Publius, that was very concise. I'd like to use that. Eric! You might want to add Publius to your library. :)

jim k, here's my favorite..."Gun Control: The absurd theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to Police how here attacker recieved a fatal gun shot wound"...She may be "morally superior" but she is nonetheless...Dead!

I guess in the UK if you find someone raping your wife or daughter...you just make them a nice cup of tea. They might be thirsty when they're finished after all... What happened to the English? Was there a mass neutering?

Reston, you know nothing of Canada, obviously. I happen to be a law abiding (dual) Canadian...and I'm very well armed along with 7 million other Canadians.

Pierre is an acquaintance and respected journalist. He is presently raising a Constutional challenge to the Canadian law requiring him (all of us) to list ex wives and girlfriends as part of a gun license application. He says simply that "My love life is none of their business". For this they revoked his license and registration certificates and demanded he hand over his firearms. He refused and now risks jail. Go, Pierre!

Exactly right. Gun control isn't about guns...it's about control.

Hats off to this Judge for speaking the obvious. The right to self defense and survival in the face of aggression are as natural as the Sun. Canada's gun laws are ambiguous and subject to interpretation by Judges and Policemen "on the spot". Federal law contradicts Provincial law and both are ridiculous.

That is the most brief and concise description I have ever seen for why America is going down in flames.

The War on Drugs has now become a War on the Constitution....nuff said?

Knapp is 100% correct. Like most Federal laws, Drug laws should be imposed at the State level. That is, if they are necessary at all.

Robert...there are NO benefits to socialism...just look to present day Europe right now...it's in meltdown mode after becoming a Union...and it didn't take very long either. Look at history...all socialist society's have been a complete failure. I'll pass on that thanks....free enterprise and personal motivation combined with personal responsibility for my own actions are what make my world go around. American Socialism is a cancer and will destroy America...in fact it's already doing so.

Thank God we have the government there to protect us all from pot smokers...I can leave a bag of Doritos on the seat of my truck without some drug crazed kid with the munchies trying to steal my precious chips. :)

"and corruption therefore runs rampant."...Indeed it does, from the Mountains of Columbia to the District of Columbia.

Friedman once again makes an intelligent and obvious observation. Not only are Friedman's economic doctrines as sound as the Rock of Gibraltar, he knows what armed thugs look like when he sees them. History shows us very plainly what happens to a nation plagued by a controlling and well armed paramilitary camp. We need strong national defense and a system of "justice", not armed internal control of our citizens.

That's right Publius, the opportunity now exists to decimate the Democratic party, then put the RINO's under a microscope...

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." -Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party six time presidential candidate 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940

Interesting perspective L Hanson. I'm going to ask my friend Danielle Smith (you know who she is) what she thinks should happen here. Like me she's an idealist, but also a realist.

Brian, why is it that those who advocate socialism always go to extremes? Who said anything about anarchy? What's wrong with limited government and freedom of choice combined with a "justice" system. You know..."America". I don't think that's been tried in a while...

Reston's underlying message seems to be one of rejection...based on what we don't know, what with socialists being as articulate as they are. Oh well, what can we expect from those who, in willfull ignorance, advocate a dead end philosophy?

It's great to see that not only here at Liberty Tree, but everywhere you look. people are waking up to the criminal system of control that crept in like a cancer. people are arming themselves to the teeth, people are voting out the socialist morons...people are once again becoming "moral".

The mind fairly boggles at the multitude of comparisons that can be made here. So, one question: What are those FEMA (detainment) camps for?

I think Mann doesn't get that ultimately Government decree's are enforced at gun point...that's why people have to obey, and that's why the Government (Hillary) wants to disarm us.

You almost made a good point there Robert. I have to agree with you right up until you say it has nothing to do with those on the White House. Of course it does...the people are apathetic...the Politicians are straight up evil.

"all regulations are observed and all taxes are paid at gunpoint."...which is why they don't want YOU to have one.

Paper, thin air, money being printed by a private entity responsible to no one is the absolute source of all our economic problems. Gerbino is right when he points out that those same private interests get to use that currency before it has become devalued.