Although movies and tv shows may repeatedly show the "customary townspeople abuse" of persons in stocks (rotten vegetable throwing, poking with sticks, verbal insults, etc.), in reality sexual abuse/assault is well documented and was an important part of the deterrence factor, with some of the worst of it occurring under cover of darkness.I dunno man, pillories have seen a huge increase of being built and used by the BDSM community..... Do you really want to see people having sex in pillories in the public!?
Stocks/stockades are for feet, sometimes hands too. Pillories are for heads and hands.
It's all fun and games...till someone loses the key....
This is the idea of liberty that this country was founded on, but has been lost on so many fronts, not just 2A. Everybody seems to think their way of life is the only respectable and acceptable way of life, and there are far too many ready to tell everybody else how they should live. My personal opinion? Live how you want, own what you want, shoot what you want, do what you want, screw who you want, praise who you want, and die in whatever fashion makes you happy; as long as you're existence does not impede on the well-being of others. This is the pursuit of happiness. Mind yo business and do what makes YOU happy. That's why this used to be the land of the free that welcomed all people from all walks of life.
Couldn't agree more. "Your right to swing your fist ends where the tip of my nose starts," as the saying goes.
alternatively, it could correct in the other direction - the knowledge that EVERYONE would have access to the same tools to kill or maim a lot of people would perhaps make people think twice before rolling those out. I'm attaching no right-or-wrong judgment to this, just saying it could go either way, which is interesting to think about.
Eh. Look at all the various technicals and crazy weapon systems being built in North Africa-Middle East during the endless warfare there. I'm still thinking the issue of money would probably limit a lot of things from most people (missile systems, land vehicles, warships, tanks, etc)
That would be socialism, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Nobody's talking about the needs of any. Strictly talking about the freedom to exist not being infringed. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I think someone wrote about it once.
I was only referring to why so many socialists believe their way is the only way and want to force everyone else to live the way they do.
The only good socialist is the one no longer breathing.
This is an area that bears consideration.
Laws varied in the English American colonies prior to the republic and thereafter. However, in early America as we know it, there were several classes of people who were commonly disallowed the owning of arms. Indians, slaves, criminals, in some places even Catholics (who were thought to be disloyal), and -- "foreigners." So even back then, this right was not "absolute."
"Thou shalt not kill."
