Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus Statement of Principles Every man, woman, and responsible child has a natural, fundamental, and inalienable human, individual, civil, and Constitutional right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon—handgun, shotgun, rifle, machinegun, anything—any time, anywhere, without asking anyone's permission. —L. Neil Smith, WeaponsCon I Atlanta, GA, November, 1987 The Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus opposes all proposed and pending victim-disarmament laws—commonly but improperly known as "gun control"—and, given the political power, will: 1) repeal more than 20,000 victim-disarmament laws already on the books (none of which is Constitutional or consistent with individual or human rights) and abolish all agencies, at every level of government, responsible for enforcing them; 2) decriminalize concealed weapons carry and the act of self-defense; 3) pardon and provide restitution to anyone ever harmed or even inconvenienced by victim-disarmament laws; 4) arrest, convict, fine, and imprison any public official who ever enacted or enforced victim-disarmament laws; and 5) where a violation of individual or Constitutional rights has resulted in a fatality, impose the maximum penalty on all such public officials. Back to Index