Tag Archives: Second Amendment

The Second Amendment, and the Third Law

March 25, 2018 – 1:19 pm

I’ve been unable to turn on the news over the past 24 hours without immediately hearing about yesterday’s protests against “gun violence”. The news agencies have clearly learned a trick or two from their show-biz colleagues who call themselves “illusionists”: if these protests were about “violence”, the marchers would surely have something to say about […]

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On sovereign power, and the right to bear arms

February 19, 2018 – 8:20 pm

For those who would ban all guns in private hands — and I know many of you personally — some Q & A: What are arms for? They are power multipliers. Who has arms has power over those who do not. What does it mean to be sovereign? What is it that distinguishes the sovereign […]

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