Changing the world one idea at a time.
They are facilitating their own downfall.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/03/gavin-newsom-governor-california-redistricting-presidential-campaign/86627699007/
https://apnews.com/article/uber-robotaxi-autonomous-lucid-nvidia-nuro-55aa85f5b5f492c3dfa393afe5233b9a
https://apnews.com/article/california-ballot-initiative-billionaire-tax-health-care-f163325bfd033c8e12024b129aca24e8
https://www.foxnews.com/world/hamas-defends-executions-palestinians-after-trump-issues-stern-warning-terror-grouphttps://www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/middleeast/gaza-public-execution-gaza-city-hamas-intl
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The expectations for American leaders is that they prioritize America.
In this episode I discuss California's Proposition 50 and how I came to my decision regarding a "yes" or "no" vote.https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2025/special/pdf/complete-vig.pdfhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/gerrymanderinghttps://www.rubyhome.com/blog/leaving-california/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/12/oz-medicaid-wont-pay-gender-affirming-care/83050359007/
https://www.kcra.com/article/protest-conservative-speaker-uc-davis-campus/64383290
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-28/newsom-podcast-democrats-toxic
https://apnews.com/article/lgbtq-transgender-bathroom-tennessee-c4f37b26a8c1e6c6a08836ef3912227a
When you compare the last four weeks with the last four years, it becomes clear through comparison that the priorities of one is clearly the prosperity of the American people while the priorities of the other was most certainly not.
I guarantee that this will not end well for the human race and it would be wise to stop this immediately. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/26/lab-grown-eggs-sperm-viability-uk-fertility-watchdog
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-10-shot-3-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/15792886/
Reproductive rights, by its objective definition, is the right to biologically reproduce. “Reproductive rights” as it has been appropriated by the pro-choice movement is in fact the deliberate halting of the reproductive process. This is a purposeful strategy designed to garner support for an action that otherwise would be unacceptable if the true meaning were recognized.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-testimony-verdict-85558c6d08efb434d05b694364470aa0
I will continue to use “squaw” because, despite what is being said, squaw is not a racial and/or sexual slur. And no matter how hard they try I will not use the word “Latinx” because it is a made up word that holds no benefit to our great country. This is cultural revolution 101, use language to fundamentally change the culture of a people, transforming that culture to align with a particular worldview in spite of the will of the people. I refuse to use grammatically incorrect pronouns, (and no it is not respectful to cater to foolishness). I will continue to use “illegal alien” because if one enters into our country illegally, then that is what they have chosen to become. I will continue to call a man “sir” and a woman “miss”, in acknowledgment of the only two genders present within our species. The truth is I'm not homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, anti-semitic, racists, misogynistic, sexist, a white supremacist sympathizer or a domestic terrorist. These are all weapons of a cultural revolutionary agenda meant to shut me out and compel me to genuflect at the alter of their new religion in order to regain entry. I will play no part in this revisioned language and revisionist history designed to rip our united states into tiny unrecognizable pieces and oppress any diversity, equity, and inclusiveness that contradicts their new age cult. https://apnews.com/article/native-american-offensive-names-removed-california-58f6e12c3c128b541b9314c2006f89a3
If politics is downstream from culture, then culture is downstream from moral standards. Do not let this election or any political electoral process distract you from that fact. No matter how capable an elected leader is they cannot save a people who refuse to be saved. We must all come together and decide whether we will be divided by our differences or united by our commonality.
The California Healthy Youth Act (CHYA) is sold to California parents as a required curriculum designed to protect the health of California students. However when you take a closer look what you discover is that the curriculum is less about general health and more about instilling moral standards, deemed acceptable by the government, into our children, regardless if those moral standards align with the beliefs shared in the home. https://positivepreventionplus.com/home/high-school/ https://positivepreventionplus.com/home/middle-school/ https://opa.hhs.gov/adolescent-health/reproductive-health-and-teen-pregnancy/trends-teen-pregnancy-and-childbearing https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/state-indicator/abortions-by-race/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D
I encourage all of my fellow American citizens to take 30 to 60 minutes out of their day to gather the necessary information required to make an informed decision with regards to electing government leadership and/or approving policy measures that will affect the prosperity of our country. https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/ https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2024/general/pdf/complete-vig.pdf
I question the morality of any adult that purposely creates content aimed at children that have nothing to do with the best interest of the child and everything to do with the best interest of the adult. When I was growing up we called that strategy “GROOMING”! Created for lower elementary students (6 to 9 years old) https://www.titlewave.com/search Child Development at those ages: https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/development/development-tracker/6-8-years
Witnessing the slow demise of the American way of life makes it clear that democracy, even a constitutional republic as a version of democracy, doesn't work. That being said, socialism is definitely not a viable alternative. If our democratic process has been a slow walk off a long cliff, then socialism is akin to Hussain Bolt sprinting towards that same cliff with a noose surround his neck and a bomb strapped to his back. So what do we do? What's left? Do we give up? No, that's not what I'm saying at all. What I'm saying is that you cannot create a solution to a problem you refuse to acknowledge. Why has democracy, or our constitutional republic, failed to uphold the tenets of our founding documents? Is it because of leadership? Ask yourself, “who elected them”? Is it because of the destruction of our nuclear family? Ask yourself, “who excepted it”? Is it because of socialist policies that hinder liberty? Ask yourself, “who marched in the streets demanding it? Is it because of sexual immorality? Ask yourself, “who pushed to normalized it? We are now the land of the slave and the home of the coward and we got here by way of democracy. If you believe murder is wrong, but your neighbor doesn't share that value and you both have the right to vote, what happens to your community if your neighbor's voice is a part of the 51%? Let's say you believe pedophiles should be institutionalized or incarcerated, but the 51% believe that “minor attracted persons” is a sexual orientation protected under anti-discrimination laws, what recourse do you have now. It's not any better if you flip the percentages, you still end up with 51 oppressing the 49 and that division will inevitably lead to conflict. So what's the solution? If the problem is diametrically opposed values then the answer is shared values. Shared values unifies. Shared values offer boundaries that all choose to adhere to willingly and for the greater good. And that greater good is reached through rational assessments undergird by objective truth, historical precedent, and acknowledgement of personal property as an inalienable right. Until “we the people” come to the realization that a culturally instigated division of fundamental values is upstream from the political matrix, democracy will continue to be weaponized to destroy our republic, our liberty, and our nation.
Her ethnic origin is not the issue. The issue is her recent job performance, her past job performance, her proposed policies, and her willingness to capitalize off the color of her skin and her gender, instead of the merits of her ability, to further her career. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-kamala-harris-did-not-switch-from-identifying-as-indian-american-to-idUSKBN25H1Q9/ https://www.businessinsider.com/californias-kamala-harris-becomes-first-indian-american-us-senator-2016-11
Whatever you are being told, the only thing you can trust is that it is meant to benefit the people they work for and they don't work for you.
Today The Light Bulb Initiative welcomes Nicolle Young with Moms For Liberty.
There is a concerted effort within our public school system to expose children of all ages to confusing, sexualized, unscientific, and sometimes pornographic literature and images under the umbrella of diversity and inclusion. In order to protect our children we must remain informed about the priorities of our educational institutions. As parents we are the first and last line of defense our children rely upon to ensure the safe development of their bodies, spirit, and young minds. https://www.destinydiscover.com/aasp/ui/pick/pick/
I admit it, I'm confused. Can you answer this simple question and relieve me of my ignorance? Do women's rights only matter when defending a women's right to choose? The reason why I ask is because the advocates for women's right to choose don't show up to protect women under any other circumstance. This story here is a prime example of the Left's lack of consistent conviction. A self identifying transgender nonbinary 1500 meter runner who goes by they/them pronouns just earned a spot on the women's Olympic track team heading to Paris. This is a man competing against women who will now take the spot of a woman who will be sitting at home watching a man run in her place on the women's team. It would seem that a man pretending to be a women has more rights than the gender he's pretending to be. That is unless, of course, it's the right to murder your own children, then the Leftist Progressives are all about the rights of women. Maybe if men had wombs the progressives would do away with women entirely, but I digress. https://apnews.com/article/nikki-hiltz-paris-games-dee8d391c518b8bf1249b78e792c71ca?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
Please welcome Kasia a public school librarian on the front lines fighting for the protection of our children and the rights of the parents to be informed on what their children may have access to within the public school system.
I wonder if environmental activist consider humanity a part of the environment. It would seem, from their proposed solutions, that they view humanity on this planet as one would view a virus within the human body. The less of us there are, the better for the environment right? Any mitigation strategy that costs human lives is not pro-environment, it's anti-human. https://www.cfact.org/2024/07/03/if-they-cared-about-humanity-the-left-wouldnt-ban-fossil-fuels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-they-cared-about-humanity-the-left-wouldnt-ban-fossil-fuels&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-they-cared-about-humanity-the-left-wouldnt-ban-fossil-fuels
The Democratic Party and their allies have been so thoroughly immersed in lies for so long that they were completely unprepared for the reality that punched them in the gut during last night's presidential debate. One would have to be completely detached from reality at this point to be surprised at Biden's performance yesterday. You'd have to wonder what the Democrat's expectations were. Maybe they believed all of that “Cheap Fake” nonsense. In spite of his last 50 appearances, did they believe that the long pauses, the incoherent gibberish, the uncontrollable vocal volume, the constant need for handling, the tripping, and the obvious confusion, were just a temporary passing phase? Seriously, where have they been all this time? I'll tell you where they've been, trapped in a web of lies that now dictate their reality. Now sit back and watch what happens when their false reality is shattered and the pieces they try to fit back together no longer fit. https://apnews.com/article/biden-panic-performance-democrats-debate-trump-cnn-fe6546f2c9762e80e6067ba10abedea8
Where is the wisdom in reducing a nonrenewable necessity to mitigate a potential issue that will be rendered moot if everyone starves to death? https://apnews.com/article/denmark-cow-tax-greenhouse-gases-9a570518639e0a1990806fd1a05ac11a https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/making-cattle-more-sustainable
I'd like you to ask yourself two questions: one - who has the power to create, allow, and distribute this content nationally? And two - what purpose would they have or doing so? https://scholar.harvard.edu/sites/scholar.harvard.edu/files/davidrwilliams/files/2013j.pdf
My question is this, “how is a book with LGBT themes created for children aged 8 to 12 going to help 3rd to 7th graders become more scholastically proficient in math, science, history, and language?” Topics concerning LGBT should be discussed in the home between parent and child and should not be accessible without parent consent within our public schools.
This picture book was created specifically for children from prekindergarten to third grade. To put this into perspective this could be as young as 3 years old. This picture book depicts a family with a daughter, appearing to be around 4 years old, who begins to act out, claiming to not like her name, her clothes, her long hair, or her bedroom. Instead of these red flags prompting her parents to step in with love and truth to affirm the value and purpose of their wonderfully made little girl, they allow her to cut her hair, they change her clothes, they change her room, and they change her name. These two adult guardians choose to be lead by their 4 year old daughter as if it is wisdom to recognize 4 year olds as developmentally competent to lead adults. This picture book is purposefully confusing from its illustrated cover and title to its last passage. I say that it is on purpose because the implication is that what is normal is hurtful and oppressive and a new normal is necessary to be truly caring and inclusive. Unfortunately this is a sleight of hand that is malicious and deceptive. This “new normal”, by definition is opposite of normal, or in other words, abnormal. Historically speaking, abnormalities have been indicative of something going terribly wrong. I fail to see how exposing 4 to 9 year olds to this confusing abnormality is going to help to shape them into mentally, physically and spiritually healthy adults who prioritize objective truth. The answer is simple, it was never meant to.
I would like to ask the author/illustrator of this book, the Placer County School Board (any school district across our great nation), and any adult, parent or otherwise, why they believe children as young as 4 years old should be exposed to this subject matter. And I'd also like to ask them how being exposed to these concepts will enrich their lives in a positive way and help them become mentally and physically capable adults. My last question to all of them would be, “If we were in societal agreement that this material was inappropriate for children 20 years ago, why do they deem it appropriate today”? The truth is our children should be our most protected class with nothing and no one coming before them. There are only two sides to this fight and the right side still believes this. If you do not, for whatever reason, you are on the wrong side. You are an advocate of evil and I will do everything in my power to oppose you.
I grew up in a time when our society as a whole prioritized protecting children from inappropriate materials, physical ailments, mental illness, harmful substances, predatory behavior, and anything that subverted the ability of parents to effectively raise their own offspring. I blinked and all of a sudden we have government institutions, mainstream media, private businesses, healthcare professionals, and entertainment conglomerates telling us that everything we believed 5-minutes ago is wrong and children should be allowed to consume pornographic material, they should be taught to engage in sexually explicit behavior, they should be exposed to biologically confusing concepts as if they are normal, they should be allowed to make irreversible decisions they can't fully comprehend, their mental illnesses are to now be celebrated and encouraged, and worse, the people that gave birth to them and love them more than anything in this world, are now the child's greatest enemy and the institutions, MSM, entertainment, and doctors are the true heroes of the story.
On 2024-04-26 at approximately 1345 using the last 10 rounds of the box, on the third shot, we experienced a case head failure that damaged the slide of my Walther P22. I reached out to Walther and they provided a FedEx label (free of charge) and asked me to send the firearm to them so that their Smiths could take a look. I sent the firearm to them on 5/1, they received the firearm on 5/3 and sent it back to me repaired on 5/9. What I thought was going to be an assessment turned out to be a repair, once again, with no charge to me at all. Good customer service is a dying art so when you receive it, it is both surprising and refreshing. I wish that I could patronize them more, but living in California where our leadership has abandoned the Constitution, I am only able to legally purchase the P22 in this state thanks to Kamala Harris, which I already have, and nothing else from their extensive catalog of products. That being said, I really appreciate how Walther handled this situation. Thank you very much and keep up the good work.
Our nature is to serve ourselves, love ourselves above all else, and then rationalize that nature in an attempt to justify it. This inherent behavior is at the root of every hostile action we've taken against one another. It is the sole cause of every war, every perpetrated atrocity from rape to genocide, and every dictatorship on every continent throughout the history of mankind. We love ourselves more than we love freedom, we love ourselves more than we love the truth, we love ourselves more than we love justice, and, reprehensibly so, we love ourselves more than we love God. Because we love ourselves so much we toil day in and day out trying to figure out how to make everyone who isn't us love us the way we love ourselves, (forsaking all else). To accomplish this we utilize violence, blackmail, bribery and fear. Every system from religion to governmental bodies are ultimately highjacked and twisted into systems of control. For examples look no further than the year 2020. From local leadership to federal leadership all the way down to your neighbor, every single one demanded compliance without practical reason. And if you didn't comply you were punished in all the ways I've listed above. Bribery was also used in the form of gifts and lotteries. These aren't the actions of a free nation. These are the actions of a totalitarian nation prioritizing compliance over liberty. The Bible says to love our neighbor as we love ourselves because God knows that only in service to one another can we deny our broken nature and experience true happiness.
Leftist progressives and Neo-liberals only like children when they can sexualize them, abort them, or use them to ignite emotional volatility as a weapon to further their goals toward the destruction of liberty under the facade of peace. In this case they're using the lives of our children to make an unsubstantiated claim that allowing educators who choose to take on the responsibility of becoming the first line of defense against the criminally insane is not only less effective than learning to cower, run, and hide, but will somehow increase the occurrence of gun violence on campuses statewide. They, of course, never explain exactly how. The inference is that the law abiding educator in spite of undergoing 40 hours of training, background checks, and a mental health assessment, will automatically become a threat on par with a psychopath simply because they are now armed. They, of course, never explain exactly how. The truth is most mass shootings happen in gun-free zones because if you want to kill as many people as possible the last thing you want is to get shot before you even have a chance to begin the carnage. The truth is only good people with guns stop bad people with guns. The truth is the desire to protect without the most effective means to do so, is in fact, no protection at all. https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/resources/gun-facts-and-fiction/mass-shootings/ https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/PublicTestimonyDocument/5273 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/10/do-98-percent-of-mass-public-shootings-happen-in-gun-free-zones/
First, I ask that all of you watch this segment so that you can see with your own eyes what it is they are actually celebrating in Arizona. Then, ask yourself if what you witnessed can be classified as a “reproductive right”. If your answer is yes, then I invite you to explain how a cause resulting in the death of a human child is righteous in any way and if the answer is no, then I challenge you to join the fight for innocent life. https://www.coastreporter.net/politics/arizona-governors-signing-of-abortion-law-repeal-follows-political-fight-by-women-lawmakers-8691935?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
This Time article attempts to blame falling U.S. birth rates on the economic instability of wealthier countries, the pandemic, lack of paid family leave, healthcare cost, childcare cost, student loans, political polarization, work instability, healthcare access, global conflicts, unstable working hours, and even climate change. The irony is the article's proposed solution is more government when it is that very same government that is the root cause of every single problem listed above. The economic instability of wealthier countries is caused by nonsensical policies and regulations imposed by the government. The non-scientific response to the pandemic destroyed the middle class, small business, supply chains and education; to name a few. If the private sector was less regulated they'd fiscally be able to accommodate longer paid leave for families. Healthcare costs and access would increase if the medical industrial complex was a true free-market. Global conflicts would not be a factor domestically if we made our own bed before trying to clean someone else's room. If our governmental body hadn't steered the culture away from single income households, work stability and childcare wouldn't have become a potential hindrance. Finally, “climate change”, really?! Climate alarmism was created and is perpetuated by our government despite the scientific contradictions as a system of control and distraction. The real problem is big government and our only way out of this predicament is to prioritize the nuclear family, encourage our youth to marry as soon as possible, restructure our economy to support young families, deregulate in favor of free-markets, bring back Judeo-Christian objective moral standards, enforce our constitution as it is written, bring trades back to high school, put patriotism back in schools, put education back in school, enforce legal immigration, and finally, we the people need to elect leaders that serve the people instead in place of themselves. https://time.com/6970873/us-declining-birth-rate-2023-total/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
This debate is clearly black and white, or rather, one side is good and the other side is not. There is no clearer indication of this fact than realizing that when the pro-choice side gets their way the result is the premeditated murder of innocent life, (which is why I call this side the pro-death side), and when their opponents get their way the resulting outcome is the protected preservation of innocent life. One side acknowledges the rights of one while removing the rights of the other sighting level of development, inconvenience and personal desire. While the other side recognizes the sovereign right to human life for all those possessing life no matter their level of development or the personal whims of others. The fact that there are even two sides is a stark illustration of the progressive societal collapse we now find gnawing at the neck of a nation that used to prioritize an objective moral compass. Certainly, historically, we fell short, but at least we were asking the question, “is this moral?” That prevailing question led to the abolition of slavery, which is, if nothing else, morally reprehensible. Look how far we've descended. Not only have some abandoned the question all together, these morally corrupt individuals believe that asking the question itself is immoral. Let me put this in perspective for you, in 2023 alone there was an estimated 1,026,700 abortions. And in spite of the fears of the pro-choice advocates following Roe v. Wade, that's the highest annual number reached in over a decade. It is said that heart disease is the number one killer of Americans taking 928,741 in 2020. This is a false equivalent. Mathematically speaking, it is abortion not heart disease that is the number one killer - the only difference being that one is a medical morbidity while the other is mass murder. https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/arizona-democrats-attempt-to-repeal-the-states-19th-century-abortion-ban?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/19/1238293143/abortion-data-how-many-us-2023
How helpful is it to tell someone that is clearly in mental distress, believing they were born into the wrong body, that they are right? How is it compassionate to tell them that they are a mistake and the only way to fix that mistake is to surgically and pharmaceutically alter their appearance to fit their delusion while at the same time punishing any and everyone who is reluctant and confused by the mandate to acquiesce to this altered theatrical presentation? The truth is, everybody loses and that was the goal from the start. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/new-federal-rule-bars-transgender-school-bathroom-bans-but-it-likely-isnt-the-final-word/article_ddb29db2-6397-5e65-b930-eb31d9745ede.html?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
Freedom of speech acknowledges the sovereignty of one's own mind. Without it, you cannot be free. When you are told what you can say and what you can't, you are essentially being forced to live at another's whim other than your own. Those who are freedom's adversaries will convolute the issue as if it were a nuanced grey area worthy of further discussion. This cannot be further from the truth. It isn't difficult to distinguish where unlawful behavior begins and where freedom of speech ends. Those who claim otherwise, subjectively criticize speech based on how it makes them feel regardless of its authenticity and/or lawfulness. Any weapon that is utilized to extinguish a piece of freedom, will be the same weapon used to extinguish the remaining whole. https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/what-does
Generally speaking, when one lies, it is for their benefit at the expense of everyone else. It is essentially, ‘THEIR TRUTH', which could also be interpreted as a lie for you. Of course I'm not referring to an individual conveying their own lived experience, but when you call that lived experience truth, it is by definition not objective. Since it is impossible to guarantee that people will not lie to you, the best you can do is protect yourself with objectivity. In order to do that you have to value and prioritize the truth no matter how it makes you or anyone else feel. You also must implement an information verification procedure undergird by objective reality. If you can do this, not only will you be able to protect your mind and heart from the enemies at the gates, you will also become a shining example to others that they too can break free from this cycle of self destructive propaganda. You cannot build a better world on a foundation of lies. It's been tried before and it's being tried right now. Is this world better yet? Oh! I know - we are just one lie away from that utopian society, right? https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/21/us/oklahoma-double-murder-plot/index.html
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. James 4:1-3 ESV
Objective observation has revealed the following to be true; Mr. Obama is a cultural marxist, Mr. Obama is anti-American, Mr. Obama is a globalist, and Mr. Obama is a very accomplished con-man. His hate for the principles our country was founded on is hidden behind soft smiles and compelling, although divisive, words garnished with verifiable lies. America was bamboozled into handing their lives over to a harbinger of chaos and now the foolish are confused as to why their lives are in chaos. He wasn't the first, he was just the most efficient. His Neo-Marxist strategy to hide his malicious intentions behind the hue of his skin is what allowed him to rise above the ground work laid by his predecessors. I did not vote for him. It was obvious to me that when you trade white hoods for black hoods you still get burning crosses on the front lawns of who they deem their societal enemies. Despite what Mr. Obama, as a Cultural Marxist would have you believe, evil is not inherent to any particular ethnic origin, but dwells in the hard hearts of mankind itself. Elected leaders are the direct reflection of the prevailing national culture. With this in mind, historically speaking, we have consistently elected leaders that choose not to represent the interests of the American people, but instead further their own interests by serving the elite class that ironically Marx claimed to oppose. Marx's ideology was never meant to create a classless society, but instead was a brilliant vehicle to convince the proletariat to relegate themselves into a slave class and willingly except the domination of the high-born where he planned to reside. Mr. Obama stands as the culmination of decades upon decades of experimentation and in the end the Frankenstein monster that was unleashed upon our country did what he was created to do - burn the United States to the ground.
Let me begin by saying this in hopes that you understand me clearly, “no matter what they say their goal is not to keep you safe.” As the great Thomas Sowell says and I'm paraphrasing, “the best society can achieve are trade-offs.” Meaning, perfection, or a utopian society is out of reach to imperfect people. We must always strive to ensure that the trade-offs produce the greatest good for our populace as a whole; a net positive if you will. Our first and second amendments are excellent examples of a net positive trade-off. But to illustrate this point better let me show you how removing either of these amendments would present a net negative trade-off as this trade-off would produce the same result. Let's say you don't like what another citizen has to say so you empower a government body to punish that citizen if they continue to speak in a way you deem offensive. Now let's say that you notice your neighbor owns a firearm and even though he has done nothing wrong to you, him being in possession of a firearm makes you feel uncomfortable. Because of this uneasiness you vote to empower that same government body to come to his home and remove any and all firearms, by force if necessary, so that you can alleviate your fears. In both of these scenarios the trade-off was liberty for safety. Unfortunately for you, historically speaking, this trade-off has always produced a net negative result; it's always been a matter of time. In striving for your own subjective safe space, you've given power, to an institution outside of yourself, to silence speech and disarm law abiding citizens. Sure, this time, they did it for you, but what's to stop them from doing it for themselves now that you've given them the power to do so? The irony is the two things that would have kept them in check, speaking your mind freely no matter who's offended and possessing the most effective tool for self defense, were the very things you traded to feel safer. Our forefathers, having liberated themselves from the heel of tyranny, knew this and in their wisdom crafted our constitution fully aware that individual liberty can never be compromised for any reason, period. Guided by divine providence, they took it a step further, inscribing that no government has the power to remove what God has given. Being the land of free you are not guaranteed safety which is why this is also the home of the brave - because it takes courage to live free. https://time.com/6550026/prague-mass-shooting-gun-laws-czech-republic/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/21/europe/prague-university-shooting-intl/index.html Sweden https://www.barrons.com/news/sweden-tops-europe-in-fatal-shootings-report-shows-01622034913 https://www.lifeinsweden.net/sweden-gun-laws/ Gun Death by Country https://wisevoter.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country/ https://news.sky.com/story/police-to-get-powers-to-seize-and-destroy-machetes-and-zombie-knives-in-further-crackdown-12950418
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