On Liberty, Safety, and Tyranny

I keep the politics to an absolute minimum on our blog and websites.  The latest shooting in the USA is still making headlines around the world, as folks wonder why we “cling to our guns” and create such an “unsafe society” for ourselves here.  I’ve been following this debate heavily for the past week, and I have boiled my thoughts down to just one pithy comment of my own…

 I’d rather endure the risks of Liberty than suffer the consequences of Tyranny.

 To those thinking that “safety” is something that can be achieved by giving up Freedom, my dear friend Wendell put it this way…

 If one could actually purchase safety with Liberty, then there would be no safer place on Earth than prison.

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