Will bigger government keep Paris safe?

First off, it’s not the time to get into politics or even policy right now. All of our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Paris tonight as they grieve and struggle to get back control of their city. But the wheels and machinery of government are plowing ahead relentlessly in one direction and we all know what direction the wheels of state turn. More power and more centralization.

France, you have a choice…as do we all. Will an expanded military keep us safe from future attacks like tonight? Will X number of fighter jets and few more aircraft carriers do the trick against a few radicals willing to terrorize a city? Will you bomb allegedly connected radicals in a Middle Eastern nation in an attempt to eradicate those who hate you?

Or is this enemy, lets take a wild guess that it’s some form of radical Islam, better met by an agile military with targeted strikes and a careful approach to border security? Will you consider that perhaps bombing villages in another country may inspire even more terrorists than you originally set out to kill?

Is it possible that the terrorists would be delighted by western powers going further into debt to grow the size of their conventional weapons? If a few thugs can organize together to kill a hundred people in an evening, can that threat be met by troops stationed on every street corner or a drone hovering over every concert venue?

And let us not forget that in the United States, the 2nd amendment recognizes the right of all able bodied people to defend their loved ones and businesses from tyranny, whatever the form it takes.

And I would argue that this right is universal and a thousand times more effective than the empty promises of a bloated State.

Pour la liberté

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