Actually, he's an Englishman, and an ex serviceman himself
These are not mutually exclusive. Kind of like my accusing someone of being a welfare parasite, and your saying, "Oh but he's from England and has red hair." So what.
IvanT has a good and rational sense of life, but I see that I'll have to introduce him to Alice Rosenbaum (AKA Ayn Rand) and soon. A good start would be The Fountainhead.
BTW, from occupied ga, you are right on in your comments re big gov and 2A. You think it's bad in the US, here in frog occupied Canuckistan I just hope I get out before they set up the gulags.