Armed = citizen
Unarmed = subject
Who is this Allen guy and why does he want to take away the God given right to defend one’s self and family?
Driving a car is a privilege. It is one, for which one must get and maintain a number of things for. Valid insurance, a current drivers license.
If you violate any number of things, you can lose that privilege.
Gun ownership is a constitutional right.
The second amendment is second only to free speech, in fact.
hey......... ask the HOLOCAUST JEWS how well taking away guns works....
That is a lie.
I suspect German Jews in 1944 would disagree with this proggie enemy of liberty.
Tweddle dee dee.
He also writes elsewhere against coal and fossil fuels. Global warming is the great threat! And apparently he’s Canadian, although he lives in Charleston.
...to both civilians and military. So there was parity. Today there is not.
Nonsense continues from there.
For proof that “journalism” and “communications” majors would fail even the most elementary logic course, read this article.
Last time I looked George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were two of the Founding Fathers. They both say Allan Tweddle is a lying sack of ....
“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined...”
- George Washington, First Annual Address, to both House of Congress, January 8, 1790
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”
- Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776
“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.”
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787
“What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms.”
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787
This is just from two of the smartest men this nation has ever produced. Allan Tweddle, You ain’t even in the same galaxy with any of them.
I notice Allen’s article does not have a comment section.
Brave fellow.
The First Amendment was written when type had to be set manually and the press was hand-powered by the Printer or his Apprentice—So I guess it doesn’t apply to anything, media-wise, that has since been developed.
I’d much rather live with an abundance of combat worthy Arms in the hands of every Citizen than endure the presence of even a few so-called “progressives”.
Tweedle-dee, Tweedle-dum. This fool’s First Amendment is alive and well.
“In 1776, the young nation’s leaders could not afford a standing army, so adopted the Swiss model of requiring certain citizens to be armed to maintain a ready and standby militia, and have the weapons of the day in their possession to enable that militia to assemble quickly if there was an external or internal threat.”
It wasn’t just expense. They had just lived under a standing army. And they knew that in Europe standing armies were mostly intended for keeping a firm hand on the population. (just like today)
They knew a rifle armed militia was, and still is, the ultimate defense tool that makes you invasion proof. Its lousy for foreign adventures, but a vicious bitter pill for any invader.
Almost impossible to overcome.
“Today, the Swiss have, quite a while back, called all those modern war weapons into a secure armory.”
A swiss militia man keeps a fully auto capable assault rifle at home to this day.
” and have the highest murder and gun crime rates of any other country by far,”
This is an out and out lie. Bill Whittle has an excellent video that covers the subject of which countries have the highest gun violence. While we do have the highest per capita gun ownership (90 guns per 100 people), we are 112th out of 218 countries of the world in terms of gun-related deaths. We would be a lot farther up this list if it weren’t for the RAT-run cities like Chicago, etc.
I will try and find the link and post it.
Twaddle tweedle! Your “facts” are nothing but lies! The US gun death RATE is far lower thata vast number of other countries. I may be wrong on this fact but I believe that we are not even in the top ten for gun death rates.
You’re entitled to you own oninion but you are not entitled to your own facts!
Bill Whittle: “Number One with a Bullet”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELwCqz2JfE
Well worth your time to view!
Absolute Tweddle Twaddle!, I had no need to read any further than that to know that this piece would be nothing but regurgitated BOLSHEVIK!