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<blockquote data-quote="tweetr" data-source="post: 2132539" data-attributes="member: 5183"><p>Exactly right. The answer to school shootings is not to hire armed guards and it is not to train and certify certain teachers to carry weapons. These ideas are all completely wrong-headed. The answer to stupid laws is not to enact more laws! The answer is simply to remove the (unconstitutional) laws that currently exist against carry in schools! Why are schools such an attractive target for mayhem? Well, there is the shock value of children being present, of course; but as that is intrinsic to the idea of a school itself, it cannot be changed. More important, however, is the reasonable expectation that, because of restrictions against carry in schools, no armed opposition will be present! Reverse <em>that</em> expectation and schools become less attractive as a target.</p><p></p><p>That is the practical argument and it is sufficient. There is, however, the more compelling Constitutional and natural rights argument! That is, that <strong><em>any</em></strong> government restriction against keeping and bearing arms is both unconstitutional and violative of the natural right of man to defend himself. One does not relinquish either the Constitutional or the natural right to self defense upon entering a school! Obviously and demonstrably, laws against firearms in schools do not stop criminals from carrying firearms in schools. The argument in schools is no different from anywhere else.</p><p></p><p>Were I a teacher in Newtown, I would sue the state of Connecticut for exposing me to mortal danger by unconstitutionally preventing me from arming myself. Were I a father of children in Newtown, I would sue the state of Connecticut for exposing my children to mortal danger by unconstitutionally preventing the adults present from discharging their duty as state employees to protect my children who were present by state mandate in state-mandated facilities.</p><p></p><p>Folks, I urge you to reject vigorously the premise that a state school is in any way a zone of exception to Constitutional and natural rights! The intellectually lazy temptation is to accept the statist premise that the firearm represents the violent evil, and to accept the emotional premise that when children are present special restrictions are justified. We here in this forum ought to possess the intelligence and the moral confidence to recognize the opposite: that the firearm represents the essential and necessary <strong><em>defense</em></strong> against violent evil. Every firearms restriction ever legislated intrinsically and unalterably tips the balance of power in favor of arming the lawless. <strong><em>Because</em></strong> children are present the moral imperative to protect firearms rights, and therefore the right to defense against violence, is <em><strong>more</strong></em>, not less, absolute!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tweetr, post: 2132539, member: 5183"] Exactly right. The answer to school shootings is not to hire armed guards and it is not to train and certify certain teachers to carry weapons. These ideas are all completely wrong-headed. The answer to stupid laws is not to enact more laws! The answer is simply to remove the (unconstitutional) laws that currently exist against carry in schools! Why are schools such an attractive target for mayhem? Well, there is the shock value of children being present, of course; but as that is intrinsic to the idea of a school itself, it cannot be changed. More important, however, is the reasonable expectation that, because of restrictions against carry in schools, no armed opposition will be present! Reverse [I]that[/I] expectation and schools become less attractive as a target. That is the practical argument and it is sufficient. There is, however, the more compelling Constitutional and natural rights argument! That is, that [B][I]any[/I][/B] government restriction against keeping and bearing arms is both unconstitutional and violative of the natural right of man to defend himself. One does not relinquish either the Constitutional or the natural right to self defense upon entering a school! Obviously and demonstrably, laws against firearms in schools do not stop criminals from carrying firearms in schools. The argument in schools is no different from anywhere else. Were I a teacher in Newtown, I would sue the state of Connecticut for exposing me to mortal danger by unconstitutionally preventing me from arming myself. Were I a father of children in Newtown, I would sue the state of Connecticut for exposing my children to mortal danger by unconstitutionally preventing the adults present from discharging their duty as state employees to protect my children who were present by state mandate in state-mandated facilities. Folks, I urge you to reject vigorously the premise that a state school is in any way a zone of exception to Constitutional and natural rights! The intellectually lazy temptation is to accept the statist premise that the firearm represents the violent evil, and to accept the emotional premise that when children are present special restrictions are justified. We here in this forum ought to possess the intelligence and the moral confidence to recognize the opposite: that the firearm represents the essential and necessary [B][I]defense[/I][/B] against violent evil. Every firearms restriction ever legislated intrinsically and unalterably tips the balance of power in favor of arming the lawless. [B][I]Because[/I][/B] children are present the moral imperative to protect firearms rights, and therefore the right to defense against violence, is [I][B]more[/B][/I], not less, absolute! [/QUOTE]
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