Lincoln Emancipated Nobody. The Man

Armed People Are Free. No State Can Control Those Who Have The Machinery And The Will To Resist, No Mob Can Take Their Liberty And Property. And No 220 Pound Thug Can Threaten The Well-being Or Dignity Of A 110 Pound Woman Who Has Two Pounds Of Iron To Even Things Out. Is That Evil? Is That Wrong?

The War On Drugs Employs Millions - Politicians, Bureaucrats, Policemen, And Now The Military - That Probably Couldn't Find A Place For Their Dubious Talents In A Free Market, Unless They Were To Sell Pencils From A Tin Cup On Street Corners.

We Live In Times Of Wonderful Technology And Crappy Politics. The Task Before Us Now Is Not To Let The Latter Destroy The Former.

Each Day, It Seemed, Another Law Was Passed To Impoverish And Diminish Them, Punishing Them For Whatever Success They Achieved And Rewarding Their Less Competent And Industrious Neighbors.

Never Forget, Even For An Instant, That The One And Only Reason Anybody Has For Taking Your Gun Away Is To Make You Weaker Than He Is, So He Can Do Something To You That You Wouldn't Allow Him To Do If You Were Equipped To Prevent It. This Goes For Burglars, Muggers, And Rapists, And Even More So For Policemen, Bureaucrats, And Politicians.