Like Minded Citizens

On Preserving Liberty

To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them. – Richard Henry Lee 1788

Let Your Gun Be Your Constant Companion

“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.” – Thomas Jefferson

The Importance of Firearms

“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence … From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable . . . The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that is good” – George Washington

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Should I be worried?

So I do a fair amount of air travel for my profession. In the next four weeks, I will be traveling to Anaheim, CA; Philadelphia, PA; San Antonio, TX; Cleveland, OH; and Orlando, FL. I can’t help but think that I have less of a chance of catching the Ebola virus if I stayed home versus traveling back and forth across the country. How contained is this domestically? Experts are being vague when it comes to answering the question “what are my chances of getting Ebola while traveling?” Most of what I’m seeing are comments like “very low”, or “unlikely”. I guess that is supposed to make me feel better. But believe you me, if I wind up sitting beside someone with flu-like symptoms, my spider-sense will be alarming in...

Teaching Kids What is Right

One of my best friends and a contributor to Like Minded Citizen is a youth firearms instructor. Earlier today we were discussing the importance of not just teaching them how to shoot, but to slip in important lessons about ethics and morals. Where is a young person going to learn a code of conduct today? Teaching a young person to shoot doesn’t serve much purpose if we aren’t teaching them about being a good citizen. The well-regulated Militia that the 2nd amendment talks about are citizens, not thugs or self-centered metro-sexuals. We need to be teaching kids what is right, not just what is legal. Rev. Z