Patriot,

Once again, a shooting tragedy is being cynically exploited to
wage a major assault on the right to keep and bear arms: our
fundamental right to self-defense.

If you haven't already seen my column, "Don't Trade Real Liberty
for Phony Security," it's reproduced below.

And of course, if you haven't already done so, be sure you sign
the petition to Defend the Second Amendment, and encourage others
to do the same. -Ron Paul
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Don't Trade Real Liberty for Phony Security

Authoritarian politicians wasted no time using the recent
shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, to justify new
infringements on liberty. Just days after the Buffalo shooting,
the US House of Representatives passed a law creating new
domestic terrorism offices in the FBI, the Justice Department,
and the Department of Homeland Security.

This is a step toward achieving the longstanding goal of many
progressives of focusing the national security state on "domestic
terrorists" and "right-wing extremists." Supporters of these
efforts have used the Buffalo shooter's mention of "replacement
theory" in his "manifesto" to attack prominent conservative
commentators, most notably Tucker Carlson. Carlson and others are
accused of spreading the replacement conspiracy theory because
they have pointed out that the Left has for years celebrated the
coming "replacement" of the white majority population. The goal
is to stigmatize, intimidate, and even criminalize those
expressing views or facts that contradict the cultural Marxists
or the Democrat party establishment.

Painting the Buffalo shooter as a conservative requires ignoring
his self-description as an environmental-fascist and his disdain
for "Fox News conservatism." The mainstream media also ignores
the shooter's use of the same neo-Nazi symbol used by the
Ukrainian Azov brigade. This may be because they do not want the
American people to realize their tax dollars are supporting
actual Nazis in Ukraine.

The push to use the police state against "right-wing extremists"
is supported by many progressives who (correctly) oppose the
national security state's civil liberties abuses of Muslim and
other minorities. Conversely, many conservatives who have
defended all infringements on liberty done in the name of the
"global war on terror," (correctly) oppose federal crackdown on
"right wing extremists."

Both sides fail to realize that a violation of any individual's
liberty is a threat to everyone's liberty.

The massacre of 19 school children and two teachers in Uvalde
Texas was followed by calls for expanded gun controls from
President Biden and other prominent politicians. Among the
proposals floated are a renewed push for federal Red Flag laws.
Red Flag laws allow law enforcement to take someone's guns
without due process based on a mere allegation that an individual
poses a risk of violent behavior. Despite being unconstitutional,
easily abused, and ineffective at stopping violent crime, Red
Flag laws enjoy broad bipartisan support. For example, former
President Donald Trump endorsed a policy of "take the gun first,
worry about due process later."

If Congress was serious about protecting liberty and security,
they would pass Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie's
legislation repealing the "Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990."
This poorly worded law leaves children defenseless against mass
shooters who are not dissuaded from their evil intentions by
"Gun-Free Zone" signs. Video showing the Uvalde police not only
standing around outside the school, but tasering parents who were
trying to protect their children reinforces the importance of
allowing school personnel to protect themselves and their
students by carrying firearms.

Expanding the police state to "monitor" right-wing extremism and
giving the government new powers to deny law-abiding individuals
access to firearms make us less safe and less free. Instead of
allowing politicians to use mass shootings as an excuse to
further expand their powers, we must insist they repeal all
federal laws that trade real liberty for phony security starting
with the USA FREEDOM Acts (previously known as the USA PATRIOT
Act) and the so-called Safe and Gun Free Schools Act.


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