{"id":2654,"date":"2010-10-19T07:26:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T14:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2010-10-19T07:26:24","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T14:26:24","slug":"yes-its-not-really-about-the-second-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/19\/yes-its-not-really-about-the-second-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, it’s not really about the Second Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joel is right, of course<\/a>. And as Kevin Wilmeth notes, the way he says it is sheer poetry. Self defense isn’t ever about the Second Amendment. It’s about being a mature, self-responsible creature.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, when you’re a mature, self-responsible, sapient creature living in a land of laws (even if it’s no longer a land that has much use for the rule of law), the Second Amendment is one potential self-defense tool. Especially if you’ve already been captured by the state<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I know. All this goes back to the endless old anarchist\/minarchist debate among libertarians and OMG, let’s not get into that again! I come down firmly on the anarchist side. I used to avoid the A-word because most people have been so conditioned to misunderstand it (and to misunderstand it in the most negative, inflammatory possible way!). But the more I see of the state, the more obvious it is to me that there’s not a government on earth that can claim any legitimacy — and not a constitution on earth that can restrain a government. Now I find myself telling even casual acquaintances that I’m a free-market anarchist, and if that alarms them, so be it. But increasingly … people actually understand.<\/p>\n

Still, the Bill of Rights is a wonderful statement of what ought to be<\/i>. If the best defense, for humans, involves tools and cunning rather than claws or teeth, why not use it in circumstances where it might be the best tool for the job?<\/p>\n

Just don’t make the foolish mistake of believing that the BoR “gives” us anything that we didn’t already have. But nobody around here would do that, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joel is right, of course. And as Kevin Wilmeth notes, the way he says it is sheer poetry. Self defense isn’t ever about the Second Amendment. It’s about being a mature, self-responsible creature. On the other hand, when you’re a mature, self-responsible, sapient creature living in a land of laws (even if it’s no longer a land that has much use for the rule of law), the Second Amendment is one potential self-defense tool. Especially if you’ve already been captured by the state. I know. All this goes back to the endless old anarchist\/minarchist debate among libertarians and OMG, let’s…<\/p>\n

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