The Case Against Self Defense
By Barrett Tillman The problem with democracy is that everybody has a vote. It’s a separate issue from Democrat supporters who are ineligible to vote – or are deceased – but let us proceed on course. The bigger problem is that voters frequently cast their ballots for any number of wrong-headed reasons, includ- ing (but certainly not limited to) fear, greed, ideology, and stupidity. That’s “The System” and we’re stuck with it. Consider the words of a future U.S. senator. In the 1991 John Milius movie “Flight of the Intruder,” an admiral played by Fred Dalton Thompson speaks about politicians. He says, “Now, they might not have always been right, or wise – or even smart – but they were
for ranges, and difficult storage requirements. And that’s just at the federal level. Meanwhile, the battle continued with states and cities passing onerous laws and regulations within Heller but requiring further litigation. There was further legislation to circumvent Heller . And whatever the legal merits on either side, the fact was that most people do not think much about legality unless it affects them directly. Perhaps until the day that New Orleans and out-of-state cops with National
Guardsmen began confiscating guns after Hurricane Katrina, appar- ently few Big Easy denizens gave much thought to the subject. But even in favorable con- ditions, honest
elected. Any other way and the United States would be nothing more than another two-bit military dictatorship.” Actually, considering the hardware, the U.S. would be a four- bit military dictatorship but let’s not quibble about details. Following Barack Obama’s
police offi - cers admit that after a crime, “Hey, we’re just here to
take the report.” So, let’s get past the legalistic concerns and focus on something that matters to almost everyone: personally protecting one’s own life. It’s not about the military and it’s not about the National Guard. Never mind that Title 10 Section 311 U.S. Code already distinguishes between the organized militia (aka National Guard) and the unorganized militia (almost every- body else). Never mind that the Supreme Court has twice ruled that no government agency is re- quired to defend you. ( Warren v. D.C. 1981 and DeShaney v. Winnebago City , 1989.)
election in 2008, con- stitutionalists lamented the triumvirate of president, Congress and the Senate in
liberal hands. It looked like a dark future for American marksmen. Internet blogs and policy wonks were humming
with liberal plans to undermine the historic Heller decision delivered by the Supreme Court barely four months before the election. That case affirmed the Second Amendment as an individual right versus the collective assessment of the leftists. Until the new administration could replace two or three Supreme Court justices, other methods were underway to make things difficult to impossible for shooters to shoot. The options included excessive taxes on ammunition, oppressive environmental requirements
Never mind that the only constitutional rights pre- ceding bearing arms asserted that Americans do not (yet) need permission to speak our minds, to attend our church, or to meet whomever we choose in public. The topics following firearms ownership include unreason - able search and seizure; due process; and trial by jury.
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