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This is another gem of an editorial from The Conservative Mainstream. It was written 2 years after Meyer's piece on the right of self-defense, which I posted yesterday here: The Conservative Mainstream: The Right and Duty of Self-Defense (Frank S. Meyer Flashback). Other than the dated references to events of the 1960s, this piece is as relavent today is it was 34 years ago. Enjoy!

The other Meyer articles I have posted so far:
Libertarianism or Libertinism? (Frank S. Meyer Flashback)
The Conservative Mainstream: The Right and Duty of Self-Defense (Frank S. Meyer Flashback)

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Ping! (Or Bang!)

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Wow, too bad National Review isn't as conservative as it was back then. When did things go wrong?

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"An unarmed citizenry is potentially the victim, first of anarchy, then of tyranny and totalitarianism."

Much as we are witnessing in merry old England. The Brits are in the middle stages of this trilogy and it only took the last three of four years to go from relative freedom and safety to near full-blown anarchy. Not so long ago, gun crime really was rare in Britain; the cop on the beat did not normally even carry a gun.

Now, after the passage of some very bad, Draconian Victim Disarmament laws, cops are armed to the teeth but completely unable to stem the tide of rising violence or even to remove firearms from increasing black market sales.

One or two years down the road, and the transformation of England to a full police state will be complete. The remarkable thing is just how fast this can happen. Australia is also on that same "path" as Mr. Howard put it, only a little behind.

Of course, in the the US there is still time to see the truth; the only question is whether the politicians and the jerks who put the wrong ones in office are willing to see it or will instead opt to put us on the same road.