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“Statistics” are irrelevant Apr 6, 2018

Chart swiped from here   I don't know if the above chart is accurate. It probably is, but the thing is, it doesn't even matter. Even if anti-gun "laws" would save some lives (without costing other lives) you don't have the right to impose those kind of "laws". Even if some former slaves die after being freed (and the evidence is pretty clear that a lot of them did die as a direct result of "emancipation") you still have no right to enslave anyone for any reason. Not for their own good, not "for the children", and not because the cotton won't be picked otherwise. It doesn't...

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Scott Adams on guns Apr 5, 2018

  Scott Adams of Dilbert fame wrote a post about the "gun debate" a few days ago. It's worth a read, even if you won't agree with his conclusion. Here's the link to it, if you are interested. Now I'll point out where he's wrong. "The persuasion filter sees individuals with different risk profiles favoring policies they feel will keep them safer even if it makes someone else less safe." Maybe some people do that. Especially the anti-gun bigots. But I don't. The only people truly less safe around guns are those intent on archating. And I don't care about their safety,...

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Americans need more Robin Hoods Apr 4, 2018

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for April 4, 2018) The middle of April is approaching fast; the time of the year when I hear a lot about taxes. Mention of taxes brings Robin Hood to my mind. I don't think of him with the more recent spin which has been put on the legend, but in the original spirit of the tales. Robin Hood is a model of an ethical outlaw. He broke bad laws by doing what was right for the right reasons...read the rest... - Thank you for helping support KentforLiberty.com Follow me on Steemit and Medium

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The Denial is strong in this one Apr 3, 2018

  In the past I have pondered whether it is ethical to accept "welfare" from government, but I have never doubted that it is dangerous. I have compared it to milking a grizzly bear. Over on Medium some poor woman said that my characterizing welfare as "the cruelest slavery" is a lie. Her evidence: when her family had their welfare cut off, they went through "hell". ...? Then she scolded me for my "conservative mindset". Strike TWO! I should have left her alone, but I pointed out that she only proved my point. Her family went through "hell" when the welfare was cut off precisely because they...

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So, you don’t want a gun… Apr 2, 2018

  Here's a shocker: If you don't want a gun, I don't want you to have one. Why would I encourage you to carry something you don't want, and may not want to learn to handle safely? That doesn't help anyone. If the reason you don't want a gun is based on lies told by anti-gun bigots, I will probably try to set you straight, but if you still don't want a gun after being shown the truth, that's fine with me. Go in peace. But don't imagine that you not wanting a gun in any way obligates me to not have one. It doesn't. My gun will never be...

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Presidential Derangement Syndrome Apr 1, 2018

  I didn't v*te for Trump. Or anyone. I got over that tail-chasing spasm a while back, and I refuse to consent to a ruler of any sort. And I'm certainly not going to endorse one! That being said... Donald Trump was not the dawn of the corrupt, disgusting president. I get tired of statists of the "left" pretending he was. Their most recent darling, Obama, was just as bad, but he was corrupt and disgusting in ways they liked so they ignored it. And still do. And, really, every president, congressvermin, mayor (except Mayor Stubbs- RIP), councilcritter, etc. is the same. Corrupt to the core, because corruption is...

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“Leave it”? To where? Mar 31, 2018

  "If you don't like the government move to Somalia!" "Love it or leave it!" Supposedly government gains the imaginary quality known as "authority" through "consent of the governed". But you aren't allowed to not consent without pulling up stakes and moving somewhere else; somewhere which will be claimed by some other gang of thugs. If that were the only way to withhold consent, then you aren't allowed to refuse consent to a rapist depending on where you happen to be. If you are on his property, or on property he claims as his own whether or not he actually owns it, you aren't allowed to refuse consent....

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“The right to not be shot” Mar 30, 2018

  The anti-gun bigots are busy trying to portray their activism as support for "the right to not get shot". They lie. Yes, you have a right to not get shot (as long as you aren't archating, anyway) because no one has a right to shoot the innocent. That's not being disputed. The thing is, your right to not be shot doesn't give you the right to violate other people's rights, and when you do, they have the right to shoot you. They may choose not to, but you're a fool to count on it. If someone is not threatening to attack...

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A cheap way to help Mar 29, 2018

I've mentioned that I'm now also posting on Medium. Here's a little more of how (I think) that works. For $5 per month you get access to everything I post there (which includes things I don't post here) as well as everything everyone else posts on Medium. All for that $5 per month. It seems like kind of a good deal. Now, I think that in order for me to make any money off the deal you have to read my posts and also "clap" for my posts (which you can apparently do as many times per post as you want-- but I'm not really sure). You can also...

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Taking make-believe too far Mar 29, 2018

Lawmakers are like authors of speculative fiction. They create imaginary worlds in their minds, then put them on paper for others to read. But their worlds-- their words-- are still only works of fiction. Nothing they write can create the right to forbid tools of self-defense, or create zones where they are forbidden. Nothing they write can make it wrong to grow or consume a plant. Nothing they write can make it OK to require a license for any activity. Nothing they write makes their fictional world real. But, there we have a problem. Cops-- which includes police officers, sheriffs and their...

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Keep your nose on your own property Mar 28, 2018

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for March 28, 2018) Neglecting to understand which things are your business, and which are not, causes many problems. People spend too much time with their noses in places where they don't belong while ignoring things for which they are responsible. If there's a guy living in a hole, it is none of your business unless you are the guy in the hole or the owner of the property where the hole was dug. No one else gets to have a say...read the rest... - Thank you for helping support KentforLiberty.com Follow me on Steemit and Medium

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Points of ignorance Mar 27, 2018

  There are many people I appreciate for their contributions in some areas, such as science or reason, while still rolling my eyes at their blatantly ignorant statism. I actually heard one saying that he discarded his "woo" beliefs one at a time, until he had no more. Yet, he identifies as a "progressive"/"liberal" and he is an anti-gun bigot. So, he still has at least one demonstrably false "woo belief", and probably more (considering the correlation of "progressive beliefs" with other statist nonsense). So, while he may be credible in some areas, he is not credible when it comes...

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Manipulated by “Russians”? Mar 26, 2018

  I am constantly amused by the concerns over "Russians" manipulating v*ters in the last (LOL. I wish) presidential election. If you v*ted for a ruler, it is clear someone manipulated you successfully. Why is it somehow "worse" if it was "the Russians" rather than Google, FOX, Facebook, or MSNBC? Propaganda and manipulation is the same whatever the source. - Thank you for helping support KentForLiberty.com Follow me on Steemit and Medium

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School indoctrinates and promotes ignorance Mar 25, 2018

If you still need evidence of how harmful kinderprison ("public" [sic] school) is, the recent anti-liberty activism by "students"should convince you. If you need more evidence, look at the percentage of former inmates who are die-hard statists. Kinderprison kills minds. Of course, this is what government needs. The lack of skepticism about kinderprison shows how damaging it is. Belief in the legitimacy of governing others is more clear evidence. You don't need anything else, but you still have the overwhelming ignorance (about every critical subject) and lack of literacy as icing on the cake. Kinderprison prevents education and it needs to die. It is hundreds of years...

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Prisons are stupid and wrong Mar 24, 2018

I hate prisons and imprisonment. "But you don't want criminals running free, do you? What about the children?" I don't want to be robbed to fund caging people who rob. That's stupid in the extreme. Obviously, it is evil to cage a person who has only violated some counterfeit "law", but prisons, and the punishment fetishists who support them, make no distinction. And what of those who legitimately harmed the innocent with an act of negligence or carelessness, rather than through ill intent? I don't see how this can be considered a crime, and I don't want them caged, either. If you lock...

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Me, chipmunks, and a startled trail walker Mar 23, 2018

  I am frequently disappointed at how unobservant people are, but one time it was really funny. On this occasion I was dressed in buckskins (as usual) and wandering around while my son was at a Cub Scout event at a park just outside of town. I had gone a ways down a trail and sat down against a tree to watch a family of chipmunks play. There was a mother and several youngsters living in a stump. The babies were exploring while the mother kept watch over them. When I had walked up and noticed them, the mother chirped...

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Statism is weakness of character Mar 23, 2018

Supporting government, and believing it is "necessary", is a sign of weak character. Moral weakness, perhaps-- ethical weakness, for certain. Recently I saw where someone was told to "go live in the woods" when he said he believed all human interactions should be voluntary and this was why he didn't "do" politics. Really. So the statist believes that in order to live among other humans, you must believe in molesting each other. Statism is insane, as well as being unethical. How can a person with a decent character believe that way? They can't. If you believe in governing others, you need to grow up. You...

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The lies of anti-gun bigots Mar 22, 2018

Lies are all they have. Recently I saw an old "article" by some bigot who said there were some truths that gun rights supporters would never talk about. Then he started lying. He correctly pointed out that the Second Amendment doesn't give people the right to keep and bear guns. But instead of recognizing that all it did was make it illegal for government to make up laws concerning guns, he went off on a tangent about "the militia", pretending it was something like the national guard. No, it isn't. That's not even speculative-- the militia is, was, and always will be...

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Anti-gun laws good for criminals Mar 21, 2018

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for March 21, 2018) How much do you respect self-destructive people? Do you honor those who engage in self-harm such as "cutting"? Do you celebrate those who burn up their mind and body by abusing drugs and alcohol? Do you respect those who commit suicide as soon as life doesn't go their way? Then why praise teenagers (or anyone else) who protest for more anti-gun "laws"? Just because they are "doing something" with conviction? If that's all it takes, young ISIS recruits deserve your respect, too...read the rest... - Thank you for helping support KentforLiberty.com...

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The responsibility of gun ownership Mar 20, 2018

  The human right to own and to carry weapons is absolute. No one has the right, and certainly not the imaginary quality called "authority", to violate that right. Anyone who advocates violating that right, whatever weasel-words they use, is an evil monster. Of course, that right comes with an iron-clad responsibility: you are responsible for not harming the innocent or their property. I accept that responsibility. Even the NRA, as weak and wishy-washy as they tend to be on gun rights issues, has always emphasized that responsibility. Anti-gun bigots pretend that gun owners shirk their responsibilities. Some do, but most do not. Very few gun...

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