Tyrants if left to their own devices
You may have heard.
There’s a petition at MoveOn.org, promoted by Daily Kos, to have conservative members of the House arrested for sedition.
And the petition has tens of thousands of signatures, with real people feeling bold enough to put their real names on it. Not just bold enough, but damn proud of it.
Professor Reynolds has some good advice:
THINK I’LL BUY ANOTHER GUN OR TWO: MoveOn.Org petition demands GOP arrests for ‘conspiracy against US.’ Because these people are making plain how they think, and what they’d do if they had the power to. Take it seriously, because they do.
That was one of the original reasons why, in fact, we had a 2nd Amendment, protection against tyranny.
As stated by the Court in the Heller case:
There are many reasons why the militia was thought to be “necessary to the security of a free state.” See 3 Story §1890. First, of course, it is useful in repelling invasions and suppressing insurrections. Second, it renders large standing armies unnecessary — an argument that Alexander Hamilton made in favor of federal control over the militia. The Federalist No. 29, pp. 226, 227 (B. Wright ed. 1961) (A. Hamilton). Third, when the able-bodied men of a nation are trained in arms and organized, they are better able to resist tyranny.
Related post: Small RI town seeks recall of town council over obstruction of concealed carry permits.
Comments
Maybe this stupid petition isn’t really what is pretends to be. Could it be that it’s real purpose is to identify the idiots who will support the progressive fascists at moveon.org? They can’t be so stupid as to think that anything will come from this evil petition.
As a variation on a theme to the Gadsen “Don’t tread on me flag” I prefer the more direct and unquestionably least understood phrase,’ “Leave me the f*ck alone, or else.”
Correction: that would be ‘…least misunderstood phrase…’ Sorry.