Notes from the Resistance
“We, your Majesty’s faithful subjects…” began the petition beseeching reconciliation with King George from the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775. That offering became known as the Olive Branch Petition. The following day, Congress issued its Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, explaining why hostile British troops would henceforth be gunned down on the battlefields of America. [More]
As with all things, the number of warnings will be finite.
[Via bondmen]
Michigan Senator: Democrats’ ‘Ghost Gun’ Ban Would Have Undercut the American Revolution… In sum, Lindsey said “our nation most likely would not exist” if guns without serial numbers had been illegal at the time of the revolution. [More]
Today’s Democrats would have been yesterday’s Tories.
[Via bondmen]
The Founders didn’t just rebel, they reasoned. [More]
Excellent short essay about what made America different…
If it whets your appetite, I’ve got a longer read for you.
There’s a reason Marxist Democrats want anyone who espouses founding principles rejected by their mobs as a fascist. The real revolution wasn’t the rebellion, it was the idea that people can govern themselves without monarchs.
And there’s a reason why the left has co-opted that concept to replace kings with commissars.
[Via WiscoDave]
In Contrasting Ideals, Faria not only introduces us to key “players” in both revolutions, like Maximilien Robespierre and other Reign of Terror figures like Jean-Paul Marat, whose differences with “Founding Fathers” like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson could not have been more pronounced. For rebellions that seemingly had so much in common at the outset, the goals of those driving them were antithetical. [More]
If you’re not familiar with the teachings of Dr. Miguel A. Faria, Jr., you’ve denied yourself the opportunity of learning from the best. If you are familiar, do yourself a favor by reading this, and your friends a favor by then recommending it to them.
While Light Shined Brightly in One Nation, Darkness Befell the Other! [More]
Dr. Miguel Faria, a great influence on me throughout the years, has a new book comparing and contrasting the American and French revolutions.
You may recall another book of his I reviewed, America, Guns, and Freedom. If you have’t read it, you’re passing up an opportunity to learn from the best.
I just got my copy of his latest in the mail and will find time to read it. I’ll get started, but with my workload and Christmas/New Years plans, it may be January before I finish, which is fine, because I just got the green light from my editor at Firearms News to submit a review.
