Freedom Matters
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
- Thomas Jefferson
REAL CONVERSATIONS: I'm Pro-Gun | Change My Mind
In a new segment called "Change My Mind", Steven Crowder takes to the streets to have real conversations with every day people on hot button issues.
FREE PEOPLE ARE ARMED PEOPLE:
- Free people have the right to defend themselves, slaves do not have rights.
- Free people who allow themselves to be unarmed will not remain free for long.
- Unarmed people, can only flee from evil. And evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
When government takes away citizens right to bear arms it becomes the citizens duty to take away the governments right to govern.
- George Washington
DECLARATION OF FREEDOM:
- All people are born free, created equal, and have individual rights.
- Interactions between people should be voluntary and free of force, fraud, theft, and threats.
- We never have an obligation to let anyone commit aggression against us.
- We never have an obligation to let anyone violate our freedom.
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO VIOLATE OUR FREEDOM:
- No one has the right to harm me.
- No one has the right to threaten me.
- No one has the right to steal from me.
- No one has the right to violate my individual rights.
YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS:
Individual rights are rights we are all born with and no one can legally take away from us.
- The right to self-ownership - I own myself.
- The right to privacy - No one has the right to violate my privacy.
- The right to self-defense - I can defend myself, my property, and my individual rights.
- The right to own and carry weapons - So I have the ability to defend myself, my property, and my individual rights.
- The right to free speech - I can communicate my opinions and ideas without fear of government retaliation or censorship.
- The right to liberty - Liberty is freedom from permission. I can do what I want, as long as I do not violate the freedom of others.
YOU OWN YOURSELF:
Self-ownership is an important part of being human. You own yourself. You own your body. You own your labor. For anyone to assert otherwise is to attempt to restrict your freedom or make you a slave. Without self-ownership, there is no freedom.
NON-AGGRESSION PRINCIPLE (NAP):
Because you own yourself, it is wrong for someone to initiate force against you or your property. This non-aggression principle (NAP) applies to everyone, and it is therefore wrong for someone to violate your freedom. Interactions between people should be voluntary and free of force, fraud, and threats.
FREEDOM:
Freedom is the ability to exercise your will within your individual rights without the threat of force from anyone else. Freedom is not just an ideal state of society, but a moral code for respecting the individual rights of others.
FREEDOM IS NOT A ...
Freedom is not a battle that requires the conversion of others in order to win. Freedom is won when you accept the fact that you own yourself, that you have individual rights, and no one has the right to violate your freedom. When you accept that you are free.
LAWS SHOULD NOT VIOLATE OUR FREEDOM:
If we have the right to do something and the law says you can't do it, we still have the right to do it. We have no moral obligation to obey any law that violates our freedom. We have a moral obligation to honor and recognize the individual rights of every human being that lives on this planet. No matter what the law says.
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM:
Their will always be people who try to violate our freedom. To remain free we have to be willing and able to defend our freedom. That is the price of freedom.
