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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''' (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]]''. |
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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 [[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> |
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| − | ==Incremental Gun-Grabbing of the Police State - Nanny State==
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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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| − | == See Also == | + | == See also == |
| | * [[Preparedness]] and [[Survivalist retreat]]s | | * [[Preparedness]] and [[Survivalist retreat]]s |
| | * The Eastern [[American Redoubt]] - [[Cumberland Gap]] [[Kentucky]] | | * The Eastern [[American Redoubt]] - [[Cumberland Gap]] [[Kentucky]] |
| | * [[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]]. | | * [[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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| − | ===Related People=== | + | ===Related people=== |
| | * [[Stewart Rhodes]] founder of [[Oath Keepers]], [[Montana]] | | * [[Stewart Rhodes]] founder of [[Oath Keepers]], [[Montana]] |
| | * [[Kenneth Royce]] ([[Boston T. Party]]) of [[Free State Wyoming]] and author of ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]'' | | * [[Kenneth Royce]] ([[Boston T. Party]]) of [[Free State Wyoming]] and author of ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]'' |
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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]] | | ** '''[[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]] | + | * [[Second Amendment]] |
| | * [[Essay:Why do conservatives own firearms?]] -- According to [[Thomas Jefferson]] it is as the final deterrent against potential [[Tyranny]] of [[government]] | | * [[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]]) | | * [[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]]) |
| | * [[Boston T. Party]]’s [[State Firearms Laws Ranking]]s from ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]'' -- [[Vote with your Feet]] | | * [[Boston T. Party]]’s [[State Firearms Laws Ranking]]s from ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]'' -- [[Vote with your Feet]] |
| − | * [[Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership]]
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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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| | * [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Mel+Tappan Mel Tappan search on [[Duck Duck Go]] [[Privacy]] search engine] | | * [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Mel+Tappan Mel Tappan search on [[Duck Duck Go]] [[Privacy]] search engine] |
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