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 "No free man shall ever be barred from using arms
to guard public liberty." – Thomas Jefferson
The gun control debate began in the 1920s in Germany’s Weimar Republic. They
mandated the registration of all firearms and the authority to confiscate them
"if it was necessary for the pubic good." They convinced gun owners these
records would be confidential for the nation's security.
The prime minister said these records would forever be protected from militant
groups. Yet in 1933, when Adolf Hitler seized power, he used these "secret gun
records" to identify, disarm, and attack and imprison opponents of the regime.
It also enabled Hitler to murder 6 million defenseless Jews.
Weimar's ill-conceived gun edict showed little insight and had one major flaw.
It's most loquacious oversight was that Werner Best crafted it, a suspected
conspirator and future Gestapo henchman.
"How fortunate it is for governments that the people they administer don't
think." – Adolf Hitler
In 1938, Hitler signed The Gun Control Act to deprive Jews from owning guns.
Since the Jews had registered their guns they were easily disarmed. With no
weapons to fight back, they were sent to death camps and burned alive. Hitler
relied on gun control to cleanse Germany with his Holocaust.
When France fell to the Nazis in 1940, it was a walk in the park for Hitler
since it was illegal to own a gun in France and they couldn't fight back. In
reaction to this, days before Pearl Harbor in 1941, Congress no only affirmed
our 2nd Amendment rights, it also outlawed federal gun registration.
Although America's military might defends world liberty, gun ownership has been
under attack for years. Gun control advocates say the U.S. should mimic the
European nations that have strict gun control laws. But it was the well-trained
army of U.S. gun owners that led the allied victory in WWII.
In Germany, to purchase a gun, you must pass a government psychiatric
evaluation. In Finland, to own a gun you must prove you're a member of an
approved gun club and pass a police review. In Italy, one must prove they need a
gun and pass a criminal and mental background investigation.
In France, applicants must pass a mental health exam. In the UK and Japan it is
a felony to own a handgun. In Red China, anyone caught owning gun powder will be
jailed. On the other hand, 75% of all citizens in Switzerland own guns. And they
have the lowest gun-related crimes in the world.
Every nation with strict guns laws has been taken over by a tyrannical rogue
leader; Adolf Hitler of Germany; Benito Mussolini of Italy; and Hirohito of
Japan; or they've been invaded by one. But in the U.S. where it is a
constitutional right to own and use guns, we are the defender of world freedom.
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard
die for his."– General George Patton
In America, the colonies demanded free speech and gun ownership was protected
before ratifying the Constitution. They demanded that those two amendments be
added to the Constitution.
James Madison drafted and passed the Bill of Rights during the first U.S.
Congress in NY in 1789.
In 1999, Connecticut passed the first "red flag law." Today 18 states have
followed. Red flag laws allow law enforcement, with a court order, to seize guns
from anyone that a person considers a danger to themselves or others. Almost
anyone can file a red flag request for almost any reason.
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President Joe Biden has urged Congress to pass additional gun control laws
including a red flag law. With a 224 to 202 vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
passed the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order last week. This allows courts
to issue extreme risk orders that ban individuals deemed dangerous from buying
or owning a gun. But for this to become law, the 2nd amendment must be amended.
This is the most dangerous attack on the 2nd amendment by the federal government
in history.
Within the context of red flag laws, anyone may attempt to have someone's
firearms seized with the slightest suspicion that a gun owner may pose a danger
to them or to themselves. Only after proving their "innocence" before a court
can a law-abiding citizen possibly retrieve their property.
A study by the RAND Corporation on states with red flag laws found that there is
zero conclusive evidence that red flag laws prevent acts of gun violence. In
fact, a report by CNN shows homicides across the U.S. have risen an alarming
6.2% since Biden was elected and after the George Floyd protests, riots and
looting.
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." – Aldous Huxley
According to NBC, Illinois passed its red flag law in 2018 and gun crimes and
homicides escalated throughout the state. In 2021, in the city of Chicago there
were 797 homicides and 3,561 shooting incidents despite Illinois' extremely
tough gun laws. Obviously "red flag" gun control doesn't work.
Some states allow medical professionals, school officials and coworkers also to
petition the courts. Other states only allow law enforcement and relatives to
petition the courts to have guns removed from anyone they wish. In red flag
states, you are guilty until proven innocent to get your guns back.
"You're guilty until proven innocent. Perception is reality, that's the way that
it is." – Chris Webber
The powers of the federal government are clearly defined and enumerated in the
Constitution and disarming citizens is not one. In fact, the 2nd Amendment
forbids the government from doing so. It specifically designates that “the right
of the people to keep and bear Arms shall never be infringed.”
James Hanstein wrote, "Our past are our lessons learned." Our constitutional
rights are not just a source of patriotic pride but the lifeblood of democracy.
Our founders knew that the right of citizens to bear arms was essential to
preserving their liberty. The 2nd Amendment ensures that. We need to remind our
Congressmen that it was Hitler's genocide of the Jews that led to the 2nd Great
War.
The Senate has now passed the onus of "gun control" on to the states. They
expand background checks, and fund school safety programs. They will also
incentivize states to pass more red flag laws. Since states have almost
"innumerable powers" they will pressure each state to pass stricter gun laws.
All government is local, and all liberty is too. The rubber meets the road in
every state legislature. Politicians are addicted to money and easily swayed by
federal gratuities. But what happens in our states ends up in DC. As states
trade our gun rights for abusive "red flag laws," citizens that do not challenge
them don't covet their freedom. They will be crying and moaning when
progressives win their campaign to repeal their 2nd amendment.
"To preserve liberty, it is essential the whole body of the people always
possess arms, and be taught alike, how to use them." – Richard Henry Lee
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