Letters: February 11

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It's liberty vs. tyranny

King George III issued an arms embargo against the colonies, which were arming in defense of an oppressive government.

The embargo allowed search-and-seizure operations in Boston. The "shot heard 'round the world" at Lexington and Concord in 1775 involved the British attempted seizure of arms hoarded by the colonials and the repulse of those troops by armed citizens.

The crown's attempts to disarm colonists contributed to America's Revolution and the Second Amendment.

James Madison introduced what became the Bill of Rights in the first session of Congress in 1789. The Second Amendment, as expressed by Federalist Tench Coxe, was interpreted as the right of the people to keep and bear "their private arms."

In 1803, Judge St. George Tucker warned, "Whenever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is under any colour or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction. In England, the people have been disarmed, generally, under the specious pretext of preserving the game."

When government fears armed citizens, there is liberty, but when unarmed citizens fear the government, there is tyranny.

- David Loden


Monday advice

When it comes to gun control, every gun owner should be responsible to secure and keep safe their weapons and ammo but also be held accountable for the lack thereof.

Stop the private sale of all guns, individual to individual, without going through the same process as over-the-counter sales.

PAC money should not influence laws and regulations. Who can say insurance companies don't regulate their own business?

Secure the schools. Kids can't protect themselves, we can.

Secure the borders, limit travel, enhance background checks.

Create a public health branch for people who can't afford medical insurance.

Create jobs by the government, which is supported by the taxpayers, in order to get people to work and on the tax rolls.

Force the government to live up to its obligations, i.e. Social Security.

I could go on and on, but have a nice day, instead!

- Chris Wallace
Pensacola Beach

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