Tag Archives: Right to Bear Arms

A Sadly Changed Country

Back in the 1970’s a man wrote a letter to the editor of the Palm Beach Post. I though that I should share it with you. Hear Hear! Editor: By the mercy of God my grandfather is dead. He would … Continue reading

Posted in About People, Essays, Liberty, Political Theory | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts on the Militia for a New Republic

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

Posted in Essays, Political Theory, Right to Bear Arms | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Civil Liberty that Protects all Others

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

Posted in Essays, Liberty, Natural Law, Political Theory, Politics, Right to Bear Arms | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Gun Control & the Right to Bear Arms

“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

Posted in Academic Papers, Liberty, Politics, Right to Bear Arms | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ramp Up the Rhetoric!

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

Posted in Freedom of Speech, Politics, Right to Bear Arms | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment