Up here in Justin Castreau's Woke Democratic Socialist Non-White People's Republic of Canuckistan, I agree with you 190%... what this country needs for a start is the equivalent of the First and Second Amendments. What good is a "constitution" that can be changed at any time by Act of Parliament, Cabinet Order-in-Council, or one of the provinces opting out with the "Notwithstanding Clause"? ... Not to mention Indian Reservations are considered "Independent Countries", have been since 1763, and the Federal Government has a strict "Hands Off" Policy... And what goes on, on the Reservation, stays on the Reservation, including drug trafficking, human trafficking, arson and murder...
Meanwhile to own a gun in Canada requires a 2-day course, handguns are now illegal to own -- unless you took the "Restricted Firearms Course" and bought one before July 2022.. You can't sell or trade them, when you die your estate is expected to turn them in to be destroyed -- and this includes heirloom items like your great-grandfather's Colt .45 or the Luger your grandfather brought home from World War 2! Meanwhile if you own firearms of any kind your criminal record is monitored 24/7 by online police computers, and all it takes is a traffic infraction or a domestic dispute for the cops to come to your house, they can enter without a warrant, and seize your guns. In fact, all it takes is a phoned-in anonymous whisper!
And most of the morons who live in this country are so f***ing stupid they approve of this naked tyranny. 🤔
Had a co worker from Poland, grew up under the communists. He said finding you owning a gun there was treated worse than committing murder. Communist countries had wonderful constitutions with no way to back up individual rights. (When concealed carry came in in Michigan he had his permit a full year before he owned a handgun.)
I used to be a Canadian Nationalist / "Progressive" ... after 8 years of Justine Castreau and Her Merry Men? Unification with America can't happen soon enough -- you guys need a real good housecleaning first mind you -- and I'm now definitely "Alt-Right" ... 🙄
Over the last 4 - 10 years? The demonstrated mendacity, malfeasance and outrageous criminality of all our elites is simply stunning...
You at least have the 2nd Amendment. And unlike striking down the 18th Amendment (probably the dumbest thing you guys ever did 😘) , opposition to ending the 2nd will be intense... to say the least...
A direct assault on almost 400 mi!lion unregistered guns would be a fools errand, which is why they are chewing at it around the edges and we are standing and watching them do it.
So they are doing it subtlety. In my state, outlawed around 60 different weapons because they "resemble" an M16, a selective fire, fully automatic weapon. Now it is being proposed if you have a gun, you need liability insurance. Of course how do they know you have a gun since it is against federal law to create a gun ownership list😂😂
Those Solzhenitsyn quotes are profound. Thank you for a very thoughtful article on the significance of gun ownership. I wish we could make the state-sponsored, activist, fake-news media provide this perspective, especially within a historical perspective.
You have to wonder how much the media is state controlled and how much the members just don’t want to report accurately. Never hire a reporter who has a degree in journalism.
On the other hand, those against the 2A are becoming homosexuals, transgenders, removing their kid’s genitals, marrying very late and having few kids. Maybe they’ll die off fast enough to help.
With Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as the “true palladium of liberty.” In addition to checking federal power, the Second Amendment also provided state governments with what Luther Martin (1744/48–1826) described as the “last coup de grace” that would enable the states “to thwart and oppose the general government.” Last, it enshrined the ancient Florentine and Roman constitutional principle of civil and military virtue by making every citizen a soldier and every soldier a citizen.
A good summation of historical quotes on the debate of an armed or disarmed citizenry.
I am always struck by the realization though, that those who have armed themselves, to defend themselves, their family and country, are slowly but surely being beaten down by those who are either willingly or unwittingly blind to the truth.
I am also troubled that because the law abiding citizen is just that, we wait taking the constant assault, with shields up and lances out, and watch as our numbers seem to dwindle.
I hope, but do not rely on the thought, that someday sane minds will prevail and we won't have to demonstrate the real reason for the second amendment.
"During my time in the camps, I had got to know the enemies of the human race quite well: they respect the big fist and nothing else; the harder you slug them, the safer you will be." ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Up here in Justin Castreau's Woke Democratic Socialist Non-White People's Republic of Canuckistan, I agree with you 190%... what this country needs for a start is the equivalent of the First and Second Amendments. What good is a "constitution" that can be changed at any time by Act of Parliament, Cabinet Order-in-Council, or one of the provinces opting out with the "Notwithstanding Clause"? ... Not to mention Indian Reservations are considered "Independent Countries", have been since 1763, and the Federal Government has a strict "Hands Off" Policy... And what goes on, on the Reservation, stays on the Reservation, including drug trafficking, human trafficking, arson and murder...
Meanwhile to own a gun in Canada requires a 2-day course, handguns are now illegal to own -- unless you took the "Restricted Firearms Course" and bought one before July 2022.. You can't sell or trade them, when you die your estate is expected to turn them in to be destroyed -- and this includes heirloom items like your great-grandfather's Colt .45 or the Luger your grandfather brought home from World War 2! Meanwhile if you own firearms of any kind your criminal record is monitored 24/7 by online police computers, and all it takes is a traffic infraction or a domestic dispute for the cops to come to your house, they can enter without a warrant, and seize your guns. In fact, all it takes is a phoned-in anonymous whisper!
And most of the morons who live in this country are so f***ing stupid they approve of this naked tyranny. 🤔
Had a co worker from Poland, grew up under the communists. He said finding you owning a gun there was treated worse than committing murder. Communist countries had wonderful constitutions with no way to back up individual rights. (When concealed carry came in in Michigan he had his permit a full year before he owned a handgun.)
I don't blame him.
I used to be a Canadian Nationalist / "Progressive" ... after 8 years of Justine Castreau and Her Merry Men? Unification with America can't happen soon enough -- you guys need a real good housecleaning first mind you -- and I'm now definitely "Alt-Right" ... 🙄
Over the last 4 - 10 years? The demonstrated mendacity, malfeasance and outrageous criminality of all our elites is simply stunning...
Roger that on the house cleaning.
Canadians were once a brave and proud people. They resisted the long gun registration. The U.S. sadly is not far behind you.
You at least have the 2nd Amendment. And unlike striking down the 18th Amendment (probably the dumbest thing you guys ever did 😘) , opposition to ending the 2nd will be intense... to say the least...
More intense than the statists know. That is a danger in itself.
A direct assault on almost 400 mi!lion unregistered guns would be a fools errand, which is why they are chewing at it around the edges and we are standing and watching them do it.
So they are doing it subtlety. In my state, outlawed around 60 different weapons because they "resemble" an M16, a selective fire, fully automatic weapon. Now it is being proposed if you have a gun, you need liability insurance. Of course how do they know you have a gun since it is against federal law to create a gun ownership list😂😂
I won't deny they're slippery bastards... 🙄
In Canuckistan with Castreau's latest, 300 rifles and shotguns were made retroactively illegal...
Those Solzhenitsyn quotes are profound. Thank you for a very thoughtful article on the significance of gun ownership. I wish we could make the state-sponsored, activist, fake-news media provide this perspective, especially within a historical perspective.
You have to wonder how much the media is state controlled and how much the members just don’t want to report accurately. Never hire a reporter who has a degree in journalism.
Second amendment more important than the first amendment.
Although free speech is vital to a democratic republic it does us no good if we can’t defend it.
Unfortunately the gun culture many of us old timers grew up in is now a counter culture with average gun owners age around 57.
The younger generations have been socially programmed to be anti everything gun.
At some point as we all die off future generations will gladly turn in firearms for plowshares only to be ruled by tyrants who didn’t turn theirs in…
On the other hand, those against the 2A are becoming homosexuals, transgenders, removing their kid’s genitals, marrying very late and having few kids. Maybe they’ll die off fast enough to help.
At a couple of recent gun shows I observed nothing but old men walking the isles.
Guns are ageless but the owners are growing older.
Propaganda against firearms seems to have turned the young men “anti” second amendment or just not interested in bearing arms.
To destroy America in its current form culture, religion and borders must be eliminated and replaced.
Firearms of course part of our heritage and culture.
Sad
If you haven't read this, I think you will find it to be more information to add to your repertoire of 2nd amendment truth...
https://www.courageouslion.us/p/those-forgotten-and-ignored-13-words
With Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as the “true palladium of liberty.” In addition to checking federal power, the Second Amendment also provided state governments with what Luther Martin (1744/48–1826) described as the “last coup de grace” that would enable the states “to thwart and oppose the general government.” Last, it enshrined the ancient Florentine and Roman constitutional principle of civil and military virtue by making every citizen a soldier and every soldier a citizen.
This is interesting, uber-liberal gets a clue, if you haven;t seen it.
https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/rethinking-the-second-amendment
I read it awhile ago, but it’s worth rereading. The Keith comment referenced by Mason is very telling, saying outright that it’s all about control.
If we let them take our guns we are not Americans.
https://i.imgur.com/6xIzOs3.jpg
If we let them take our guns, America no longer exists.
A good summation of historical quotes on the debate of an armed or disarmed citizenry.
I am always struck by the realization though, that those who have armed themselves, to defend themselves, their family and country, are slowly but surely being beaten down by those who are either willingly or unwittingly blind to the truth.
I am also troubled that because the law abiding citizen is just that, we wait taking the constant assault, with shields up and lances out, and watch as our numbers seem to dwindle.
I hope, but do not rely on the thought, that someday sane minds will prevail and we won't have to demonstrate the real reason for the second amendment.
"During my time in the camps, I had got to know the enemies of the human race quite well: they respect the big fist and nothing else; the harder you slug them, the safer you will be." ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I not only saw it, I added it back when I was updating Those Forgotten and Ignored 13 Words.
Well said.
https://wholeamericancatalog.substack.com/p/the-second-amendment