Posted on 05/25/2012 6:53:10 AM PDT by BO Stinkss
When we think about what characterizes free men, what qualities or habits they usually exhibit, there are a handful of traits that seem to show themselves again and again. For instance, free men speak their minds: which is not the same thing as saying they run their mouths. Rather, it is simply to point out that when something needs to be said, a free man will often say it. And free men abide by the intuitive, internal witness to right and wrong embedded in them by God, through nature. In truth, they not only abide by it — they actually nurture it and expect others to abide by it as well. Thus they still live by maxims such as, “a man’s word is his bond.”
Free men are also inclined to own their own things. Whether that is land, a home, a farm, a business, or any other fitting example, free men like to have things the use of which is their determination and no other. They view their chief property — their own lives — this way, and don’t take kindly to having overly ambitious individuals or government entities telling them what to do and where to do it.
Such men are also up to the task of defending their property. Whether this means defending their own lives and the lives of their family, or their real property, their homes and farms and such, a free man knows it is his duty to defend what belongs to him.
In fact, whether it’s a local burglar breaking into his home to take possessions from his living room or a foreign power attacking his country, a free man knows that freedom isn’t free. As Rhett Atkins sings, “I ain’t scared to grab my gun and fight for my homeland.”
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It simply comes down to this. Try to take my guns and we’ll have a fight. Is taking my firearms worth dying for? I will not meekly surrender my ability to tell you to hell no. I will not meekly surrender the best defense for myself and my family.
But, if you feel that you have the right to infringe on my Right to Keep and Bear Arms and my Right to Life and Liberty, then you should have no problems when I deprive you of your Rights permanently.
I don’t want a fight like that but if it’s brought to me, I’ll oblige.
Freedom is one thing this administration does not like. That is the main reason for the over 1000 regulations put on us by the President.
But, if you feel that you have the right to infringe on my Right to Keep and Bear Arms and my Right to Life and Liberty, then you should have no problems when I deprive you of your Rights permanently.
I don’t want a fight like that but if it’s brought to me, I’ll oblige.
So good, it was worth repeating.
Not five minutes ago, I returned from my daily (ahem) walk. Took that walk as a free citizen, exercising my body and my right to keep and bear arms (in this case .45 ACP). It felt good.
The underlying condition in which “Old Europe” is different from America is that “Old Europe” has traditions and culture based on Roman Law via Napoleonic Law, seen today as the French Code Civil.
This is a very alien law to most Americans, because, for example, it presumes guilt, not innocence, and “that which is not specifically legalized by government is by default illegal.”
In many ways it is a holdover from the days of royalty and nobility, in which a noble elite ruled over the peasantry, and the law was just a tool by which the elite controlled the masses.
The Common law, however, originates among the warrior tribes of Gaul, who fought against the Romans. From them we get ideas like “innocent until proven guilty”, “trial by a jury of peers”, “equality before the law”, and the rights of free men. While there might be a hierarchy of warriors, all warriors were seen as equals, so only offered their loyalty to warriors they respected, for however long they respected them.
From the continent, the Common law spread to Britain where it was refined. Much later it became the cultural impulse to the British Empire.
Yet in the Age of Enlightenment, while great thinkers pondered the evolution of the Common Law, Britain itself had become hardened to the old traditions and nobility, so only in some of the colonies could this evolution actually take place. Specifically in the American colonies.
It was a very limited window of opportunity, because shortly thereafter was the rise of Napoleon, who swept across Europe with his revitalized Napoleonic law.
Yet even today, more than vestiges of the Common Law remains in Britain, despite strong efforts of “Old Europe”, now the EU, to replace it with Code Civil. And this shows promise, as Free Englishmen desperately need what the Americanized Common law has to offer.
This means the rights Americans have enshrined in our Bill of Rights that are despised by the EU, such as the right to bear arms.
The British have been crippled and handicapped without the ability to defend themselves against the forces of darkness for many years now. And only when they someday demand their rights will they again be free men.
Like Charleton Heston said: "From my cold dead hands..."
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