A firm understanding of the 2nd Amendment and the original intent of the right to bear arms remains elusive for most Americans.
Episode 4 – #ExGOP
Full transcript of the episode and link for direct download – Justin discusses his decision to leave the GOP in detail while also discussing Trump’s impeachment, the state of the Republican Party, and also briefly addresses the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Is Joe Biden The Next Warren Harding?
Joe Biden could ride a return-to-normal campaign all the way to the White House, if his party lets him campaign that way.
Link: A Profile in Virtue – George Washington
Civic and Republican Virtue were once the expectation and duty of an American citizen. It is an unfortunate reality that such ideals are generally lost in modern American society.
The Right To Bear Arms and Regressive Progressivism
Securing and enumerating the individual right to own and bear the means of self-defense in the US Constitution was momentous and revolutionary. Infringing on that right would constitute the winding of the clock back to a time when such rights were denied by despotic and autocratic governments.
Link: The Jefferson View
In my latest for the NOQ Report, I lay out the Jefferson View on foreign policy: that liberty threatened anywhere is liberty threatened everywhere.
#NeverBernie
With victory in Nevada, Senator Bernie Sanders has solidified his place as the Democratic frontrunner and likely sets Democrats on a path to repeat the 2016 Republican story. I will not be part of that story.
The House Votes to Lift the Ratification Deadline for the ERA
House Democrats take steps to revive a century-year-old effort to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution.
2nd Amendment | The Social Contract Is Not Grounds for the Infringement of Rights
Such an idea is a gross misunderstanding of Social Contract Theory, especially when it comes to the 2nd Amendment and the right of self-defense.
Link: On Rights
All forms of government have some sense of rights. But natural rights exist independent of government and its laws.