Reversing “Fear-Oriented” Attitude Toward Modern Guns
By Ammoland
By John Farnam
Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- “Since politics is the “art of the possible,” it appeals mostly to second-rate minds. First-rate minds are interested only in the impossible. This is why we have brilliant scientists and industrialists, but only mediocre politicians” ~ Anon
In 1865, the British Parliament passed the “Locomotive Act,” also know as the “Red Flag Act.”
It required that all trains on the island, freight and passenger, never exceed four miles per hour while in the countryside. A two mile-per-hour speed limit was imposed in built-up areas. Even then, a flag-man was required to precede the train by fifty meters as a warning to pedestrians and wagons alike.
This relatively new steam technology was feared by politicians (who fear all new technology), because like all politicians, they were deathly afraid it might be corrosive to their political power and their ability to “control” the population.
As always, the welfare of citizens, and of the civilization, was the last thing ever considered!
“Highly educated” detractors (the same academic charlatans who promote “ global warming” today as a method for holding back technological progress) assured …Read the Rest
Source:: AmmoLand
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