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| − | ''Mel Tappan''' (1933 - 1980), full name of Melrose H. Tappan III, the "grand daddy" of the [[Preparedness]] movement<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19810331&id=ixsMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=61kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6691,4779572 Accessed December 27, 2014</ref> was the editor of the newsletter ''Personal Survival ("P.S.") Letter''. He was also author of the [[Survival]] books ''[[Survival Guns]]'' and ''[[Tappan on Survival]]''. | + | '''Mel Tappan''' ('''Melrose H. Tappan III''')(1933 - 1980), is considered to be the "grand daddy" of the [[Preparedness]] movement<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19810331&id=ixsMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=61kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6691,4779572 Accessed December 27, 2014</ref> as the editor of the newsletter ''Personal Survival ("P.S.") Letter''. Tappan wrote ''[[Survival Guns]]'' and ''[[Tappan on Survival]]''. |
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| − | A graduate of [[Stanford University]], Mr. Tappan was one of the earliest [[survivalist]]s to promote the idea of [[Vote with your feet]] [[strategic relocation]] to a "[[Essay:Free_States_Movement|free state]]s" from a [[liberal]] "death spiral" [[Nanny state]]-[[Police state]] (See [[Blue state]] - [[Essay:Free_States_Movement#Naughty_State_List|unfree state]]s). Like [[James Wesley Rawles]] and [[Joel Skousen]], Mr. Tappan advocated [[survivalist retreat]]s in [[population density|lightly populated]] [[rural]] regions in .<ref>[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/532445.html Mitchell, Dancing at Armageddon, excerpt Accessed December 27, 2014</ref> | + | A graduate of [[Stanford University]], Mr. Tappan was one of the earliest [[survivalist]]s to promote the idea of [[strategic relocation]] to a "free state]]" from a more [[liberal]] state. Like [[James Wesley Rawles]] and [[Joel Skousen]], Mr. Tappan advocated creating [[survivalist retreat]]s in [[population density|lightly populated]] [[rural]] regions of the United States.<ref>[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/532445.html Mitchell, Dancing at Armageddon, excerpt Accessed December 27, 2014</ref> |
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| − | <ref>160 word [[James Wesley Rawles#Quotes_from_Other_Online_Sources|Fair Use]] [[quotation]] from 848 pages of [[firearm]]s and [[Second Amendment]] details: [[Boston T. Party]] ([[Kenneth Royce]]), ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]'', [[Wyoming]], [[American Redoubt]] [[Javelin Press]], 2002, 2009: p. 10/1. ISBN-13: 978-1888766066, http://javelinpress.com/bostons_gun_bible.html, https://www.amazon.com/Bostons-Gun-Bible-Boston-Party/dp/1888766069</ref>
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| − | Mr. Tappan's works see influence [[prepper]]s more than three decades after his untimely passing. In 2009 ''Tappan on Survival'' was re-published as a new edition with a foreword written by [[Bruce D. Clayton]]. As of December 2014 it ranks in Amazon's top 90,000 books (out of more than 5 million titles.) The seminal work ''[[Survival Guns]]'' is also back into print. Mr. Tappan's books are published by [[Paladin Press]]. | + | Mr. Tappan's continue to be influential with [[prepper|preparation advocates]] more than three decades after his untimely passing. In 2009, ''Tappan on Survival'' was re-published as a new edition with a foreword written by [[Bruce D. Clayton]]. As of December 2014 it ranks in Amazon's top 90,000 books (out of more than 5 million titles.) The seminal work ''[[Survival Guns]]'' is also back in print. Mr. Tappan's books are published by [[Paladin Press]]. |
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| − | According to Mel Tappan, [[liberals]] and [[socialist]]s support so-called "common sense" measures - a "good first step" of the [[Police state]] - [[Nanny state]]. To a [[conservative]] [[citizen]]-[[prepper]]-[[patriot]] [[Oath Keepers|Oath Keeper]] and to the [[Bill of Rights]], this is "[[incrementalism|death by a thousand paper cuts]]". (See [[Essay:List of celebrities against Second Amendment]])
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| − | Mr. Tappan supports the [[Second Amendment Foundation]] and this video, which is the formal response to [[Hollywood values|Hollywood]]'s [[Demand a Plan]] [[gun control|gun-grabbing]] [[propaganda]] video. The video shows one of the main differences between [[liberal]] [[gun control]] [[Nanny state]]s ([[Blue state]]s) and [[conservative]] and/or [[libertarian]] [[Second Amendment]]-supporting "[[Essay:Free_States_Movement|free state]]s" ([[Red state]]s). This video shows why [[conservative]]s and [[libertarian]]s "[[vote with your feet|vote with our feet]]": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBelF4UddcY<ref>As of December 8, 2014, there are 60,819 views on [[YouTube]] of [[Second Amendment Foundation]]'s ''Equal [[Gun Rights]]'', Online. Published on Feb 24, 2013. http://equalgunrights.com and http://saf.org. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBelF4UddcY.</ref>
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| − | * [[Preparedness]] and [[Survivalist retreat]]s
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| − | * The Eastern [[American Redoubt]] - [[Cumberland Gap]] [[Kentucky]]
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| − | * [[Police state]]s-[[Nanny state]]s violate the [[United States Constitution]]-[[Bill of Rights]] (especially [[Second Amendment]] and [[Fourth Amendment]]) and [[Citizen]]'s [[Unalienable rights]] by not upholding their [[oath]] to support and defend the [[Constitution]].
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| − | * [[Stewart Rhodes]] founder of [[Oath Keepers]], [[Montana]]
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| − | * [[Kenneth Royce]] ([[Boston T. Party]]) of [[Free State Wyoming]] and author of ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]''
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| − | * [[James Wesley Rawles]] of [[The Survival Blog]], [[New York Times]] best-selling author of [[How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It]], [[American Redoubt]] [[Idaho]]
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| − | * [[Jack Spirko]] of [[The Survival Podcast]], [[Texas]]
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| − | * [[M.D. Creekmore]] of [[TheSurvivalistBlog.net]], [[Kentucky]]
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| − | * [[John Jacob Schmidt]] - [[Radio Free Redoubt]], [[Idaho]]
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| − | * [[Alex Barron]] - [[Charles Carroll Society]], [[Idaho]]
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| − | * [[Ragnar Benson]] - Prolific [[:Category:Preparedness authors|Preparedness author]]
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| − | * [[Joel Skousen]] - author ''[[Strategic Relocation - North American Guide to Safe Places]]'' and [[World Affairs Brief]], [[Utah]]
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| − | * [[Alex Jones]] - [[InfoWars Nightly News]] and [[Prison Planet]], [[Texas]]
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| − | * [[Chuck Baldwin]] - [[Liberty Fellowship]], [[Montana]]
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| − | * [[Dave Duffy]] and [[Claire Wolfe]] of [[Backwoods Home Magazine]], [[Oregon]]
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| − | * [[Paul Wheaton]] - [[Permies.com]] [[Permaculture]], [[Montana]]
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| − | * [[Nutnfancy]] - Nutnfancy YouTube Firearms Channel, [[Utah]]
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| − | * [[Essay:List of celebrities who support the Second Amendment]] - usually [[Conservatives]] or [[Libertarians]]
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| − | * [[Free State Wyoming]]
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| − | * [[Essay:Free States Movement|Free States Movement]]
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| − | * [[Firearms]]
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| − | * [[Gun control]]:
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| − | ** [[Essay:List of celebrities against Second Amendment]] - always [[Liberal]] [[Elitist]]s
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| − | ** '''[[Big government | Big Government]]''': [[Liberal values|Liberal]] [[ObamaCare]]-[[Common Core]]-[[Social Security]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Gun control]], [[Militarization of police]], [[Asset forfeiture]] and Domestic [[mass surveillance]] of law-abiding [[citizen]]s via the '''[[Police state]]''': [[Globalist]]-[[United Nations]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[National Socialist]]-[[Communist]]
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| − | * [[Second Amendment]] [[unalienable]] [[Gun rights]] versus [[Liberal]] [[Gun control]]
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| − | * [[Essay:Why do conservatives own firearms?]] -- According to [[Thomas Jefferson]] it is as the final deterrent against potential [[Tyranny]] of [[government]]
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| − | * [[Essay:Invest_in_tangibles#2._Defense_and_Security_.28.22Bullets.22.29|Invest in tangibles: Firearms]] - buy [[Precious metal]]s (that is [[Copper-jacketed lead]] and [[Firearms])
| + | According to Mel Tappan, [[liberals]] and [[socialist]]s support so-called "common sense" measures - a "good first step" of the [[Police state]] - [[Nanny state]]. To a [[conservative]] [[citizen]]-[[prepper]]-[[patriot]] [[Oath Keepers|Oath Keeper]] and to the [[Bill of Rights]], this is "[[incrementalism|death by a thousand paper cuts]]". |
| − | * [[Boston T. Party]]’s [[State Firearms Laws Ranking]]s from ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]'' -- [[Vote with your Feet]]
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| − | * [[Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership]]
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| − | ** [[Essay:Jews and Gun Control - Fear of Freedom or Freedom from Fear]], [[Essay:Why Jews Hate Guns - Are they right]]
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| − | * ''[[You & the Police!]]'' by [[Boston T. Party]] a.k.a.[[Kenneth W. Royce]]
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| − | * ''[[One Nation, Under Surveillance - Privacy From the Watchful Eye]]'' by [[Boston T. Party]]
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