How “Pope Night” Turned into a Unified Protest Against the Stamp Act
Remember, remember the Fifth of November. On November 5, 1765, a long-running holiday celebration in New England turned into an event where long-standing rivals joined together to protest against British taxation and overreach under the Stamp Act. Pope Night, as it...
ATF Pistol Brace Rule: An “Experiment of your Disposition”
With an enforcement deadline looming at the end of May, potentially affecting millions of stabilizing braces, the new ATF rule is โ as the founders told us โ a test or an โexperiment of your disposition.โ The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted its โFinal Ruleโ on...
Resistance is Crucial to the Advancement of Liberty
Patrick Henry told us that “government is no more than a choice among evils.” Thomas Paine held the same view. In Common Sense, he wrote, “Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its...