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"Open carry laws are nice, but they’re useless if the justice system continually punishes those who defend themselves against criminals. Owning guns would just be a soothing balm to those without power. Gun collectors could imagine themselves as Rambo, but they would know they couldn’t use any of this firepower in life-or-death situations. They can only use these guns to shoot up [stuff] in their backyard. Guns would effectively be rendered as toys.
That’s why it’s important for the [political] Right to defend upstanding citizens who are punished for defending themselves. Daniel Penny’s case matters more than the right to own a bazooka. You won’t be able to stop tyranny if you can’t even shoot a home invader without jail time. "
-- Scott Greer
https://highlyrespected.substack.com/p/gun-ownership-doesnt-defeat-tyranny
A few weeks ago, an image went viral. In Belgium a migrant used the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to cook an omelette. For many, the desecration brought to mind a quote from French author Jean Raspail, written in 1973 in his novel Camp of the Saints, about a sudden invasion of Muslim, Indian and African migrants into France:
“Your universe has no meaning to them. They will not try to understand. They will be tired, they will be cold, they will make a fire with your beautiful oak door.”
“Beware of two errors: despising the world God sustains, or worshipping the culture He restrains.”
— Abraham Kuyper, Common Grace Vol. 1, Ch. 30
"[Successful NY Mayoral candidate] Mamdani built his campaign on the infrastructure of the Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA and its city allies can dispatch activists across New York and, with a network of progressive partner organizations, can mobilize young people, get out the vote, and do the work of door-to-door politics.
"We saw this dynamic many times in the twentieth century: socialists rise to power, their policies degrade the quality of life, and, as they enter the endgame, they tighten their grip on power and offload resentments onto their ideological, racial, and economic enemies.
"...the twentieth century taught us that left-wing voters have extraordinary defenses against reality."
-- Christopher Rufo
