No compromise about “Shall not be infringed”

PAUL HAMBY

Special to the Post-Telegraph

MAYSVILLE “When the government fears the people, it is liberty. When the people fear government, it is tyranny.”

August 21, 1992 was the beginning of a violent 11-day standoff in remote Boundary County, Idaho. U.S. marshals and federal agents went after a family who were essentially self-sufficient homestead folks who lived remotely and presented no threat to anyone until tyrannical federal agents faced off against Randy Weaver, his wife and five children, plus his friend Kevin Harris. The Ruby Ridge incident involved local authorities, the FBI, the ATF and the Secret Service. Sadly, it ended with the shooting deaths of a U.S. marshal, Weaver’s wife Vicki and their teenage son Samuel (Sammy).

In March 1993 the FBI declared war on the Branch Davidian religious group near Waco, Texas. They obtained a warrant for the arrest of the leader of the group, David Koresh. He could have been arrested on his weekly and highly predictable trip to town. But instead, the FBI and other federal assets moved in on the compound, holding siege for 51 days. They brought a military tank to serve an outstanding warrant. On April 19, 1993, shots were fired into the building setting it on fire. Seventy-six occupants died as a result of the fire; 28 were children.

On September 11, 2001 America was attacked by terrorists. The reaction from our government was far worse than what the terrorist did on that day. Americans lost rights and liberty when Congress passed the Patriot Act, leading to warrantless surveillance of American citizens followed by a $2.3 trillion, 20-year Afghanistan war that failed and cost many more lives worldwide than lost on 911.

In January 2016, the FBI and the Oregon state police murdered LaVoy Finicum in front

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of his wife and family in a car stop that never should have happened.

In the past 10 years, the FBI has infiltrated social media companies further spying on Americans without warrants.

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter exposed the extent that the FBI is colluding to suppress free speech. Now, what the “mainstream” media calls conspiracy theories, the Durham report has proven to be true It appears that the only ones not involved in Russian/Trump collusion were Russia and Donald Trump.

There is a pattern of tyranny from a top-down federal government that is out of control.

The only reason our government would want to disarm us after 247 years, is because they are planning on doing something to us that we would shoot them for.

When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for American citizens to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny from the government.

“Shall not be infringed.” No compromise. Ever.

Paul Hamby is a free-thinking, conservation farmer and small business owner in northwest Missouri’s DeKalb County.

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THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment for religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”