We don't do what we're told

February 26, 6:03 AMCleveland Gun Rights ExaminerDaniel White

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Ever since we started school we've been taught to do what we're told. Don't run in the halls, don't talk out of turn, sit up straight, spit out that gum, stay in your seat until the bell rings, etc. This socialization continues into adulthood as governments from local to state to federal tell us how we're supposed to live our lives and how we're supposed to behave.

The talking heads on the evening news click their tongues at anyone who gets out of line, and newspaper columnists from big city papers ridicule nonconformists.

We're told that we'll likely never be the victim of a criminal attack. That we're to rely on the odds to protect us. If we lose the victimization lottery, we're allowed only to try to chase off our attacker with rape whistles, pepper spray, car keys, or cell phones. Some have given advice to women that in case of attempted rape they should urinate, vomit, tell the rapist they have an STD, or try to get them to wear a condom. Anything but use deadly force, because you don't have the right to take a life for any reason, and if you had a real weapon the attacker would probably just take it from you anyway.

That's why those people don't like those of us who carry guns for self defense. We're not doing what we're told. We don't trust in providence, and we don't pray that a police officer will happen to be nearby and arrive in time to stop the crime and save our lives. We can take care of ourselves, and that's the real threat. It's not that they really think we're the source of crime or that we're all just one bad da away from climbing a bell tower, it's that we are a threat to their power.

Because if we're not constantly scared, we might just realize that we don't really need a nanny state to tell us what to do and keep us "safe". We might not need a welfare state that decides how much money we're allowed to have and then redistributes our "surplus" through government spending. Worse, we might discover that we really don't need quite so many people working in government "looking out for us".

It's been said many times that gun control isn't about guns, it is about control. When you look at the sheer ineffectiveness of many of their schemes in actually reducing crime, you'll start to see that pattern emerge. Criminals can't be controlled by laws. They know that. They're not interested in that. They're interested in keeping you dependent and compliant. But, the gun owners have a different mindset that ruins those plans. We think for ourselves, provide for ourselves, protect ourselves. We're self reliant and don't take what we're told at face value. They don't like it when we don't do things the way we're supposed to and when we challenge their viewpoints. We're sheepdogs, not sheep... and that disrupts their plans.

If you value freedom, you have to keep disrupting those plans. When they tell you they need to ban "assault weapons," challenge them to show you why it is necessary when those guns are used in less than 1% of all crimes. When they tell you they need to enact microstamping, when forensic investigations already accomplish the exact same thing, demand to know why. When they want to ban private sales of firearms, ask how that will keep a gun out of the hands of criminals. Every single gun law that they propose, demand an explanation for it.

Oh, many of them will hate you for it. You'll be that guy or gal that they dread having show up at a council meeting or legislative sessions. But only the ones who want to control you. The legislators who get it and know that they truly are there to serve and not rule (trust me, they do still exist!) will be glad for your support and that you're taking an interest. It's only the ones that hate your personal freedoms that will show their ire, and that's ok. Because the more they dislike you, the more free you'll be.

I'd like to welcome our newest Gun Rights Examiner, Dave Workman. Dave is the new Seattle Gun Rights Examiner, and you can read his inaugural article here!

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Sean: Awful hard to micro stamp a black powder weapon, the anti gunners just don’t live in the real world. But if their tail feathers were in a bind, guess what weapon they would they would run to....mmmm....a gun maybe.

You hit the nail right on the head, Sean. Many of them don't live in the real world. Their elitist politicians, movie stars, and media who have 24 hour bodyguards, live in mansions behind layers and layers of security, and have never had to run to the corner drugstore in a bad neighborhood at 3am to get medicine for the baby. They're far removed from the reality most of us live in and truly believe the lies and half-truths they parrot back to us. They think they're different, and that they're better. A lot of them do own guns themselves, but they don't trust you to have one. No, not the unwashed masses!