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by Michael Schwarz, The Western Journal<\/p>\n
When modern liberals casually reveal their true authoritarian natures, believe them.<\/p>\n
They did it during the COVID scare, when they embraced lockdowns, masks, and vaccine mandates. And they do it in the wake of every mass shooting.<\/p>\n
Rarely, however, do they go as far as journalist Mike Spies of the anti-gun outlet The Trace.<\/p>\n
Wednesday on MSNBC, Spies appeared in a round table discussion with host Katy Tur and others. Earlier in the day, a\u00a0transgender<\/a>\u00a0murderer had opened fire at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing two children and injuring 17.<\/p>\n Thus, the panelists discussed the shooting and how to prevent such violence moving forward. Naturally \u2014 this being MSNBC \u2014 they focused on the weapons and not the mental-health crisis at the root of\u00a0transgender<\/a>\u00a0ideology.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to be honest and say what will actually work, which is what nobody wants to hear, which is that there are just simply way too many firearms, and they are way too accessible,\u201d Spies said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd they\u2019re too powerful?\u201d Tur asked.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd they\u2019re too powerful,\u201d Spies replied, \u201ceven handguns too. Again, that\u2019s why in Australia \u2014 it doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s not politically acceptable to say it. I\u2019m not here as a politician or anyone who works in politics. I\u2019m a journalist \u2014 whether or not you like it, the only thing that really works, if you really wanted to bring down gun violence, was to do what Australia did and to do what many other countries in Europe do.\u201d<\/p>\n Mike Spies on MSNBC: \u201cWhether or not you like it, the only thing that really works, if you really wanted to bring down gun violence, was to do what Australia did and to do what many other countries in Europe do. I realize I will get so much hate mail over this. People will tell\u2026\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/gGKZ4xoJ51<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 RCP Video (@rcpvideo)\u00a0August 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Spies, of course, did not have the integrity to say the full truth out loud. Had he done so, he would have used the word \u201cconfiscation.\u201d<\/p>\n Liberals sometimes refer to Australian-style gun confiscation as if it represents their beau ideal for remaking American society.<\/p>\n In 2023, for instance, then-Vice President\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/a>\u00a0spoke of Australia\u2019s 1996 mass civilian gun confiscation in glowing terms.<\/p>\n Of course, freedom-loving American citizens know that the Second Amendment protects us first and foremost from our own government. The Founding Fathers, looking to history rather than theory, recognized that all governments have\u00a0tyrannical propensities<\/a>\u00a0if left unchecked.<\/p>\n Moreover, only an armed citizen can claim free status. In the end, if your government has disarmed you, then you enjoy your \u201cliberties\u201d at your rulers\u2019 sufferance. That makes you a subject, if not a slave.<\/p>\n Many modern liberals hate this about the U.S. Constitution. They would prefer that you worship secular government because they imagine themselves in power. That explains why they stoop so low as to\u00a0denigrate prayer itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n Indeed, modern liberals hate the First and Second Amendments for the same reason that no leftist government in world history has ever expanded freedoms: They despise the people they wish to rule.<\/p>\n In short, when modern liberals speak of safety, they mean submission. They just rarely speak of the latter as openly as Spies did.<\/p>\n This article appeared originally on\u00a0The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n