This article was originally published by Adam Dick at The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.
After any mass shooting, you can expect many politicians to jump in front of reporters and voters to herald support for cracking down on the ability of people to obtain, keep, and carry guns. President Donald Trump fits that mold, expressing his continuing support for imposing red flag laws to deprive people of their guns in his Monday statement in response to killings over the weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
He further trumpeted in the statement gun restriction actions he has taken as president, including directing the Department of Justice to ban bump stocks and approving legislation strengthening gun purchase background checks. Trump also noted the United States government last year prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses.
But, Trump’s policy response in his statement went far beyond praising his past and ongoing gun control efforts. He also presented a list of other objectives including quick capital punishment for people found guilty of hate crimes and mass murder and more involuntary confinement of mentally disturbed people. He proposed cracking down on the internet as well.
Regarding the internet, Trump stated:
We must recognize that the Internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds and perform demented acts. We must shine light on the dark recesses of the Internet, and stop mass murders before they start. The Internet, likewise, is used for human trafficking, illegal drug distribution, and so many other heinous crimes. The perils of the Internet and social media cannot be ignored, and they will not be ignored.
This comment from Trump is not surprising; coming a couple of weeks after the United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin promoted a crackdown on cryptocurrencies because they, like the internet, can be used to help accomplish bad, or at least government disapproved purposes. Make no mistake: When Trump says he wants to “shine a light on the dark recesses of the Internet” he is calling for more surveillance of, restrictions on, and punishments for people’s internet activities.
In Liberty Defined, congressman and #1 New York Times bestselling author Ron Paul returns with his most provocative, comprehensive, and compelling arguments for personal freedom to date.
The term “Liberty” is so commonly used in our country that it has become a mere cliché. But do we know what it means? What it promises? How it factors into our daily lives? And most importantly, can we recognize tyranny when it is sold to us disguised as a form of liberty?
Dr. Paul writes that to believe in liberty is not to believe in any particular social and economic outcome. It is to trust in the spontaneous order that emerges when the state does not intervene in human volition and human cooperation. It permits people to work out their problems for themselves, build lives for themselves, take risks and accept responsibility for the results, and make their own decisions. It is the seed of America.
Yeah, I panicked early, years ago, stacked deep on all the goodies, parts and food.
It’s coming, Trump won’t stop shit, panic NOW if you still need to get stuff.
Good luck.
Whatever you have, even if you double it, that won’t be enough.
The lesser of two evils.
The evil of two lessers…
The choices in the last election were what they were. Of the people in the running my first choice was Rand Paul, my second was Donald Trump. Trump is an authoritarian not a libertarian. An authoritarian can be acceptable in the short term as long as that authority is in your favor. Sooner or later, if you value the entirety of the Bill Of Rights, that isn’t the case however most on either end of the political spectrum are satisfied, if not happy, with some bordering on elated, as long as their agenda is advanced especially at the expense of the opposition. Rights are those they hold dear, the remainder are mere privileges if they exist at all. In the end government becomes in function democracy, a government of men, not the constitutional republic, a government of law.
I knew we had a Lincoln (suspender of habeas corpus) rather than a Jefferson when I heard Mr. Trump say “Take the guns first, then ‘due process’…”
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It doesn’t matter, people are stupid and braiwashed, they have no idea what freedom is. This country is finished. Be glad you had some resemblance of freedom cause it’s only going to get worse, a LOT worse. Maybe repent for having kids you were too ignorant to know you were going to put them through the hell that is at the doorstep. Explain it to them on your way out and remember you have no right to bich about too many people everywhere….
The Dems can’t beat Trump in an election. But he can certainly loose one.
I told you trumptards but nooooo. You worship him still even though he hasn’t really accomplished shit! You can cry till you piss yer pants but the constitution is in the trash just waiting for the lid to be put on and the disposal to come get it. It’s all over but the screaming. Thank you humanity, you worthless pile of shit….
Genius
My choices were Trump or Hillary. Trump is bobbing and weaving regarding the 2nd Amendment, Hillary would make its evisceration a top top priority. Trump rolled back Syria, Hillary would have have enacted a “no fly zone” and with it potentially, likely probably a confrontation with Russia. We unfortunately get the cards we’re dealt.
Kevin2, agreed Hillary would’ve gone after the guns first. I just relocated within the past week to the BOL. Now I’m in the right place when the balloon goes up. I’ll die right here defending my home if it comes to that.
The Deplorable Renegade
Good luck at your new location. I’m too……too old, too unhealthy to live off the land. Suggest becoming the grey man. Don’t let anyone know what you have, what you do and what you think. If any info is given its “I’m poor”. I don’t see a ballon going up. I see a relatively gradually increasing laws and rules and simultaneously less freedom.
A repost for you not to smart folk…
TRUMPS LEGACY (so far)… from comments on zerohedge…
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INACTION AGAINST TREASON IS TREASON IN ITSELF- FROM DAY 1
LOCK HER UP: NO
WAR CRIMES PROSECUTED: 0
SWAMP CREATURES EXECUTED: 0
SWAMP CREATURE PROSECUTIONS: 0
BENGHAZI CRIMINALS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE: NO
9/11 DOMESTIC CRIMINALS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE: NO
GEORGE SOROS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMES: NO
JUSTICE SCALIA’S MURDER AND COVER-UP INVESTIGATED BY THE ‘JUSTICE’ DEPT: NO
U.N. EXPOSED AND CONFRONTED FOR INITIATING ‘MIGRANT CRISIS’ IN WESTERN NATIONS: OF COURSE NOT
JULIAN ASSANGE – EDWARD SNOWDEN – MICHAEL FLYNN PATRIOTISM RECOGNIZED: NO- STILL UNDER PERSECUTION
WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS INVOLVED IN RAIDING OF SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND, FEDERAL PENSION SCAMS, ‘TOO BIG TO FAIL’, ‘STIMULUS’ AND ‘THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT’ SCHEMES BROUGHT TO JUSTICE: NO
ALLOWED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO BE SPENT ON A FRAUDLENT BOGUS INVESTIGATION, LASTING 2 YEARS, FROM ‘OPPOSITION’ WITH NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION TO JUSTIFY SUCH A SPECTACLE: YES
BREAK-UP OF BIG TECH CENSORSHIP CRIMINAL ORGS: NO
ALLOWING CONTINUED ENDLESS PRINTING FROM THE FED: YES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING CUT- REDUCED DEFICIT SPENDING: NO
TAX BREAKS FOR BILLIONAIRES AND MONOPLY CORPORATIONS: YES
WAIVES RAINBOW FLAG AND SUPPORTS ANTI-FAMILY AGENDAS: YES
CUT FEDERAL FUNDING TO PLANNED BUTCHERHOOD HARVESTERS AND DEALERS: NO
IRS ‘AUDITED’ FOR TARGETING OF TEA PARTY AND GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS: NO
FUNDING CUTS TO ‘INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING’ AKA INDOCTRINTION CAMPS: NO
ADDRESSING ISSUES OF AI/TECH THREATS, GEO-ENGINEERING, THE MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, SLOW KILL EUGENICS THRU BIG AG/ BIG PHARMA, ANTI-VACCINATION RIGHTS: NO
RENEGGING ON ALL POSITIONS OF SUBSTANCE- PULLING TROOPS OUT OF SYRIA -SHUTTING DOWN THE BORDER IF CARAVANS NOT STOPPED: YES
TORE UP INF (NUCLEAR ARMS TREATY) WITH RUSSIA IGNITING A NEW ARMS RACE: YES
SUPPORT OF STATE SPONSER OF TERROR WITH THE HOUSE OF SAUD COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN YEMEN: YES
HEAVY MEDDLING IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS IN VENEZUELA WITH ‘STRONG POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY OPTION’: YES
DISMISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR REAL PROGRESS IN PEACE TALKS WITH N. KOREA: YES
MORE GUN CONTROL / CONTINUED ATTACK ON 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS: YES
LAS VEGAS MASSACRE AND COVER-UP RE-INVESTIGATED BY FEDS: NO
INCREASE IN POLICE STATE SPENDING AND PRESENCE: YES
LAVOY FINICIUM’S MURDERERS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE: NO
REVOCATION OF PATRIOT ACT/SPYING ON CITIZENS: NO
INCREASING WAR EFFORTS AND MIC SPENDING: YES
Make umerika grate agin’ !
Excellent rundown Genius exposing more than obvious raplidly increasing government tyranny.
This is one of the best posts I’ve read on here
Genius, you said a mouthful about Trump. All true.
Genius
Once again its Trump v Hillary; a no brainer choice. That being said Trump is a political version of P.T. Barnum at center stage with bullhorn announcing, “The greatest show on earth”.
– – Fight censorship. Stop Censorship.
– – – Fight the mass media brainwash psy-op. Break Up the Tech Monopoly Bully censors. BORDER SECURITY is necessary for National Security. Border Security to Protect America.
Stop the Invasion by Migrant hordes. Stop drug cartels. ARREST THEM.
Look up the term:
“Hegelian dialectic:”
* Problem
* Reaction
* Solution
Politicians/Mass Media owned by foreigners seem to use:
– Any excuse to Steal Constitutional rights. Rights given Not by man, but by God.
– Any excuse to shut down non-leftist people CENSORSHIP.
– Any excuse to disarm Americans.
– Any excuse to justify bringing in the NWO communist Beast System, to a once free American people.
* * * Politicians will take Any excuse to justify Tyranny and to install even more control mechanisms.
What do you think?
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We just wrote another large check to send to NRA. Maybe you can do the same.
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“Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.”
— Ecc 10:6-7
When the collective hive is holding you back, on purpose, when you are being replaced and your consumption limited, any form of self-control, self-improvement, self-ownership, self-fulfillment, or even self-aggrandizement is generally a better form of rebellion than randomly throwing your individual life away.
I am selfish, and I hate ten things, every morning, before breakfast.
I will not accept an indelible mark in the right hand or forehead. I will not blaspheme or persecute my own kind.
I have an identity, and I think of you, accordingly.
“When the collective hive is holding you back, on purpose, when you are being replaced and your consumption limited, any form of self-control, self-improvement, self-ownership, self-fulfillment, or even self-aggrandizement is generally a better form of rebellion than randomly throwing your individual life away.”
So true. Doing things yourself is a great teacher of discipline.
Schwarzenegger was true-enough, when he said that 95% of people need to be told where to go and what to do.
Are you one of the exceptional 5%, conscious of self and self-ownership, and how you might use your person to make a philosophical statement?
A fly sees it’s fellow self-immolate on the zapper. What statement has been made? Are all the different bugs going to fulfill some political ultimatum, now? Would it be highly unusual, for even one to attain consciousness?
Even if you may never find acceptance and success, any solace you can find, in and of yourself, in whatever autistic niche interest, would still be better than hurting yourself for people who just don’t mind, at all.
Trump is a fraud. He is nothing more than an influence peddler who also has a good Media game.
Trump does the opposite of what he says and has done nothing to stop the deep state or the new world order.
He is just as heavily implicated in the Epstein network. I suspect he is using the reveals to put pressure on other wealthy people to pay off his debts: that is what Mar e Lago is about.
AOC is more real than Trump: at least she has big lady lumps and a nice butt and scrubs up very well.
But, can she cook and clean, without knowing what is a garbage disposal.
Also being too literal —
Where are those nice parts, now.
If we are to be chauvinistic (and a little silly, here, I am sure) she has nothing to offer us besides more empty promises.
She is hot! If I was a younger man I would marry her in a heartbeat. And she can mix a mean martini.
Big tits and makes a mean martini: basically the perfect woman in my books (and she can dance, is smart, looks stunning etc.).
Here is what campaign promises mean to me.
They are nice ideas but intangible, now.
Big tits and a mean martini, where are they, now.
Now, is the truest of all words.
“He is just as heavily implicated in the Epstein network.”
I don’t think so. Certainly he is a WOMANizer; I believe he loved ripe, very high quality fruit. He is pragmatic, an authoritarian and has no political ideology. I think he is not just ignorant of history he simply doesn’t care about it. Unfortunately, if you don’t learn from it you repeat its mistakes.
We are not very free. The hammer is coming down on our head real soon. Everything is in place. Maybe a few more totalitarian laws for good measure, then wham. They throw the switch and the electronic gulag takes over. Arm as many as you can. Mostly younger people. Proliferation equals availability. Availability equals a chance to regain freedom.
Him
A weapon may help you escape a cattle car ride to a gulag but it won’t retain your freedom. In the push of a touch screen your wealth is confiscated. Need medical care, sorry can’t and won’t treat you under penalty of law. As Joe Louis said, “You can run but you can’t hide”.
I see a slower yet comprehensive all encompassing control. None will be important enough individually to raise alarm significant enough for revolt. Collectively, one day they’ll wonder, “How did we get here”? Americans were at one time feral. They have been increasingly domesticated with ease and comfort from ice cream to air conditioning at the expense of freedom. The youth will likely tell you its a good trade off.
Proof of what trump is all about. Stepping on the necks of people that have nothing to do with the shootings.
Like the thoroughly corrupt fake national security apparatus looming over elimination of free speech brought forward by so called “conspiracy theorists.”
Soon they will go after internet sales of firearms, parts and ammo. Stock up now.
“Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.”
One side of the discussion asks where are all the guns and ammo went. <- You are focused on this side.
Another side asks where it all comes from.
There is no such thing as parity or moral equivalence, without some authoritarian, manning the balances.
There will be trouble, mark my words. Most working people are being screwed by the Uber rich and the Uber poor. Both groups scam you, you pay outrageous prices of everything imaginable that you buy, and then are taxed into poverty to support give away programs for the mooching poor. Now to add insult to injury they want you to support the unarmed third world invasion of the USA. See the bills proposing free health care for illegals…. Someone plans to benefit from the destruction of America, who is behind this, who benefits?