Will's home page

Most of my pages haven't been touched in ages. I'm adding some new links here on the front page, though. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions you can send me e-mail:

willday@hpgx.net. - PGP encrypted e-mail preferred. Use my public key.

Quotes

Only free individuals can keep and bear arms. One of the characteristics of slaves is they are denied access to all weapons. Handguns are ideal symbols of freedom and sovereignty for the same reasons they are such effective defensive tools: they are small enough to be easily carried at all times. Openly carrying handguns needs to be elevated to the status of a First Amendment protected statement that we are free sovereign individuals. The Biggest Con, by David Neilson
Guns are an important element in any truly free society, for a society that does not trust its citizens with individually owned weapons really does not trust its citizens. foreward by Timothy Mullin, from Unintended Consequences by John Ross

Let's make it clear for the dimmest bulbs among you: the kids at Columbine High didn't die from too many guns, they died from too few. I'm not suggesting that the teachers should have carried guns -- not as franchised agents of the state. They should have carried guns as ordinary individuals, exercising a sacred right, and in performance of a solemn duty to protect the young lives that were placed -- very foolishly, as it turned out -- in their hands. Murder by Gun Control, by L. Neil Smith

Once a nation starts down the road to collectivism, has any bureaucrat ever said, "No, please don't give us any more money or power. Clearly this is a task government just can't accomplish"? Of course not. Euphemized as 'progressive socialism', by Vin Suprynowicz
...the historically and politically unique civilization that was born at Concord Bridge -- and specifically constituted to prevent travesties like alcohol Prohibition, business Prohibition, drug Prohibition, or weapon Prohibition -- is headed nowhere now but toward an increasingly oppressive police state that has already nullified everything the Founding Fathers, and the Bill of Rights they left us, once stood for. When You Wish Upon a Star..., by L. Neil Smith

"Banning" anything leads only to opportunities for criminals to profit. A Lifelong Democrat Has Had Enough, by James Vanderhoef
Somebody set up us the bomb. Mechanic

Current Events

The 50 MILLION ROUND MARCH
"50 Million Rounds ... Down Range for Liberty"
Fathers and Families for Liberty Father's Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day, President's Day
(Introduction, from Jeff Head)
The efforts to further infringe upon our 2nd amendment rights to self defense and firearms have been escalating in the recent months. A veritable chorus of voices are being presented to us by political pundits and the main stream media in an effort to convince us that it would be "best for the children" to further restrict firearm use and sales to honest, law-abiding citizens.
History is littered with the ashes of societies and peoples who have bought into this unsubstantiated and foolish claim. Firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens in this nation save the lives of many, many more innocent people than they take ... orders of magnitude more. Common sense dictates that the best time to defend one's self is while being attacked. Criminals have no respect for law, life or liberty ... and they will not wait upon the response to 911.
Responsible firearm ownership and use are one of the great hallmarks for American liberty and our unprecedented peace and prosperity as a people.
On this Father's Day, June 18, 2000, and on EVERY ENSUING FATHER'S DAY and at other times throughout the year, let us stand as father's for family and liberty. Let us stand with our wives, brothers, sisters, children, relatives and friends. Let us send 50 million rounds down range collectively at firing ranges all over this nation to demonstrate our resolve and the true meaning of our 2nd amendment rights. Let us photograph those events and, in the words of a patriot for whom I have great respect, J.J. Johnson, let us , "participate in establishing a 50 Million Round Gallery - photos of real men from around the country with their lawful weaponry and their progeny who will keep and bear them - regardless of any act passed from this point forward."
And, finally, let those politicians, pundits, individuals, institutions and any others who wish to restrict that right take note and receive the message of our commitment and resolve ... 50 million rounds ... 50 million rounds within a couple of hours in simple target practice ... 50 MILLION ROUNDS!
May 13, 2000 Million Mom March Dangerous To Women And Kids by Liz Michael
April 17, 2000 What If We Had Taken Columbine Seriously? by David B. Kopel

Essays

Nation of Cowards by Jeffrey R. Snyder
I Don't Have To by David Kelley
The War on Drugs is Lost from the National Review

Editorials

Feds Hold Bill of Rights at Gunpoint from the National Review

Organizations I support

Gun Owners of America
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
The Objectivist Center
Libertarian Party, USA
Libertarian Party of Georgia
Harry Browne, Libertarian for President 2000
KeepAndBearArms.org
Note: I no longer support the National Rifle Association, as I don't believe they have my best interests at heart anymore. They seem far more interested in compromise and "looking good" than protecting my rights. Or, as Scott Ostrander puts it:
The National Rifle Association (NRA) does a fairly rabid job of talking and asking for money, but spends a lot of time compromising on gun control laws. You can't compromise on a right and win, for each compromise takes away part of a right, which should never be touched at all.