Feel Better?

Liberals (I guess January is bash liberals month here) often said after Homeland Security was created, "feel safer now?" and that all it would do is further increase terrorism. It was a valid concern shared by libertarians.

Only libertarians are far more consistent and honest with their positions.

Take gun-control.

Libertarians are sticking to their guns - excuse the pun - to the extent limiting high capacity magazine rounds (a term clearly the majority don't understand) is bunk. It won't make you safer. In fact, it is argued, all it will do is create criminals out of honest Americans as this Sheriff in Oregon contends.

It's not his place indeed to make such proclamations but it does point to an important question. Where the state is (perceived to) infringing on the rights of people, is civil disobedience valid?

Liberals beg to differ. Even if you rationalize it, they fall back to the "we gotta do something" default positions.

The ONE thing I can't stand coming out of the mouths of people these days is "nobody needs" (insert) to do (insert). Governor Cuomo used this paternalistic, presumptuous piece of gibberish logic to push his grandiose and draconian gun law.

Who needs anything? It's not my place or yours what anyone needs or wants. Attempting to change this is called coercion.

My liberal friend always says, "who needs such a big house?" and "how much money does someone need?" (he actually advocates capping salaries. I kid you not). And you know my thoughts on such reasoning. Beside it being insane and communistic, the fact that it's "out there" means it will become a point of debate somewhere down the road among politicians. When the students rioted in the streets because of tuition hikes in Quebec, the first thing I asserted was they ain't stopping there; especially if the government caves. They will ask for free tuition. What happened? Free tuition was put on the table.

I doubt people will critically assess the law moving forward. And what will the point of reference be anyway?

Hey, hysteria wrapped up in a preventative mindset is the perfect recipe to turn alchemy into a legit science, right? I will be watching intently to see the unintended consequences of this.

Personally, the government is over reacting and using specious logic to take advantage of a tragedy. I've read all the "reasoning" behind their bans. This is gonna be like the drug war, alcohol prohibition and the like. At some point, the people won't stand for it. The full force of the state might hits an (expensive) wall when met with resistance at the local level. If local law enforcement doesn't enforce the gun law, then how will the Feds know? If the reaction to excessive gun bans are such that it touches a nerve with people, it won't go anywhere.

Liberals are fond of saying "people who don't know history are deemed to repeat the mistakes." Perhaps this is a true axiom but one thing is clear, they don't apply it when it comes to their positions.

Just curious, when talking about "common sense" and "history" do people actually think assclowns like Morgan and Bashir comparing the NRA to Hitler are intelligent and sound voices for the left?

Alas, it's the "will" of the people to live in deception.

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