Those who are celebrating the recent pro-gun victory are blinded by the reality of what it really means. It was, in fact, a sad day in the waning years of the American Empire when the Supreme Court voted 5-4 that the D.C. ban on handguns is unconstitutional. -- I say that because when the U.S. was still the home of the free, the vote would have been 9-0. Actually, there would not have been a vote, because there would not have been a ban in the first place. There was a time when government would not have dared to tell a person he didn’t have the right to protect his family. Robert Ringer quoted in an article by Bob Burg.

[V]erden er ikke perfekt. Men takket være blandt andet handel med aktier indenfor våbenindustrien, så lever vi en forholdsvis fri og velstående verden, hvor man netop takket være en levende forsvarsindustri kan beskytte den private ejendomsret, og dermed også handle med alle mulige andre typer af aktier. Den handel er derfor en vigtig del af den dynamik og det liv på markedet, der sikrer velstanden. Det er derfor positivt i konteksten, der handler om at der er grund til at forsvare sig, fordi verden ikke er perfekt, - at der kan tjenes penge på våben.

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