The 2nd Amendment & Guarding Liberty

I teach my grandkids about guns so they can have kids who enjoy their liberty.

‘The one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword (e.g. ‘the gun’) for no reason.’ - Romans 13:4

My grandson with his “Glock-19 “ air B.B. gun, June 28, 2025. This gun was his nine-year-old birthday gift, and it came with my instructions for its proper use.

I ran into Steve and Susan Zabel this past Saturday at our respective grandsons’ basketball games in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Steve, an all-American OU football player in the late 60s with a 10-year NFL football career afterwards, was as cordial as ever.

However, it was his wife, Susan, who said something to me that stuck:

I follow you on social media. You are controversial, but I enjoy reading what you have to say.

This, Susan, is one of those controversial posts. But it’s essential to understand liberty.

Why Our Kids Need To Be Comfortable with Guns

Teaching my grandkids how to handle a firearm properly.

It is popular today to see ‘the government’ as some external, untouchable force—an ivory tower of bureaucrats and politicians separate from citizens.

However, the preamble to the Constitution says otherwise:

‘We the People of the United States... do ordain and establish this Constitution...’

Contrary to the socialist, communist, and fascist who believe power flows FROM a powerful government TO a subdued people, our Founding Fathers constructed a system where power flows FROM a responsible people TO a subdued government.

The Founding Fathers established a country in which the citizens are the ultimate authority over the United States government.

In our Constitutional Republic, when justice is being administered for crimes committed, it must not be seen as the State versus the Criminal, but as the People versus the Criminal.

America was built on the principles of Nature’s Laws, which come from Nature’s God.

Richard Maybury’s famous seventeen-word statement can summarize Nature’s Laws:

‘Do all you have agreed to do, and do not encroach on other persons or their property.’

When someone breaks their word or when someone harms you or steals your property, restitution must be made by the one who violated the Law. However, if the criminal refuses to make restitution, then justice demands retribution.

The state is merely a temporary administrator of justice on behalf of citizens when crimes against Nature’s Law are committed.

If the state fails in its duty to dispense justice when crimes are committed— or worse, becomes a criminal itself — the people must resume their role as the government directly.

Guarding Our Liberty Is Why We Need Guns

Biblical justice, which greatly influenced early American legal thought, emphasized restitution above punishment. Exodus 22 outlines that if a man steals and cannot repay the debt, he must work to repay it. Imprisonment was not the model; restoration of the victim was.

This principle of ‘restitution’ is a reflection of Divine justice. The goal of justice is to restore what was broken, not to exact revenge. I’ll explain below how justice works by using the old poster slogan of the West that said:

WANTED: Dead or Alive!