from crux № 20 - guns
“Taylor Woolrich told her story yesterday at the annual conference of Students for Concealed Carry…”I started keeping my crux files because I noticed I kept getting into the same discussions in comment threads on other people’s web sites. After a while it just made sense for me to organize my thoughts by topic. These are snippets. It’s not in any particular order, it’s just discussions I have again and again.
I despise guns. I really do.
But I approve of this message.
No matter how I feel about guns, I can't help but notice that the people who obey the gun laws are not the ones we have to worry about. I can't help but notice that the folks making the most noise about gun control are the same ones I wouldn't trust to keep quiet about what anything. And I can't help but notice that the officials, agents, and policemen who proclaim that gun control is absolutely necessary to public safety are the same ones who don't want dash cams or the public recording them on cellphones.
Yes, I approve of this message.
*nods*
I used to be very anti-gun. Not quite out there carrying a sign, but close. Then someone pointed out Cramer’s The Racist Roots of Gun Control and I started looking into it and thinking hard. It was the last bit of libertarianism that I accepted, and the one that was most difficult.
The first time I ever did the reluctant advocate bit was in defense of concealed carry.
That's what started me questioning, but it wasn't where my studies stopped. I finally came up with questions I couldn't answer.
Why should someone who carries a gun decide if other people are allowed to carry? Why does his power trump their rights?
The answer is very simple. In a free society there is no reason.
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