• [ network ]
  • goatmatrix.net
  • gvid.tv
  • img.gvid.tv
  • games.gvid.tv
  • apps.gvid.tv
HomeUploadUpload DirectHotlinkRandomAbouttheme toggle
Expand

The Right to Bear Arms Is Still a Check on Tyranny

Views:1013
@ReasonVids

Ukrainians have taken to the streets with arms to defend their country and their freedom.
------------------
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?subconfirmation=1
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magazine/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason

Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines.
----------------
Ukrainians have taken to the streets with arms to defend their country and their freedom. They've prepared Molotov cocktails as makeshift bombs.

The threat of tyranny isn't only present in the third world. In the United States, critics of the Second Amendment have claimed that in modern warfare, small-time weapons are useless as a check on the power of standing armies.

"Well, the tree of liberty has not been watered with the blood of patriots," President Joe Biden said in remarks delivered at the White House on June 23, 2021. "What's happened is that there have never been, if you want to, think you need to have weapons to take on the government, you need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons."

But now Biden is sending small arms to "Ukraine's front-line defenders," and it turns out that weapons of all sorts can help fight off even a nuclear power.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted he'll give weapons "to anyone who wants to defend the country." Ukraine is the only European nation where firearms are not regulated by statute. Even in peacetime, Ukrainians were allowed to carry non–fully automatic rifles and shotguns as long as they were stored when not in use.

"And folks, ban assault weapons with high-capacity magazines that hold up to a hundred rounds," Biden said at his 2022 State of the Union address. "You think the deer are wearing Kevlar vests?"

No, but unfortunately, hunting isn't the only purpose of a gun. The horrific war in Ukraine reminds us that the right to bear arms is still a check on tyranny.

Written and narrated by Noor Greene; edited by Jim Epstein; audio mix by Ian Keyser

Music: Waltzing in the Rye, Kai Engel, CC BY-NC 4.0

Photos: Andriy Andriyenko/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom; Mirrorpix / MEGA / Newscom/ASLON2/Newscom; Andriy Andriyenko / SOPA Images//Newscom; Pavlo Gonchar/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom; Pavlo Gonchar/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom; Andriy Andriyenko / SOPA Images//Newscom; John Middlebrook/Cal Sport Media/Newscom; Igor Golovniov / SOPA Images/Sip/Newscom; EyePress/Newscom; Serhiihudakukrinform/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom; Serhiihudakukrinform/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom; Lex Villena/Serhiihudakukrinform/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

libertarian
,
reason magazine
,
reason.com
,
reason.tv
,
reasontv
    Thumbnail for Hot Takes Are Making the Ukraine Invasion Worse3:28
    Hot Takes Are Making the Ukraine Invasion Worse
    ReasonVids
    999 views
    Thumbnail for you know thats right!0:06
    you know thats right!
    bestofupgoat
    463 views
    Thumbnail for THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS - THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL13:05
    THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS - THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL
    bestofvoatxyz
    917 views
    Thumbnail for Future of Flight: NYC to London in 3 Hours6:20
    Future of Flight: NYC to London in 3 Hours
    ReasonVids
    1098 views
    Thumbnail for Would Hayek Have Approved Obamacare?7:57
    Would Hayek Have Approved Obamacare?
    ReasonVids
    828 views
    Thumbnail for the audacity to tell gordon THIS… 😳 #kitchennightmares | Food Club0:38
    the audacity to tell gordon THIS… 😳 #kitchennightmares | Food Club
    invidious
    176 views
    Thumbnail for Trying KFC Fried Chicken Flavored TOOTHPASTE | Kyle Krueger0:57
    Trying KFC Fried Chicken Flavored TOOTHPASTE | Kyle Krueger
    invidious
    100 views
    Thumbnail for Demonizing DDT: Challenging The Scare Campaign That Has Cost Millions of Lives9:16
    Demonizing DDT: Challenging The Scare Campaign That Has Cost Millions of Lives
    ReasonVids
    930 views
    Thumbnail for Niggers getting pwnd hard for abusing covid era Paycheck Protection Program loans. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiit1:55
    Niggers getting pwnd hard for abusing covid era Paycheck Protection Program loans. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiit
    bestofupgoat
    160 views
    Thumbnail for Hockey Players try Red Bull Crashed Ice Track for the first time WITHOUT Practice! | Hockey Tutorial13:01
    Hockey Players try Red Bull Crashed Ice Track for the first time WITHOUT Practice! | Hockey Tutorial
    invidious
    353 views
    Thumbnail for AU: Pensioner Arrested For Inciting Violence For Projecting The Letter 'Z' On The Sydney Opera House2:49
    AU: Pensioner Arrested For Inciting Violence For Projecting The Letter 'Z' On The Sydney Opera House
    AOUisgay
    584 views
    Thumbnail for we aint seen nothing yet!2:47
    we aint seen nothing yet!
    bestofupgoat
    421 views
    Thumbnail for Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on The Moral Case for Capitalism6:37
    Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on The Moral Case for Capitalism
    ReasonVids
    923 views
    Thumbnail for The goat holohoax0:59
    The goat holohoax
    bestofvoatxyz
    672 views
    Thumbnail for Silicon Valley Insider EXPOSES Cult-Like AI Companies | Aaron Bastani Meets Karen Hao | Novara Media1:29:43
    Silicon Valley Insider EXPOSES Cult-Like AI Companies | Aaron Bastani Meets Karen Hao | Novara Media
    invidious
    82 views
    Thumbnail for 🛑URGENTE: "LA DICTADURA FUERA DE CONTROL. TERROR DE ESTADO POR PARTE DEL REGIMEN" | El Informante TV1:25:25
    🛑URGENTE: "LA DICTADURA FUERA DE CONTROL. TERROR DE ESTADO POR PARTE DEL REGIMEN" | El Informante TV
    invidious
    138 views
    Thumbnail for Storytime! My camp joke TRAUMATIZED everyone! | Little Remy Food 🐭🍝0:30
    Storytime! My camp joke TRAUMATIZED everyone! | Little Remy Food 🐭🍝
    invidious
    107 views
    Thumbnail for Bully Journalists!0:23
    Bully Journalists!
    bestofvoatxyz
    562 views
    Thumbnail for Brekete Family Arewa Ashirin Da Biyu Ga Watan Biyar Shekara Ta Dubu Biyu Da Ashirin Da Biyar | Brekete Family Arewa1:32:25
    Brekete Family Arewa Ashirin Da Biyu Ga Watan Biyar Shekara Ta Dubu Biyu Da Ashirin Da Biyar | Brekete Family Arewa
    invidious
    63 views
    Thumbnail for You can shower as much as you want, just be quiet.0:21
    You can shower as much as you want, just be quiet.
    bestofupgoat
    489 views
    Thumbnail for What the Founders Really Thought About Race9:04
    What the Founders Really Thought About Race
    AmericanRenaissance
    1835 views
    Thumbnail for Rapid Mineralization by Water Flow in the manner of weeks and months rises questions how old mineral deposits (like stalagmites/stalactites) really are1:35
    Rapid Mineralization by Water Flow in the manner of weeks and months rises questions how old mineral deposits (like stalagmites/stalactites) really are
    bestofsaidit
    768 views
    Thumbnail for Kike whore puts foot in mouth0:15
    Kike whore puts foot in mouth
    bestofupgoat
    499 views
    Thumbnail for John Amery speech, his reason for leaving England. Hanged on December 19, 1945. RIP11:38
    John Amery speech, his reason for leaving England. Hanged on December 19, 1945. RIP
    bestofupgoat
    478 views
    Thumbnail for What Has Happened To Home Depot...11:39
    What Has Happened To Home Depot...
    AOUisgay
    584 views

points

Permalink
Reply
libertarian
,
reason magazine
,
reason.com
,
reason.tv
,
reasontv
TOS  •  Add Keywords  •  Donate  •   Analytics  •   DMCA  •   Puzzle