“Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.” —Robert Kennedy
In the wake of this recent horrible tragedy in Newtown Connecticut, the anti-gun grabbers wasted no time coming right out of the block to renew the arguments for taking away our gun rights. While First Responders were still on the scene, the anti-gun left
“Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.” —Aaron McGruder
James Holmes entered a movie theater and started “throwing shots,” injuring fifty-eight people and killing twelve others. I need not give a full narrative of the tragedy, given the ongoing coverage on television, radio, internet and print media.
In the aftermath of this tragedy, the usual crowd quickly stepped up to politicize the event, calling for stricter measures on firearms ownership. The same old reliable liberal crows now grandstanding and blustering in the congressional well. Leading the charge is none other than NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Marko Kloos wrote this piece in March of 2007. It is worth sharing over and over. Please enjoy….
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.
In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.