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"Let the Heavens Fall" PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mike Kinsey   
Thursday, 28 September 2006

On September 27th, John Longenecker published an excellent article in his ongoing series “There Is No Such Thing As An Illegal Gun”. This third installment is entitled “Let the Heaven’s Fall”. In it, Mr. Longenecker discusses what would happen if all gun control laws were repealed. Would it be too dangerous for citizens to step out their front doors? Would all crime cease to exist? Would it have no effect at all? Let’s cheat and skip to the end to see what John thinks:
Meanwhile, where are the realities of the hysterical predictions of the anti-gun, anti-family crowd?

I think they’re nuts - just nuts. If one really believes that repealing all gun laws would turn the countryside awash in blood, then let the heavens fall. In other words, I call your bluff. Am I holding the American People hostage? No, the left is, and it’s time for hostage rescue.

Let’s expose the left’s actions to disarm the honest for the frauds they are, and let’s see what happens. Let’s unseat and otherwise defeat the power of the few dishonest, demagogic officials who want to keep the People in crisis unable to fight back.
In reaching his conclusion, many very valid points are offered. Allow me to paraphrase and then quote Mr. Longenecker:

1. Repeal the Second Amendment or Live With It.
“Here’s a question I get: what about those constituents who want gun control? Don’t they have the right, too?

The answer is No. No one in this country has the right to dismantle another’s civil right, no matter what you feel or believe. This was written into the Second Amendment to lock out precisely that avenue of emotion and abuse of process. If you want it out, put forth a new amendment repealing it, but be certain of one thing: a motion to repeal it means that it exists for now, and until it passes, that first version stands, and that means that, in this country, no gun is illegal.”
2. Those that Love Liberty are Demonized.
“For protesting these and for holding officials to their duty – something most Americans expect – liberty nuts are punished by defamation and other immoral tools. It’s like being a whistleblower: it’s a great way to catch Hell for doing the right thing, in your conscience, isn’t it? It’s a tough decision to make, and it intimidates many Americans and silences them.

Liberty enthusiasts are the whistleblowers of the country. The offense is holding officials to their duty. The very idea of heavy-handed, official interest in someone is retaliatory, and is proof that official and citizen are adversaries – this in a country where officials are servants of the sovereign.“
3. Fighting Criminals by Criminalizing the Law-Abiding is Asinine.
“You can’t fight crime by criminalizing the honest. That’s too easy, and does not speak well for the uniform and the oath one takes. No fair politicizing the good guys as the bad guys. No fair saying the citizen is suspect, a new official philosophy on the horizon for all citizens with the coming of RFID Chips and National ID Cards…

Making up new crimes only the honest will ever obey doesn’t fight crime, does it? That is the abuse of process.”
4. Only We Can Make It Better.
“…And it’s a whale of an issue this November. Don’t shy away from fighting gun control measures – meet them with the backing of the electorate. Everybody wants to go home at night, and we don’t need thugs making crime a political football where some of our loved ones won’t make it home. Those murders aren’t being committed by the honest, that’s for sure. And most murders aren’t solved. And some officials couldn’t care less.”