The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible - Bastiat Institute

78 Chapter 14 • Escalating Crimes
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was a Smith &
Wesson.
Anonymous
on patenting it, Stuart coined the term “Invisible
Gun”. This refers to the threat of physical
force, to be used against those who refuse to
comply with every law that the government
enforces. Since people seldom resist the law to
the very end, very few individuals realise that
the fi nal punishment for every enforced law is
imprisonment or death. That is why the “gun”
behind the law is “invisible”.
References
In Healing Our World, Mary Ruwart:
• deals with the effect of licensing laws on
the marketplace ecosystem;
• and under the section “Leaving the
Poor Defenceless” (Chapter 16, Policing
Aggression) she has insightful details on
gun laws.
Alan Burris’ book A Liberty Primer also has
good references.
Henry David Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil
Disobedience is philosophical about the tyranny
of power, taxes, and war.
Stuart K. Hayashi’s “Invisible Gun” essay
may be seen at:
http://webpages.charter.net/mad_prophet/
articles/other/invgun.html