Monday, January 11, 2016

Chief Executive Warlord

"While the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss, the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day that I do in a year, sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying."
--Yuri Orlov (Lord of War)

Once again, President Obama is seeking to further regulate gun ownership--this time thru use of executive orders. Judge Nap explains why the president has little legal authority to do so.


Jacob Hornberger adds that President Obama, while trying to regulate gun ownership of the US citizenry, presides over the largest arms dealer on the planet--that being the federal government. In 2014 US government sales of weaponry topped $36 billion, up 35% from the previous year.

As these pages have noted, statists are not against guns. They need guns in order to enforce their policies. To increase their forceful advantage, statists need to disarm those who oppose them.

President Obama is merely seeking to strengthen his position as Chief Executive Warlord.

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