Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

November 8, 2012

Just hours after his re-election, President Obama indicated his support for a UN treaty to regulate the international trade in small arms ? that is, civilian-owned guns. Treaty talks were suspended last July because Obama was understandably concerned about the pre-election political impact of supporting a treaty that amounts to a backdoor gun grab.

In a related move, California Senator Diane Feinstein, author of the 1994 federal assault weapons ban, is reportedly drafting a new measure that would be even more restrictive than the earlier ban.

Last September, in an address toCalifornia delegates to the Democratic National Convention, she promised to pursue an ?updated assault weapons bill,? insisting that ?Weapons of war do not belong on our streets.?

Of course, Feinstein?s legislation would not remove military-grade weapons from the arsenals of government enforcement agencies. Over the past year, the federal government has dramatically accelerated its acquisition of high-caliber weaponry and ammunition in a crash program to militarize practically every executive branch agency ?from the Department of Homeland Security to the Social Security Administration.

Our rulers are arming themselves even as they prepare to disarm the rest of us. If you want to know how this story is likely to end, ask an Indian.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.