Power to the People

Because empowering people outside the bounds of central government control is dangerous.

He speaks of liberty, freedom and helping society’s marginalised. His dedication to civil liberties has brought him a loyal band of followers. Now Cody Wilson, scourge of the campaign to control the proliferation of arms, is coming to London with a new mission: to challenge the global financial system.  Mr Wilson, 25 – named by Wired magazine as one of the world’s 15 most dangerous people after he created a gun that can be downloaded and built with a 3D printer – is promoting a crypto-currency that would operate outside of government control.

The Independent

A Free People

will not be controlled.  It is best engage in the positive work of building a society where legislation is limited to those areas where there is broad consensus.  If you can build a 1911 with a 3D printer, you're not far away from printing a fully automatic AR-15.  Either we can live in a tolerant nation where the harmless minority is allowed to live as it wills or we can construct a police state to enforce meddlesome legislation which no one really cares about.  A diverse society which is also an armed society is a libertarian society.