Saturday, May 9, 2009

Treatise on Rights and Progressive Statism

Note to all third parties: I am not the voice of the American firearm rights activist. I am the voice of myself and no one else, to take what I say as indicative of a movement or proof of danger is to ignore the reality of the situation.

We have a serious problem in these United States. The right calls it "socialism."

However, the problem is not socialism, it is simply expanded progressivist statism. Similar, but different.

The attempts to create a nanny state are not why we should be afraid. The forced redistribution of wealth and power are, however, why we should be afraid. The American peoples' apparent agreement with forced redistribution is something we should fight.

No man has claim to the fruits of any other man's labor.

The IRS, BATFE and the penal system, among other government agencies, derive their power from the barrel of a gun. To any rational person, this is the truth. The means of compliance is the threat of force. The threat of force is the threat of physical violence or unwanted taking of wealth. They threaten force not because of injustices committed but laws broken. Laws which are not concerned with justice. Laws which ignore justice.

I ask you, Americans, where the justice is in sentencing a man to jail for carrying a gun? Not for robbing someone, not for waving it around, not for shooting your dog with it, but just for being in possession of the gun.

I ask you, Americans, where the justice is in sentencing a man to jail for carrying marijuana or ecstasy? Not for selling it, not for robbing someone to finance it, but just for being in possession of the drug.

I ask you, Americans, where the justice is in forcing a man to pay a fine because he was operating a business without a license? He conducted transactions in the same manner, committed no fraud and injured no party, yet he now owes the state thousands of dollars.

Where is the injured party in each of my above examples? Where has there been any injury caused?

No injury, but met with threat of force.

Their threat of force is not in defense of rights, it rather seeks to destroy rights. To disarm those who threaten to meet force with force, to destroy destruction, is the logical progression.

Why must we continue to oppress those who are not infringing upon the rights of others? Are we, a nation with the largest prison population and highest incarceration rate in the world, doing what is right or what we are told? We are the shining beacon of the world, with the light created on the backs of 7.2 million "criminals."

Enough is enough. Our government wields the power to take away a man's freedom for life without a man ever having committed an injustice. If our government here in the state of California charges you with a crime, you have no choice but to prove yourself guilty and you have no recourse to get your life back. You cannot sue the state for a wrongful arrest and get your court fees back. You cannot sue the state for your lost pay and sleepless nights.

Isn't it scary, the power the government yields? We must counter that power.

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