Posted on 03/07/2022 10:50:36 AM PST by LibWhacker
The people of Ukraine have a chance because they are armed. Imagine if they had been training with these weapons their whole lives.
The world is captivated by Ukraine’s resistance to Russian invasion, especially since much of Ukraine’s resistance comes from ordinary citizens taking up arms in defense of their homeland.
Ukraine has a fighting chance in part because it has taken dramatic steps to provide its people firearms. More than 25,000 automatic rifles and 10 million rounds of ammunition have been distributed to volunteers in Kyiv.
In the United States, even supporters of draconian gun control are announcing they “stand with the brave Ukrainian people” in their armed resistance. The glaring contradiction between these positions
— supporting gun confiscation one day and gun distribution the next
— seemingly hasn’t dawned on many of these ideologues.
Their contradiction is apparent in actions, as well as in words. President Joe Biden’s rush to arm Ukrainians stands in contrast with his desire to disarm ordinary Americans.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is another prime example: engaging in tyrannical gun control at home while supplying the Ukrainian resistance with machine guns, pistols, carbines, and 1.5 million rounds of ammunition. The European Union shows a similar hostility to the self-defense rights of its people, even as it gives Ukraine about half a billion dollars’ worth of “lethal aid.”
Ukraine Late to Expand Gun Rights
Arming average citizens hasn’t always been the Ukrainian way, either. A 2014 report noted that the country had “inherited the Soviet civilian gun control system, which provides for restrictive gun owner licensing and the registration of all firearms.” According to that report, Ukraine initially considered imposing comprehensive gun laws during the 1990s. But politicians gridlocked over “whether or not private [gun] ownership would increase crime or improve security.”
Hopefully the events of 2022 have settled that question once and for all. An individual’s natural right of self-defense applies equally to the defense of his life as to the defense of his nation — and neither individual nor nation is secure without the ability to exercise it. This should never have been a question.
As it happened, Ukraine was tragically late to expand legal protection of gun rights. Its parliament acted on an emergency basis just before Russia invaded.
Better late than never, certainly. But imagine if the people of Kyiv had been training with these weapons their whole lives. Imagine if they knew them like the back of their hands, instead of quickly learning to handle them during an invasion. Their resistance, as well as their example to the world, would be all the more powerful.
Natural Right to Bear Arms
It’s also unfortunate that Ukraine’s government has left some significant restrictions on the self-defense rights of the Ukrainian people, and has only codified these rights in a statute rather than giving them full constitutional protection. In reality, the right to bear arms — in public and private — is a natural right that the Ukrainian people need no government permission to exercise. They just need the government to stay out of the way of their natural rights.
But in a time even many U.S. jurisdictions violate that natural right, it’s not surprising if other countries are confused about it.
Ukraine is certainly moving in the right direction on gun rights, something that can’t be said of the entire United States. The chairman of Ukraine’s parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, says the new law is meant “to ensure that every citizen receives the sacred right to self-defense.”
The people of Ukraine have a chance because they are armed. It’s a lesson the world should never forget.
Not saying Wisniewski is a gun control advocate. DEFINITELY not. But this little meme nicely captures today's leftist creep.
Being a gun nut is a good thing?
Who knew??!!
That’s right.
More than just guns.
Arms.
But legacy US citizens don’t have human rights. Those are reserved for illegals.
What is a “gun nut”?
So after this is concluded, back to ‘turn ‘em in folks’?
Maybe the UN will make it a human right to have a personal stinger or manpad in case of invasion.
if we had any congressmen and women with guts- they would be making this very case in congress on the floor- and getting the message out to the people “Now we see why gun rights are so vital to a free and independent people- guns were always meant to be used for protection against enemies both foreign and domestic, and are vital to protecting the homeland should the need arise. Gun laws seek to undermine our ability to defend ourselves, our families and friends, and our country against all enemies who seek our demise! That includes defense against gangs and home invaders, and owners should have the right to meet the demand of the situation by not restricting them to any number of rounds or type of civilian rifle no matter what it looks like”
What most folks don't know is Mexico's response back to Germany. They refused to attack the U.S. because it'd be too costly to take and hold the southwest U.S. because American citizens there were too well armed.
“You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”
Admiral Yamamoto
But I think in this case it was probably meant sarcastically.
Democrats will still push gun control.
And Assistant Democrats will help around the edges with red flag laws and such.
The UN Small Arms Treaty is still lurking out there.
I'll take two, they're small.
“I think in this case it was probably meant sarcastically”
Correct.....if it helps any I consider myself one.
No problem, I figured such. 8~)
It would be great to have a few in the trunk in case BLM or Antifa pull that road blocking stunt and you’re trying to travel through town.
Gun nut
"There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."
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