Rob Johnson on our Duty in a Republic

Sept 23, 2012 Rob Johnson published an article on: DUTY, a word that eludes the majority of the country but that this group has a firm grasp upon. What higher duty charge can there possibly be other than to protect and defend those who either cannot or will not protect and defend themselves? Those of us who are knowledgeable enough and able, have a duty to come to the defense of others when freedom comes under attack. Because the corrupt are cowards, the criminals will rarely ever aim their sights on an individual who is able, willing, and prepared to defend themselves and their freedom. Like any pack predator, the State and it's officers prefer to pick off an evidently weak or injured target. Unfortunately the newest members and most recently learned are likely to be targeted first. This is one reason I implore people to make certain that they are completely well read and understand everything in my work before they even attempt to act. Those of us who are well read have a duty to aide those of us who are not. The spirit of law and freedom are universally intertwined. LAW is a means for individuals to defend themselves without having to resort to force and violence. Civil courts resolve commercial and financial disputes, criminal courts resolve matters of actual harm to others. ALL of these courts are created for the simple purpose of the lawful defense of individual rights. THIS is the ENTIRE scope of authority of the state. POLICE are supposed to enforce only LAW, not the statutory conditions of these contracts people have been manipulated into binding themselves to in ignorance. If police were to enforce only law, and courts were to only entertain cases that can establish standing, the people would be closer to the freedom they were intended to have. DUTY, it is the seed from which all rights flower. EVERYONE has a duty to claim, exercise, and defend rights to ensure that they will exist for future generations, but INDIVIDUALS also have the right to decide which rights they choose to exercise. The people in mass have been intimidated from freely claiming and exercising rights, specificly the right to keep and bear arms. EVERY individual has a right to own a weapon of their choice, gun, sword, crossbow, whatever, and to carry that weapon openly displayed. People have been deceived to believe that they have an obligation of law to subject themselves to complicated testing and cataloging in order to acquire the lawful authority to exersise that right. The truth is that every individual is born with the right to own and carry a gun. And every statute that infringes that right is void without the consent of the individual. No one requires a license or registration to own a gun, no one has an obligation to have a gun with a serial number. Filing off a serial number is NOT a crime. The only reason they have been able to prosecute that charge is because they are doing it as a property violation. Because registered guns BELONG to the STATE, the state can demand as a contractual term that the numbers remain in tact. The simple truth is that simply owning and carrying a gun whether licensed or not, registered or not, is NOT a CRIME. At worst it is a statutory INFRACTION, and that only applies if you are in contract VOLUNTARILY. ALL other matters aside, having a gun on you, regardless of the condition of that gun, in itself is not a crime. If you are not brandishing it or committing a crime with that gun there is no crime being committed. This is not a VALID cause of action. You have a natural right to keep and bear arms. One can no more possess an illegal firearm than they can attend an illegal religious assembly. There is no such thing as an ILLEGAL FIREARM. There is only such thing as a firearm being used in an unlawful manner. Even a department store cannot require you to remove your gun before you enter. People again, have a natural RIGHT to keep and bear arms, this right cannot be infringed by the government, or other people or businesses. ALL businesses MUST respect the rights of the people. Walmart for example can no more lawfully require you to disarm to enter the store than they can require you to not say anything on their premises. The fundamental rights of the people exist everywhere.