To me for Ordered Liberty to exists in a society there must be the proper respect for human life, especially innocent human life. As I say in one of my signatures,
I also believe that there exists natural limits to governmental authority; there are some things no government can do and some things no government has the legal or moral authority to do.
Given these natural limits to governmental authority it follows that no government, however constituted, can guarantee the safety and security of its citizens form assault by violent criminals. Therefore, where the government's ability to defend us from crime leaves off our right, indeed our duty, to protect ourselves takes up.
In most instances, in order to protect ourselves from assault by violent criminals it is necessary, for we the people, to possess, in private and most public places, those weapons that are reasonably useful for self defense.
Also, as history and current events prove, the very government that we have created over us for our mutual protection is itself the greatest threat to our lives and liberties. As someone once wrote we Americans have three ways to seek justice from out government; First by the ballot box, next by the brief, and if all else fails by the bullet.
I believe that we the people have the basic unalienable right to keep and bears arms for defense of our selves, our families, out country and if necessary to defend ourselves against home grown tyranny and that the right to keep and bear those weapons reasonably useful for these causes is an inherent part of Ordered Liberty.
The great purpose of Law is to preserve and protect the innocent.
I also believe that there exists natural limits to governmental authority; there are some things no government can do and some things no government has the legal or moral authority to do.
Given these natural limits to governmental authority it follows that no government, however constituted, can guarantee the safety and security of its citizens form assault by violent criminals. Therefore, where the government's ability to defend us from crime leaves off our right, indeed our duty, to protect ourselves takes up.
In most instances, in order to protect ourselves from assault by violent criminals it is necessary, for we the people, to possess, in private and most public places, those weapons that are reasonably useful for self defense.
Also, as history and current events prove, the very government that we have created over us for our mutual protection is itself the greatest threat to our lives and liberties. As someone once wrote we Americans have three ways to seek justice from out government; First by the ballot box, next by the brief, and if all else fails by the bullet.
I believe that we the people have the basic unalienable right to keep and bears arms for defense of our selves, our families, out country and if necessary to defend ourselves against home grown tyranny and that the right to keep and bear those weapons reasonably useful for these causes is an inherent part of Ordered Liberty.