Can we disarm the police? <http://www.rationalreview.com/content/67624>
The Student Operated Press
by Gary North
"I begin with an insight offered by Professor Carroll Quigley
(1910-1977), who taught history to Bill Clinton at Georgetown
University. ... But Quigley was also an expert in the history of
weaponry. One of his books, Weapons Systems and Political Stability: A
History ... was a 1,000-page history of weaponry that ended with the
Middle Ages. In Tragedy and Hope, he wrote about the relationship
between amateur weapons and liberty. By amateur, he meant low cost. He
meant, in the pejorative phrase of political statists, Saturday-night
specials. In a period of specialist weapons the minority who have such
weapons can usually force the majority who lack them to obey."
(08/06/09)
http://thesop.org/usa/2009/08/06/can-we-disarm-the-police
Great commentary, thanks for posting Mike. Any piece that cites the research of a former professor of Bill Clinton showing that homicide rates declined as gun ownership became more widespread in the 18th century deserves a wide audience. God bless Octavia!*
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))
*You have to watch the news about the coup at the other link Mike posted for this to make sense: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/u_s_government_stages_fake_coup?utm_source=videoembed
Yeah, but don't we need a militarized police to break up dangerous black-market activities like the one in this news broadcast?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9D6oGIYhpg
They should take the pigs and prosecutors who did this and make them stand in pillories for 2 weeks on the same intersection. These jackbooted thugs really need a lesson in humility.