Switzerland Is a Model During These Days of Rage

American citizens defending Natural Rights

The United States turns into a nation of crime at night.

By day, protestors are peacefully marching for needed change in our country. I'm for them. I'm doing all I can to empathize with the protestors and to listen carefully to their concerns. I'm also acting in our community to bring about racial reconciliation and needed change

But the night rioters are a different matter.

The rioters and looters who are destroying property and lives across America should be shot in the act.

No exceptions.

 I realize that those destroying lives and property during this 2020 America uprising often justify their actions by pointing to the Boston Tea Party.

That's a weak argument.

I remind my readers of an axiom from history.

One war's rebels are the next war's dictators.

Is America at war? Possibly. I don't know. The legal protests are good. We should always encourage and support legal protestors. We should also always support our local law enforcement officers. One bad apple doesn't destroy the entire barrel.

But as an American who happens to be a follower of Jesus, I feel compelled to let you know that I am armed and ready to shoot any person who breaks into my house or business seeking to destroy my life, my property, or my family.

Natural Law demands such a response from me.

As a follower of Jesus, were I just talking about my life, I may choose to lay down my life and turn the other cheek for your sake. That's my decision. It's a decision made between me and God.

But as an American who has the responsibility of protecting the lives of others, and as one who's been tasked with defending and protecting private property for the common good, and as one compelled to protect my family and neighbors from harm, know that I will defend by force any attempt to encroach on the Natural Rights of life, liberty, and property of my fellow Americans.

America's existence depends on the willingness of its citizens to defend life, liberty, and property.

I recently finished reading the book Target Switzerland.

The author brilliantly explains why the people of Switzerland were unconquered during two World Wars, particularly when Switzerland sat in the middle of lands being fought over.

"Why did Adolph Hitler not invade Switzerland like he did every other European country?"

There are FOUR reasons:

(1). Every man in Switzerland from the age of 20 to 55 is a member of the Swiss militia and was trained, equipped and ready at all times to fight a guerilla war against any invading force.

(2). Marksmanship is the national sport in Switzerland, and every male is required to be a marksman and trained with his gun to shoot well, so that during World War II there were nearly one million trained snipers ready to fight any invading force.

(3). According to Target Switzerland, Adolph Hitler knew that to invade Switzerland would mean certain death to his officers because the Swiss militia were trained in their guerilla warfare tactics to target colonels and above. To defeat a nation of one million snipers would require a commitment of 6 million troops, for the ration of conventional soldiers needed to defeat guerilla militia is 6 to 1.

(4). In short, Switzerland has historically maintained neutrality by focusing on the defense of the homeland instead of the invasion and occupation of foreign lands.

The United States during these difficult times would do well to imitate the Swiss.

The only business not destroyed. True unity.

Our Founding Fathers studied Switzerland in the formulation of our national documents. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states:

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

Our Founding Fathers believed a well-regulated militia was NECESSARY for national security.

In these turbulent days, the homes and businesses defended by citizens armed with weapons are surviving.

I am a Christian. I may choose to lay down my life if you attack me because I don't fear death.

But I'm also an American. Church and state are different in my mind.

When a man is destroying property, seeking to harm people that I love, and encroaching on a property they do not own to destroy it, I will take my weapon and enforce Natural Law.

As a follower of Jesus Christ, I will never feel shame or blame by those who say I should "turn the other cheek." 

I'm an American.

I am the government.

If I choose to lay down my gun and die at your hands, I do so because my King has told me to take that action. But my King has also told me to "honor the powers of government" (Romans 13).

Again, I am the government.

Were I you, I wouldn't try to guess which hat I'm wearing when you encroach on me. It will be one of two: either my Christian hat or my American citizen hat. I separate church and state.

So if you come breaking into my house or business to harm, destroy, or kill, I very well may claim my God-given Natural Right to protect my property, my family, and my life by force.

And as you lay dying on the floor of my home, I will treat you for your wounds, and ask you if you are ready to face your God.

But only those who respect life, liberty, and another person's property are prepared to meet Him.

He is Nature's God, and He's given us Nature's Law.