Leftists Want Us Defenseless in the US, Too! - #2A
Why Australians are completely defenseless
Why Australians are completely defenseless
(Lee Williams, The Gun Writer) - Australians who defend themselves against an armed invader inside their own homes can be charged with a crime. That is how badly the laws have changed.
“We’ve had a massive increase of violent crime and we’re defenseless,” said Australian Topher Field.
Field is one of Australia’s leading Libertarian commentators. For more than 15 years he has used films, commentary and scores of public speaking events to inspire his countrymen to do what is right. He is up against one of the most civil rights-bending governments in this world, who instituted anti-gun laws at breakneck speed.
“We’re sick of gun control,” Fields said. “If a guy breaks into your home with a machete and you hit him with a bat you can be charged.”
To counter this, Field said, Australia’s One Nation party—a conservative political party launched in 1997 by Pauline Hanson—is growing in popularity.
“There’s a political awakening happening,” he said. “We’re famous for our rights attitude because we’ve been bitten on the bum. They’re now leading in the polls. Our candidate will be the next premier of Australia and will make it safer for Australians to use self-defense.”
Currently, anyone who wants to own a gun must first ask the police for permission and then pass a multitude of tests.
“If you want to own a firearm you must explain to the government why you…
It is not about having nothing to hide, it is about having something that is yours. The moment government ask for access to our digital lives, they produce the same mantra: "If you have nothing to hide, then there is nothing to worry about". This totally misses the point.
The question you have to ask yourself is not have you done nothing wrong.
Do you trust that today’s, tomorrow’s, and future government/governments will have complete and unchecked access to your personal information just because the technology to do it exist. History has proven governments change, the laws change, and priorities change, actions that are legal today may be outlawed or monitored or punishable tomorrow. We may relinquish the right we have today that we may regret tomorrow. Edward Snowden is often quoted: “Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”
Locking your door, changing your passwords, drawing your curtains and talking privately is not because you are trying to conceal your criminal activity, but because it is part of being a free citizen.
Government does play a role in security and ensuring people safety, however that must be proportionate to the liberty enjoyed by the citizenry, not an intrusion just because technology allow for it. Australians need to ask themselves what limits on government power do we want to impose now because if one government has the power, so will the next. The Constitution begins with: “Whereas the people”.
A statement reminding people that governments exist to serve people and not vice-versa. Liberty is not lost in an instance, but incrementally in the name of some cause or the next. The defense of privacy is not a defense of technology but it is a defense of liberty which makes for a democracy worth defending.
They had ample warning. Ba’al save the queen