By MamaLiberty
By what process do “children” become adults? How do people become responsible for themselves, rather than dependent on others for their lives and safety? What part does chronological age have to do with it?
We would all likely say that a two or three year old is incapable of exercising sufficient judgment to be trusted to hold or use a sharp object, let alone a gun – no matter how much one might attempt to teach them. To start with, most don’t have enough control of their muscles, but then there are the three year olds who play classical piano… Of course, that is the exception. I never met a prodigy like that myself, and my experience tells me toddlers have little impulse control either. Can I then assume that this is true for everyone, everywhere? Continue reading
The Price of Liberty 
Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-30E: Abuse by government
by Nathan Barton
Good morning, and stay cool and calm. Remember all those thugs are out there to protect us.
Like those Iowa Boy Scouts going into Alaska by road last week. A good voice-only interview with Scoutmaster Fox fills in a LOT of the details. Here is the interview; worth listening to. The Government is sowing the whirlwind. These Scouts DID learn a valuable civics lesson: their government treats them as terrorists, criminals, suspects, and threats. One of these times, the BP or TSA will run into a troop of Scouts who are NOT from Iowa and practice the old ways, and armed to the teeth, and ready and able to defend themselves with the handmade knives, hatchets (or tomahawks), black powder rifles and pistols, and more… And even some of THESE Scouts will grow up and join the Army to learn how to fight to restore liberty at HOME as well as abroad. Continue reading →