Self Ownership

You know it has been said that ‘The best defense is a good offense’. We examine things around us daily, I hope. Weekly, I know. One of the biggest gripes I think we have is the way things in the city are handled.

Recently, an armed robber was prowling the Marigny area. Finally an armed citizen stopped him. This has prompted me to give my view, if you already do not know it, of the citizen’s role in society.

A citizen is aware of his surroundings. He is active in the world around him. He embodies all of the things that we hope the Minuteman Chronicle is about, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness.

What is life? Life is your living existence on this planet. This life is you and your loved ones interacting and relating to one another. You ‘own’ your life. Self- ownership.

What is liberty? Liberty is your freedom. Your ability to think and act for yourself is your freedom.

What is the Pursuit of happiness? In the pursuit we gain knowledge and property. You bought a boat to take the kids fishing is Pursuit of happiness. Therefore, our Property was acquired in the past in the Pursuit of happiness.

You exist in time, Past, Present and Future. If you lose your ‘Life’ you lose your Future. If you lose your ‘Liberty’ you lose your Present. If you lose your ‘Property’ you lose your Past.

Your life, your liberty and your property belong to you. You have the right to protect your belongings from the unwarranted advances of others. No group or individual has the right to take these from you. If they ‘TAKE’ from you then they are guilty of a crime.

Taking your Life is MURDER.
Taking your Liberty is SLAVERY
Taking your Property is STEALING

We live not in a ‘Democracy’ as the media is so fond of trying to sell to the masses, but in a democratic Republic. We have freedom from tyranny written into the very fabric that our laws are written on. Things are being taken from us by a network of misinformation.

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.- Benjamin Franklin

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. -James Madison

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. -James Madison

If total government control equals safety, why are prisons so dangerous?

Let us examine what happened in New Orleans immediately after the storm. The NRA has a website set up www.givethemback.com which they have a DVD for sale about the confiscation of guns from Law-Abiding citizens. I have ordered it as it tells the stories that we will never get to hear otherwise.

If these were criminals, would the Police wave been able to confiscate anything? Police means to clean up doesn’t it? They can’t even find the crack houses if they had neon signs out front.

I watch Dallas SWAT and they are breaking down doors and aggressively taking down these miscreants. Maybe I should just shut up and move to Dallas. Ha Ha Ha.

People have a lot of problems with handguns. I find that hard to believe, because a gun is like a hammer. It is a tool for a specific purpose. The gun is not responsible for good or evil. Cain killed Abel with a rock. Is there rock control legislation?

If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what do I have to be paranoid about? The police cannot be everywhere all the time. Your safety and protection, the safety and protection of your family are your responsibility. The police will show up later with handy dandy notebooks to write down the historical data. Pray others can arrive in time, or provide for your own defense: Decide.

If you have ever tasted freedom, friend, you know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.