I suppose that a lifetime of reading has influenced my outlook on gun ownership and the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but I believe wholeheartedly in the motto: "The right to buy weapons is the right to be free."
The Weapon Shops of Isher written by A.E. Van Vogt is a novel in which the populace is provided with defensive weapons to use against the power of the government. The book is one of the very few examples of Golden Age science fiction that explicitly discusses the right to keep and bear arms, specifically guns. Indeed, the motto of the Weapon Shops, repeated several times, is "The right to buy weapons is the right to be free".
Book review of The Weapon Shops of Isher
Additionally . . .
From the book, 1984 via Wikipedia --
"Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written."
Government, I believe, (all government) strives always to seize more and more power from its citizenry until it finally wields total control, as is depicted in 1984.
And I believe:
The Democratic Party of The United States of America is dedicated to eventually gaining complete power over all of the citizens of the nation by establishing absolute economic dependency on the government.
The Republican Party of The United States of America is dedicated to eventually gaining complete power over all citizens of the nation by establishing absolute domination by a pseudo-theocratic wealth backed government.
The National Rifle Association exists as a political force opposing totalitarianism by guaranteeing that the citizens of The United States of America, the people can own a gun to protect themselves against the creeping beast that is totalitarianism.
That is what I believe.
I'm not saying I'm right.
I am saying that's what I believe.
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WORD FOR TODAY
totalitarian [toh-tahl-uh-TARE-ee-uhn]
Adjective
Of or relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
Noun
A person advocating such a system of government.
From Dictionary.com --
1.
of or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
2.
exercising control over the freedom, will, or thought of others.
Synonyms
absolute, authoritarian, autocratic, communist, despotic, fascistic, monolithic, one-party, oppressive, total, totalistic, tyrannical
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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
--Benjamin Franklin
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