Seems to me that this is not at all out of line with the underlying intent of the Founders – not that government should be restricting the ownership and possession of firearms, but rather that they should be encouraging it as part of one’s duty as a citizen.

Say an earthquake snaps a dam and the full force of the Boise River floods the Treasure Valley, driving untold thousands toward high ground.

Or maybe the subdivisions spreading west from Boise finally push big-box, subwoofer, exit-ramp America right up to this plateau of mint and alfalfa fields, where rural lives have passed in peace since Quakers settled a century ago.

However humanityÂ’s rush may arrive, a town must prepare. Greenleaf, population 862, is not taking the task lightly. Thus the proposed language for Section 2, Chapter 6, Subsection 2 of the Greenleaf City Code.

“Heads of households to maintain firearms,” the heading announces.

“In order to provide for the emergency management of the city, and further in order to provide for and protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants,” the proposal says, “it is recommended that every head of household residing in the city limits maintain a firearm, together with ammunition therefore, and obtain appropriate training relating to proper, safe and lawful handling of firearms.”

I’m for more guns in our society, not fewer. Today’s gun laws are destined to keep the law-abiding, responsible citizens of this country disarmed and vulnerable – both to the criminal class and the government. But Jeffersonian principles support the idea that the people should always be able to overpower a tyrannical government that has become destructive of their liberties, which has the side-benefit of enabling them to deal with those of their fellow citizens who would threaten their life, liberty, or property.

In the end, gun ownership is about ensuring self-reliance and not dependence on government.

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