The Left and Individual Rights

Yet again I come to plead with whoever will listen, that so-called "Red Flag" laws are un-Constitutional, are un-American, and should not be passed.  Anyone involved in passing such laws should be ashamed of themselves, and slink off into histories dust bin.

Today, at the American Thinker R. Quinn Kennedy writes a piece entitled Red Flag Laws and Individual Rights. Kennedy writes:

There are inherent risks associated with living in a free society. One of those risks is that free people will harm other free people. Is freedom worth the risk? Of course it is! The reason is because the alternative is far worse. In a society where government controls every aspect of life, particularly the ability to own a firearm, dead bodies are piled upon each other at the hands of government elites who hold little regard for freedom of the masses.

Loss of liberty is the central contention against ‘red flag’ laws being enacted state by state. The law chips away at personal freedom. What the left refuses to accept is that liberty as an irrefutable right is foundational to the United States Constitution. The Constitution, so right and moral, has never stopped the left from snubbing their collective nose at yours and my freedoms. In legislative bills around the country every year, the left demonstrates that they prefer subjugation over personal liberty. California is an enduring example of citizens actually embracing subjugation by government. Imagine that.

What Kennedy doesn't say is that the actual risks to the individual are greater in a socialist society. They are always greater when the government doesn't have to fear the people. They may promise equality, but it is an equality of misery. They may promise safety, but it is only safety for the elite. "Utopia" literally translates as "nowhere." That is because the promises of the Red Flag laws will never be fulfilled. Instead, the Left is counting on family members who secretly hate guns, neighbors who have a gurdge, and people who are willing to "swat" their fellows to snitch on others until they have cowed enough of us that the rest won't matter. Then you will have a virtual monopoly of force in the government, who can do whatever they like. The criminal element will still have their guns, because they can always get them. But now you will be ruled by the strongest and most ruthless among us, with no recourse. As Samuel Adams said:

"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."

Go read the whole article, then please think about it.  Note too that they will be coming eventually for YOUR freedoms at some point.  Wouldn't it be nice if you had a few million more people on YOUR side?  Oh, and hope that they only take your wallet.  The history of such governments is that they will take your life.