10.28.08

Penn on “Gun Control” and Freedom

In this video Penn reminds us that we as Americans need to stop acting like a bunch of cowardly sheep and finally start living our lives like the free people we say we are. He’s right, I can argue all day that more guns makes us safer, but that’s not even the core issue. The core issue is what it means to live our lives as free human beings. If there is something we can do that would make us more free, such as rolling back gun and drug laws, we should do it regardless of how much safer we are before or after. The reason is because freedom should always be more important than (the illusion of) safety.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

- Benjamin Franklin

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