Feb 28th, 2013 - Letter to the President - On the Nature of man
Why the government has no authority to stop you from carrying a gun. Let us begin this by taking a different path. In the past when discussing this idea all of us turned toward the written laws. Those of us on the side of the Constitution turned to it, those of on the other side turned to the opinions of Judges and the standing statutes in place by governments. Today, we shall feign ignorance to the existence of any such notions and instead look at man himself and his place as natural being in the universe. John Locke said: Man... hath by nature a power.... to preserve his property - that is, his life, liberty, and estate - against the injuries and attempts of other men. We, by natural law, that is by the action of being created (by God or by our parents) are independent thinking creatures. Our life is our own to judge of, in length of years and steady of health. It is not the action of others that determines such a thing, for if someone else takes my Life, he does indeed m...