1st Guns 2nd Grouping 3rd STFU and Obey

I am not the original author.

Govt: "How many guns do you own?"

Me: "Define ownership."

Govt: "What?"

Me: "Define ownership."

Govt: "Do you have guns?"

Me: "Having something is not ownership; that's possession."

Govt: "Okay... so do you possess guns?"

Me: "No; I own guns."

Govt: "Give them to me."

Me: "No; I own them. They don't belong to you and they never did. As the writer of laws, you do know what ownership means, don't you".

Govt: "Yes, it means that you have them."

Me: "No; we've just gone over that. To have something is merely to possess it; not to own it."

Govt: "Okay, so what is ownership then?"

Me: "Asking questions. The beginning of wisdom.... Ownership is the *right* to possess a thing. When I purchase a car from you, I own it even before I take possession of it from you. If I lend you my car, I no longer possess it; but I still own it because it remains my right to repossess it. It is my property. I have broken no fundamental law, it remains my property and nobody has the right to deprive me of it. The same is true for you and your property which you own. I have no right to take it from you."

Govt: "So you own guns"

Me: "Yes; being a free and lawful citizen, having violated no fundamental law by all-natural right, I possess and own firearms as property."

Govt: "But I don't want you to own guns. Give them to me."

Me: "Why? Have I committed any act of violence?"

Govt: "But some other guy committed violence with them"

Me: "So why are you wasting your time with me? Have I demonstrated any credible intent to commit violence?"

Govt: "Well, no; not as such, but... just give them to me. It will make the public safer."

Me: "The implication being that I am a threat to public safety?"

Govt: "Well, no; but..."

Me: "Have I ever made a threat to do harm to others?"

Govt: "No; you have not; but..."

Me: "And do there remain others in society, those with violent criminal intent, that may be a threat to me, my family, and to public safety?"

Govt: "Yes; but..."

Me: "But nothing. If your interest is truly to enhance public safety, shouldn't you be going after criminals that are neither innocent nor law-abiding before further weakening the position of the innocent, law-abiding, and non-threatening?"

Govt: "Yes; but... if we get rid of yours, there will be less on the streets."

Me: "You mean the one that I keep in my safe, bolted to the floor, in my alarm monitored home?"

Govt: "Yes; statistics have shown that..."

Me: "I am not a statistic; nor will I ever be one. I will not, an innocent sheep, defang myself while you continue to turn a blind eye to the wolves."

Me: "And let me ask you... suppose that I, a free, innocent, law-abiding citizen, were to respectfully refuse to surrender my lawfully acquired, used, and stored property, what would be your response?"

Govt: "I would have to arrest you and take them from you"

Me: "So you would threaten violence?"

Govt: "If you do not comply? Yes."

Me: "And you would use violent force?"

Govt: "If necessary, yes."

Me: "And you would use guns to enact such violent force?"

Govt: "Naturally, yes."

Me: "And yet I will have committed no actual crime other than that which was conjured up by a lobbyist."

Me: "So to sum up, you would knowingly, willingly, and repeatedly threaten to use violent force, with guns, against free, innocent, and law-abiding citizens."

Govt: "yes."

Me: "Do you not see the sheer hypocrisy in that?"

Govt: "Well, yeah; but it's for your safety."

Me: "Yeah, that's what Goebbel's said, too. Do I need to wear a yellow badge now too?"

Govt: "Now that you mention it..."

Me: "Saw that coming"