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"I find it ironic that someone so concerned with gun rights would voluntarily move to a country where there are ... none."

"It wasn’t that the United States was bad. It wasn’t that China was so great. It was that there were so many things about my life in America that I just took for granted. That I no longer paid attention to them. I thought that everyone in the world lived this kind of life. I was used to the bars on my cage. I was comfortable with the chains around my ankles. I thought that the cleanliness of the handcuffs was a sign of being a good citizen…

This included such things as always looking down at my speedometer when I noticed a police car.

This included watching what I would say so that someone wouldn’t be offended. This included making sure that I would stock up on beer before Sunday, because the stores couldn’t sell on that day. This included having to show two forms of ID to cash my paycheck. This included being careful not to have HR get angry over what is on my desk at work. This included such things as undressing when you took a plane, and having to pee in a cup at a new job.

They were all little things. These were things that I just adapted to. They were things that I took for granted. Much like Pavlov’s dog.

When they were no longer part of my life, it was as if a big cloud was lifted off of my shoulders. It is precisely that moment of enlightenment that is significant. It is precisely that feeling, and those emotions, relative to my move that I would like to discuss.

It is only through my travel that I became aware of this."

-The Real Truth about Liberty and Freedom in China.

No question things have changed in the USA. And not for the better.

But I’m staying and fighting to make things better. And I’m working on my shooting range once the snow melts off the mountain I live on.

Montana is great for gun rights. China ... not so much.

Merry Christmas, FRiend.