRIs, and low impulse control of the negro all factor in to the “gun violence” discussion.
It’s really quite simple.
Niggers want to kill me, a White person, because I’m White.
Detective in killing of Kenner handyman: Suspect said they wanted to ‘kill white person’
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/kenner-murder-crime-handyman-killed-while-on-rounds/289-4365dbfd-4ad1-4978-b7b2-03979c86faae
The Jews want to disarm Whites so the niggers can do what they want, which is to kill White people.
That’s really how simple it is.
Think its important to recognize aspect of motivation, for future. The cons schemes are obvious, while people don’t recognize we are supposed to have our own motivation, ask why weren’t we taught to use ability, direct our territory ourselves. Sense of self, motivation, offense in defense, to ensure being alive and earth. Then, also seeing incursion and reacting.
The cons have been shoving so long without shove back, some people only think within the cons false ‘frames, false money, bogus skools, distraction ‘media, as the cons do incursion, constant pushing and fogging. Cons to ‘control the opposition’, i.e. ‘gun rights’ groups or ‘lawsuits which make no difference, or using bogus femy cover, remember half the cons are female, put on female faces, so people fail to recognize theyre cons. Whether covid bs dictating ‘lockdown, ‘vaxs etc or jabbering on guns -its important to see them as if theyre men.
Also their jabber is to distract from the cons drones and other weapons, and, their other incursion on us, ‘lawyers, ‘judges, smiley strangers in ‘robes scribbling ‘laws, to threaten good resister people, same time scribble ‘judicial immunity’ for themselves, corrupt. Suggest make note to think on, use paper pen not copy paste. Its incursion, to claim to be ‘state or ‘judges, then dictate to limit us – when each of us are supposed to be judge for our life and territory and future.
Anyone ‘discussing’ limiting guns, are putting themselves -over others. Its Incursion. So is being told to ‘register guns.
Motivation, sense of self ability, natural right, is where have sense to forward, share with others around us, and react and push back against cons schemes.
Self-aspect is as important as seeing incursion.
Appreciate the article, many points people may not be thinking about.
There is no gun control debate. What is the f…ng point debating Psychotic Talmudists who want do disarm Goyim before yet another Talmudic Rrrrevolu-shun in the US ?
Look at the page of Russian sporting goods catalog circa 1906:
Browning semi-auto 18 roubles (back then, during the Gold Standard, $1 = 2 Roubles).
Colt M1911 40 roubles
Luger 9mm 45 roubles
The only restriction in Czarist Russia was carrying firearms in the presence of Czar.
Nothing changed in Post-Communist Russia. Now they have TRAUMATIC handguns. What kind of BS is that ? I am traumatized by the mere fact of TRAUMATIC handguns existence 😁😁😁
Look at these Reptilian Talmudic Faces. You want to debate with them, go ahead, be my guest.
Ted Nugent replies ‘eat me’ to critics of ‘anti-Semitic’ gun control post
https://www.mlive.com/news/2016/02/ted_nugents_anti-semitic_gun_c.html
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/may_2023/americans_trust_guns_not_government
“Most gun owners say they feel safer with a firearm in the house, and don’t think the government can be trusted to enforce gun control laws fairly.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 29% of American Adults trust the government to fairly enforce gun control laws, while 57% don’t, and another 14% are not sure. In May 2019, only 18% trusted the government to enforce gun control laws fairly. (To see survey question wording, click here.) ”
My take:
Survey results will fluctuate. However, the gun/gun violence cannot be resolved until Americans trust the government one lot more.
These are our puppet (gauleiter – leaders). Demented Biden, Casino Trump, Corrupt Pelosi, Hiawatha Warren (her son’s teepee just burned down), Big & little countries Harris, & many more.
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I am sure you meant Pocahontas Warren.
More abuse – of our citizenry.
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What a ‘democracy’? Biden, Pelosi, Feinstein, big & little country Harris, Epstein, Maxwell, Barak, Casino Trump, Bushes, Clinton in a blue dress, & Killery in pants, LBJ, Obomber, Woody with daughter, Polanski, Weinstein, Jacob Rubenstein, Zionist De-Santis, Fetterman, [500+ Vegetables in the House & Senate].
In the old days, our Country’s political system hosted mentally competent thieves and murderers.
How far have we fallen?
Next, actual dead bodies from a DC Morgue will be wheeled into the House & Senate for business. To think some Historians still criticize Roman Emperor Caligula – for allowing a Horse to vote in Rome’s Senate. In Caligula’s favor, at least the horse was young & healthy.
Jimmy Dore does not have to work hard for a living. The (bitter) Comedy (pathos), is being presented to him on a silver plate.
* If only the Founders could have lived to see this.
Dr. Peter J. Antonsen – nom de guerre, Durruti
Many of us already figured this out; however, it is nice to hear the truth – once again.