The Militia the Founders Envisioned, and What Remains Today
“Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.” George Mason cut to the heart of it: the militia was not a government creation, but the people themselves. That simple truth has been twisted, ignored, or totally forgotten. Say the word “militia” today and...
How British Gun Control was the Spark that Started the War for Independence
It was gun control. That’s what kicked off the fighting at Lexington and Concord – and started the War for Independence. But they never teach that in government-run schools. It’s almost as if they want you to believe the Founders fought a long, bloody war just...
The Cornerstone of a Free Society: Everyone Should be Armed
“Self-defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish.” That’s how the great Mercy Otis Warren put it. But this wasn’t just a philosophical view for the Founders and Old Revolutionaries. They knew an armed society was...