Prime Minister of New Zealand Announces Gun Control Regulations

In the wake of the horrible tragedy that took place in Christchurch, New Zealand in which 50 people died while worshiping at their local mosque, the authorities in New Zealand wasted no time. They rushed to blame the guns rather than blame the perpetrator. They rightfully withheld the perpetrator’s name and likeness from media outlets as best they could; in order to avoid giving the sick individual the notoriety he craved.

Nonetheless, the Prime Minister of New Zealand rushed to the podium to announce sweeping new gun control regulations designed to ban “semi-automatic assault-style weapons”. These newly implemented regulations accompanied other draconian regulations. This is an all-out effort to keep anyone from so much as mentioning the attack in person or online.

Exploiting a Crisis

It was only a matter of time before politicians and socialists here in the United States got word of what they refer to as “progressive” regulations being levied upon the citizens of New Zealand. After all, the former Mayor of Chicago said it best, “You never let a good crisis go to waste”. That is exactly what many on the left intend to do here following the Christchurch mosque tragedy.

Europe’s Failed Gun Laws

Many countries in Europe and Australia seized on the outrage and emotions following tragedies like this with knee-jerk legislation that exploits their citizen’s vulnerable state. As a result, these countries implemented strict gun control regulations. These regualtions have done little to quell the violence along with oppressive big-brother style monitoring systems to punish those who dare speak out against the government. In fact, more citizens in Australia own guns now than they did before the gun laws went into effect back in 1996.

Good guys with guns save lives.

Despite the best efforts of politicians throughout Europe and even in Australia to eradicate gun crimes, these heinous acts still occur. Many cities in the United States continue to impose European-style gun laws yet fail to make the municipalities safer. Take Chicago, for example, where 2,391 shootings occurred in 2018. This is just a microcosm of what gun regulations look like in most big cities throughout the country. United States citizens have to jump through hoops to exercise their S econd Amendment right.

The Real Resistance – Defending the Second Amendment

While we see the plea’s for more gun control grow following a violent attack like this, it is safe to say that we will be able to hold on to the ability defend ourselves here in the United States; at least for now. After all the right to “bear arms” is right there in black and white in the Constitution. Even though it is a right explicitly bestowed upon the citizenry by the founders of this great nation of ours; there are many who look to give up that right for a false sense of security that our federal government claims to be able to offer us.

Benjamin Franklin said it best when it comes to the prospect of giving up ones liberty for security. “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

Tragedies like the one in New Zealand will occur regardless of how many false promises the government throws out there. This was something the founders of this country clearly understood. The importance of our Second Amendment plays out a countless number of times every year.

Good Guys With Guns Save Lives

There are many instances in which good guys with guns are able to avert crises by defending themselves and others from those intending to do harm upon unsuspecting victims. Nearly all of these go unreported on by the mainstream media. Not only does the Second Amendment give us the ability to protect one another from criminals in our midst, but it was also designed to be a check on the government as well. Many laugh off this notion by stating that the government could just nuke us all, as Rep. Swalwell so eloquently put it.

And it would be a short war my friend. The government has nukes. Too many of them. But they’re legit. I’m sure if we talked we could find common ground to protect our families and communities. — Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 16, 2018 Archive.is

Regardless of ones take on this aspect of the Second Amendment, the founders realized the importance of a federal government that is beholden to the citizenry. This is all we have left to keep our United States from becoming the same thing the founders fled.