liberty.jpgMark Alexander, who writes for the Patriot Post, wrote an exceptional essay today on the right to keep and bear arms. The article is entitled Second Amendment — Still ‘The Palladium of Liberties’.

The article begins with this insightful quote from Founder James Madison:

“The ultimate authority … resides in the people alone. … The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition.”
— James Madison

Toward the end of the article, the topic of how gun rights reduce the violent crime rate leads the author to this interesting conclusion about violence:

After all, violence is a cultural problem, not a gun problem, and certainly not a Second Amendment problem.

The article is certainly worth taking the few moments to read it.