It is impossible for that which is free by nature to be disturbed by anything but itself. It is a man’s own judgments which disturb him.   –   Epictetus Following World Wars I and II, formal and informal proposals were made for the military disarmament of nation-states. The war system has been so destructive of life that many naïve souls believed that some form of dumping weapons into the seas would bring about peace by depriving political systems of the tools of warfare. This same assumption underlies modern international efforts to dismantle – or to at least prevent increased production … Continue reading Guns Are Scapegoats