Thomas Jefferson once wrote that “the natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” This is especially the case with gun liberty. The price of absolute gun liberty is indeed eternal vigilance.
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2nd Amendment Victory? An Opposing View
Let’s not be allured by the siren song of the Supreme Court and their supposed defense of our right to keep and bear arms. It’s really not what it seems…
Gunning Down the Constitution
The Bill of Rights was never intended to be a list of individual rights, but a list of things the federal government could not do.
Will Missouri Nullify Federal Gun Laws?
Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis has introduced the “Firearms Freedom Act†The bill “Asserts the right of the State of Missouri to regulate the intrastate use and acquisition of certain firearms pursuant to the reserved powers of the state over intrastate commerce and the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.â€
Kentucky Joins Movement to Resist Abuses of Commerce Clause, 2nd Amendment
“For far too long elected officials and unelected bureaucrats at the federal level have passively forgotten or actively neglected the Tenth Amendment that guarantees rights not enumerated in the Constitution be left to the individual states…”
The Growing Movement to Nullify Federal Gun Laws
the federal government has been ignoring the Constitution for decades–so much so that if there is going to be any restoration of genuine liberty in the country, the states are going to have to stand up to this out-of-control national leviathan and say, “No.” And they are going to have to say it loudly enough for Washington to get the message.
The 2nd Amendment and the States
To understand the debate in this topic, it helps to briefly review constitutional history. When the Constitution was first proposed, opponents of the new document criticized it for lacking a bill of enumerated rights, which were common in virtually every state constitution of the time.
The State versus the People
by Paul Craig Roberts What use is the political left? This is a serious question, not a rant. The same question can be asked about the political right. The question does not imply derogatory implications about individuals on the political left or the political right. Rather, the question concerns the basket of emotions, issues, and [...]
Gun Rights and States Rights
by Rep Ron Paul Speech before the US House of Representatives, April 9, 2003 Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a firm believer in the Second amendment and an opponent of all federal gun laws. In fact, I have introduced legislation, the Second Amendment Restoration Act (HR 153), which repeals misguided federal gun control laws [...]
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