Big Game Hunt
Sam Aurelius Milam III
Where
did Clinton ever get the stupid idea that the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
is limited to protecting a sportsman's right to own a hunting rifle?
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is supposed to enhance the ability of Americans
to preserve liberty. Killing a deer has nothing to do with liberty,
especially when the sportsman is forced to get a government license first.
The
preservation of liberty requires that Americans be able to protect themselves
against the government. For that, we need (among other things) the
very weapons about which the anti-gun fanatics complain — assault rifles.
Those fanatics complain that assault rifles have no sporting purpose, that
their only use is military. That is correct and it isn't a reason
to ban them. It's a reason to make sure that they remain available.
Sadly,
the behavior of the government in recent years has provided that even assault
rifles are inadequate. Americans must always have weapons that are
sufficient to counter whatever military force the government chooses to
use against us. If we are attacked in our homes by SWAT teams equipped
with bullet-proof vests, then we need armor-piercing ammunition.
If the Philadelphia police drop a fire-bomb from a helicopter onto a civilian
residence, then the people in Philadelphia need surface-to-air guided missiles.
If the FBI uses an army tank and an armed helicopter against a civilian
home in Waco, then we need both surface-to-air guided missiles and anti-tank
weapons.
Whenever
the government escalates its use of military force against Americans, then
the Right to Keep and Bear Arms must be expanded to include whatever measures
are appropriate to counter that use of force. If the government attempts
to prevent such expansion of the right, then that alone is a sufficient
reason to terminate the government. I believe that abandonment1
is probably a preferable strategy. However, abandonment might not
work. In that case, Americans will some day be hunting much bigger
game than deer. We will need much larger weapons than assault rifles.
I wrote this article after Clinton used the killings at Jonesboro as an excuse to ban guns of a type that weren't even used there. The FBI killed more children in Waco than were killed in Jonesboro, but Clinton didn't ban army tanks or CS gas. I guess he invoked another executive privilege — hypocrisy.
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Birth Right
Sam Aurelius Milam III
A
lot of people claim that I have an obligation to the "country" merely because
I was born here. The claim is utter nonsense.
Obligation
can follow only from voluntary agreement. Birth isn't a voluntary
act on the part of a baby and therefore cannot encumber a baby with an
obligation. Even if a baby did voluntarily participate in its birth,
a mere action doesn't necessarily imply an agreement. Finally, even
if the birth was voluntary and implied an agreement, a person isn't competent
to legally obligate himself until he becomes an adult. Therefore,
it is utterly impossible for the mere fact of being born here to encumber
me with an obligation.
This
argument is useful during discussions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution, whenever you see the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
being administered to children, or when someone accuses you of having an
"inherent" obligation to "society".
Syllogism Inc.
Sam Aurelius Milam III
Premise:
The U.S. government and the governments of the American states can LEGITIMATELY
exercise ONLY powers delegated to them by the people.
Premise:
People can delegate ONLY powers that they have themselves. If they
do not have a power, then they cannot delegate it to a government.
Observation:
The governments issue charters of incorporation for the creation of corporations.
Choice
of Conclusions: If you accept the premises, then there are two
possibilities. One is that people have the power to form legitimate
corporations themselves, without charters from the government. The
other possibility is that the governments are exercising an illegitimate
power, beyond those delegated to them, when they create corporations.
What If He Said ...?
Sam Aurelius Milam III
| "I cannot tell a lie."
— George Washington
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Interpretation:
tell
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2.
To communicate by speech or writing: express with words: tell
the truth: tell one's love.
| "I cannot tell a lie."
— Bill Clinton
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Interpretation:
tell
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7.
To discover by observation: discern;
could easily tell that she
was a newcomer.
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