When the Second Amendment was written, the idea that Americans had an individual right (and in some cases an obligation) to possess arms for defense of both themselves and the state was widely understood.
November 14, 2019 Coercion and Charity Are Opposites
The entire welfare-state way of life is based on the concept of force. Through the threat of arrest, prosecution, incarceration, and fine, the American people are forced to be good, caring, and compassionate to others. Here is how the process works. People are forced to deliver a percentage of their income to the federal government, which in turn delivers the ...
Oklahoma Frees Some of Its Political Prisoners
by Laurence M. Vance
Communist and other authoritarian and totalitarian governments around the world have always, throughout history and at this very time, ...
Casualties of War
by John W Whitehead
War drives the American police state. The military-industrial complex is the world’s largest employer. War sustains...
The Case for Globalism, So-Called
by Richard M. Ebeling
The global economy seems to be coming under attack from a variety of directions. On one side, there are the reborn “democratic socialists” and ...
Inessential Government Workers
by Laurence M. Vance
Government “shutdowns” in the United States occur when Congress and the president cannot agree on appropriations bills to fund the federal government before the ...
The "Officer Friendly" Police Fantasy
by James Bovard
Police in Tempe, Arizona, announced plans in July for a “positive ticketing” campaign to pull over drivers who had violated no traffic laws. A ...
