Guess which U.S. right foreigners value most Without the 2nd Amendment, there are no other amendments WASHINGTON — As America celebrates the 238th anniversary of the Founding Fathers’ decision to break from Great Britain, an outsider is telling WND it’s clear what made the unlikely revolution possible, and successful. An armed citizenry. “If the colonists had not had the means of defending themselves they would never have been able to throw off the chains of tyranny and bring forth a new birth of freedom on the American continent,” said Nick Adams, an Australian celebrity who is coming out with the a book, “The American Boomerang.” He comes from a perspective where an entire generation hasn’t had the freedom to protect themselves already. He said many things about America are exceptional, but he singles out the Second Amendment and the preference for individual freedom over state control as unique circumstances. “Without the Second Amendment, there are no other amendments: the rest of the Constitution is a recommendation,” he noted. In his native Australia, the government reacted to incidents of gun violence with a buyback campaign that claimed to be increasing safety. But while Australia’s crime rate dropped by nearly the same amount as America, which didn’t have a gun ban, violent crime overall in Australia increased by 42.2 percent while America’s dropped 31.8 percent. He said once Australians gave up guns, they became victims of more violent crimes than ever before. Read more at wnd/2014/07/guess-which-u-s-right-foreigners-value-most/#aT5hFhLD6xAeTB53.99
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 04:26:39 +0000
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