Category Archives: Right to Bear Arms

On Rebellion

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Louis William Rose

“I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!”[1] These are the words of Howard Beale in “Network”. The American movie classic is about an aging network broadcaster who rebels against the corporate oligarchy and subsequently … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Militia for a New Republic

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Louis William Rose

We constantly hear about the second half of the Second Amendment, an independent clause which guarantees us the absolute right, free from any legislative impingement, to keep and bear arms. All laws to the contrary in my opinion are unconstitutional, … Continue reading →

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The Civil Liberty that Protects all Others

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Louis William Rose

It was certainly ironic and fitting that a legislator who voted against allowing guns in a certain place should be shot by a gun in exactly that place.  Yet that was the fate of Clementa Pinckney, state senator and pastor of … Continue reading →

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Poem: At The End of the Short, Hard War

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Louis William Rose

He awoke with a start and shaking himself to ward off the morning cold, he arose from his bed on the concrete shelf to see what the day might hold. After coaxing his fire to life, he checked how much … Continue reading →

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Gun Control & the Right to Bear Arms

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Louis William Rose

“Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.” – Niccolo Machiavelli The question of whether citizens in a democracy should have ready access to firearms suggests a more basic question, which has often been … Continue reading →

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Ramp Up the Rhetoric!

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Louis William Rose

Originally published in the Jacksonville Observer Patriots protest! Silence is shameful. Citizens! The country is in crisis and the Congress is culpable. Ramp up the Rhetoric! The recent shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of District Court Judge … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Secretary Janet Napolitano

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Louis William Rose

April 16, 2009 Certified Mail Secretary Janet Napolitano Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 Madame Secretary: I have read with great interest the recent report: Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence … Continue reading →

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Poem: Massacre

Posted on April 30, 1999 by Louis William Rose

I was there and I recall how it felt to be a member, of that group out in the hall at the school in late September. Who had gravitated thus by an instinct for survival having suffered on the bus … Continue reading →

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Credo

Posted on June 25, 1975 by Louis William Rose

 The virtues expressed here are those embraced by the Masters and Practitioners of the Chinese Goju fighting society of which I am Sho Dan. I was accorded this honor by Sensei Antony Baso, San Dan Renchi, University of Martial Arts … Continue reading →

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