SECURING AMERICA’S CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.
By Keith Hardine
Self Defense Rights Trainer/Activist
k.hardine@icloud.net
“To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
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The Declaration of Independence
On February 15, 2018, Nikolas Cruz committed an act of unspeakable
evil. He ventured back to his former high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, in
Parkland, Florida, to shoot and kill 17 people. He wounded at least a dozen
more. Whether he was flagged as a threat to students in the past remains to be
confirmed. The Miami Herald reported that Cruz, who was expelled from the
school, was the subject of a warning email last year from the administration,
flagging him as a threat and stating he was not allowed back on campus with a
backpack.
evil. He ventured back to his former high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, in
Parkland, Florida, to shoot and kill 17 people. He wounded at least a dozen
more. Whether he was flagged as a threat to students in the past remains to be
confirmed. The Miami Herald reported that Cruz, who was expelled from the
school, was the subject of a warning email last year from the administration,
flagging him as a threat and stating he was not allowed back on campus with a
backpack.
Former President Barak Obama tweeted regarding the Florida Shooting:
“Caring for our kids is our first job. And until we can honestly say
that we're doing enough to keep them safe from harm, including long overdue,
common-sense gun safety laws that most Americans want, then we have to change.”
that we're doing enough to keep them safe from harm, including long overdue,
common-sense gun safety laws that most Americans want, then we have to change.”
* But how can Governments keep our kids safe from harm in schools,
without depriving them, or the common citizen, of their Natural Right to defend
themselves against an aggressor?
without depriving them, or the common citizen, of their Natural Right to defend
themselves against an aggressor?
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To answer this question let us turn to Founding fathers like James
Wilson—a Supreme Court Justice, and signer of both the Declaration of
Independence and US Constitution—for guidance. He argued that the function of
government was to protect and enlarge an individual’s existing Natural
Rights—including self defense—not to subvert or restrain them:
Wilson—a Supreme Court Justice, and signer of both the Declaration of
Independence and US Constitution—for guidance. He argued that the function of
government was to protect and enlarge an individual’s existing Natural
Rights—including self defense—not to subvert or restrain them:
“The defense of one’s self, justly called the Primary Law of Nature, is
not, nor can it be abrogated by any regulation of municipal law. This principle
of defense is not confined merely to the person; it extends to the liberty and
the property of a man…it extends to the person of every one, who is in danger;
perhaps, to the liberty of every one, whose liberty is unjustly and forcibly
attacked. I here close my examination into those Natural Rights, which, in my
humble opinion, it is the business of Civil Government to protect, and not to
subvert.”— James Wilson (1791)
not, nor can it be abrogated by any regulation of municipal law. This principle
of defense is not confined merely to the person; it extends to the liberty and
the property of a man…it extends to the person of every one, who is in danger;
perhaps, to the liberty of every one, whose liberty is unjustly and forcibly
attacked. I here close my examination into those Natural Rights, which, in my
humble opinion, it is the business of Civil Government to protect, and not to
subvert.”— James Wilson (1791)
http://oll.libertyfund.org/quotes/503
The Unalienable Right of Self Defense, being God’s signature in every
person’s conscience reveals why it is natural for Americans to feel uneasy
about supporting ineffective policy proposals that—if implemented—would negate
this most precious gift.
person’s conscience reveals why it is natural for Americans to feel uneasy
about supporting ineffective policy proposals that—if implemented—would negate
this most precious gift.
[“Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know
his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They
demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience
and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right.” Romans
2:14-15] NO WONDER PEOPLE EITHER FIGHT, OR FLEE WHEN THREATENED BY VIOLENCE.
his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They
demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience
and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right.” Romans
2:14-15] NO WONDER PEOPLE EITHER FIGHT, OR FLEE WHEN THREATENED BY VIOLENCE.
For example, revelations that the FBI had been warned about Florida
high school shooter Nikolaus Cruz fit an all-too-familiar pattern, in which
apparent law enforcement errors have preceded mass murders.
high school shooter Nikolaus Cruz fit an all-too-familiar pattern, in which
apparent law enforcement errors have preceded mass murders.
A person close to Cruz warned the the FBI last month that he had a
“desire to kill people” and could carry out a school shooting, the FBI admitted
on Friday. The agency failed to act on the tip.
“desire to kill people” and could carry out a school shooting, the FBI admitted
on Friday. The agency failed to act on the tip.
The FBI was also warned about Cruz after he posted on YouTube saying he
was going to become a “professional school shooter.” The agency said they
couldn’t identify the user who made the threat, despite Cruz posting under his
own name.
was going to become a “professional school shooter.” The agency said they
couldn’t identify the user who made the threat, despite Cruz posting under his
own name.
Five months after the tip about the YouTube comment, and one month
after the FBI was alerted that Cruz had a “desire to kill people” and could
become a school shooter, the 19-year-old pulled the fire alarm at Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School and began shooting his former classmates with his
AR-15.
after the FBI was alerted that Cruz had a “desire to kill people” and could
become a school shooter, the 19-year-old pulled the fire alarm at Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School and began shooting his former classmates with his
AR-15.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/15/fbi-missing-mass-shooters-florida-nikolas-cruz-omar-mateen/
Jarette Stepman, editor for The Daily Signal wrote: “6 Common Media
Myths About Gun Control,” dated February 15, 2018
Myths About Gun Control,” dated February 15, 2018
In myth number 6-he points out how “many gun control advocates today
acknowledge that the Second Amendment is a serious impediment to heavy-handed
restrictions on firearms and confiscations and have advocated a repeal of this
part of the Bill of Rights. “The Second Amendment Is Obsolete and Doesn’t Apply
to today’s culture—so they say.” They insinuate that the Second Amendment
doesn’t apply today because the firearms used by the Founding fathers were
muskets, and that they couldn’t possibly have conceived of the devastating
effectiveness of modern weaponry.
acknowledge that the Second Amendment is a serious impediment to heavy-handed
restrictions on firearms and confiscations and have advocated a repeal of this
part of the Bill of Rights. “The Second Amendment Is Obsolete and Doesn’t Apply
to today’s culture—so they say.” They insinuate that the Second Amendment
doesn’t apply today because the firearms used by the Founding fathers were
muskets, and that they couldn’t possibly have conceived of the devastating
effectiveness of modern weaponry.
But the Founders did not design the Constitution to be an ephemeral [a
temporary] document that would lose its applicability over time. They were
quite aware that technological changes would come long after they were gone.
Thus, they designed the Second Amendment to preserve the individual right to
self-defense, just as they created the First Amendment to protect free
expression.
temporary] document that would lose its applicability over time. They were
quite aware that technological changes would come long after they were gone.
Thus, they designed the Second Amendment to preserve the individual right to
self-defense, just as they created the First Amendment to protect free
expression.
Stepman rightly concluded that: “Just as the rise of the internet and
new communication technologies do not make the First Amendment invalid, the
Principles of the Second Amendment apply today, even as firearm technology has
advanced.”
new communication technologies do not make the First Amendment invalid, the
Principles of the Second Amendment apply today, even as firearm technology has
advanced.”
http://westernfreepress.com/2018/02/15/6-common-media-myths-about-gun-control/
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If “caring for our kids is our first job”— as former President Obama
emphasized—then clearly, it is our civic duty as Americans of a FREE
Constitutional Republic to see that they are sufficiently informed about how to
govern and defend themselves in all life cases of difficulty. And Noah
Webster—the father of our “ORIGINAL” American Education system—argued how to do
just that: “…children should be taught the usual branches of learning; submission
to superiors and to laws; [Titus3:1] the moral or social duties; the history
and transactions of their own country; [Hebrews2:1] the principles of liberty
and government [Romans13:1-7]. Here the rough manners of the wilderness should
be softened, and the Principles of virtue and good behaviour inculcated. The
virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities; and for
this reason, the heart [conscience] should be cultivated with more assiduity
[consistency] than the head.”
emphasized—then clearly, it is our civic duty as Americans of a FREE
Constitutional Republic to see that they are sufficiently informed about how to
govern and defend themselves in all life cases of difficulty. And Noah
Webster—the father of our “ORIGINAL” American Education system—argued how to do
just that: “…children should be taught the usual branches of learning; submission
to superiors and to laws; [Titus3:1] the moral or social duties; the history
and transactions of their own country; [Hebrews2:1] the principles of liberty
and government [Romans13:1-7]. Here the rough manners of the wilderness should
be softened, and the Principles of virtue and good behaviour inculcated. The
virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities; and for
this reason, the heart [conscience] should be cultivated with more assiduity
[consistency] than the head.”
* Securing the Republic: Noah Webster, On the Education of Youth in
America—
America—
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch18s26.html
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson