Derek Poe Was Wrong / Police Shooting

Our Founders said that everyone who had the responsibility to vote, also had the responsibility to OWN and CARRY firearms. They also stipulated that our country would limit the funding of a standing Army to two years without renewal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Originally, the power of Government was supposed to be reserved for protecting our freedoms. We have, for the last 200 years, incrementally given away that power to a State that is now a greater burden than the Crown we fought to remove. (1775 Tax=6.5%. 2015 Tax=35-50%) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are freedoms, given by God and protected by the Constitution, that we have allowed to be outlawed. We have allowed this to happen because of complacency and cowardice among our citizenry. Too many of us who believe the State will guide and protect them. These same people are ultimately responsible for the recent deaths of unarmed citizens at the hands of the police. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You have given up the responsibility of self defense (because you believe yourself, and therefore everyone else, to be incompetent) and determined only the State can do violence to defend it's people. Then, you promote a legal system that only allows the police to act AFTER a crime has been committed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This puts the police in an imposable scenario. One in which they are expected to "protect" you. But can only do so after you have been violated. Ask a cop today about this and he will tell you, "it is not my job to protect you. It is my job to enforce the law." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You have given up your rights of self defense to an organization that cannot protect you. This is why the greatest concentration of violent crime in this country will ALWAYS be where the greatest effort to impose the above philosophy has been made. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your cowardice causes crime. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now, Poe was wrong in that he attempted to carry a firearm on someone's private property who does not believe in personal freedom or the rights of self determination. That person, or their representative, had every right to ask Mr. Poe to leave, and maybe never come back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The wording of the "law" that was used to arrest Mr. Poe was likely something similar to "carrying a firearm in a manner calculated to intimidate or cause alarm." We have allowed this "law" to be used to mean the very ACT of carrying a firearm is "calculated to intimidate or cause alarm." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a cowards interpenetration intended to remove the rights of others. The coward does this because they believe themselves to be incompetent and unable to defend themselves. By extension, because they believe that no one is better than anyone else, EVERYONE is equally incompetent and unable to be trusted with the power to defend oneself. This means only the State should ever be entrusted with the power to defend it's people. And, we're right back where we started. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I expect those who disagree with this argument, quit reading along time ago. They are now likely to be spitting and frothing at the mouth with the impotent rage that rules most of the decision making in their lives. There is nothing I can do to change that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My goal in writing this, at least in part, is to have a discussion with those who disagree, but have continued reading. Come on over. I'll buy you a beer. We have allot to talk about.