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Former Los Angeles Paramedic, now author, news analyst and frequent talk radio guest

John Longenecker, born in 1950, is a former Los Angeles paramedic who has now become an author, news analyst, and frequent guest on talk radio programs.

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“There is no problem anywhere on the earth which cannot be solved better under Liberty than under any other system.”

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“There is no policy which will ever be as effective a deterrent in the mind of the mass marauder as the advance knowledge - the re-thinking - that someone armed will likely be where he was headed.”

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“Nothing puts peace in its proper perspective better than the loss of personal liberty first.”

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“Why does a woman carry a gun? Because, under our system, every citizen has the latitude to act in the absence of police; the latitude to act reasonably, to act immediately, to act in defense of self, to act in defense of another, to act with lethal force, to act with her acquired training and to act not in anger but to respond in purpose. To exercise the protections of that latitude in public policy, public interest and practical safety, all that is demanded of her is that she act reasonably under the circumstances.”

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“It's time to repeal gun bans everywhere in the United States.”

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“Nothing puts the dignity in personal dignity (or the freedom in personal freedom) like the self in self-rule.”

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“There is a feeling of personal dignity and independence in grasping, literally, the power to back your refusal to be a target of a violent crime with lethal force. This is not a sense of power, it is now the experience of escaping from a sense of powerlessness.”

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“The health of the second amendment is the primary indicator of the overall health of the nation.”

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“The community does not fight crime well by chasing it; after-the-fact, crime has won and the target of violence is injured or worse. Crime is fought best not by chasing it, but by facing it before it can become a completed act. Crime is fought best at the scene of the violence.”

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“Liberty and personal independence in America are still a concept some here have never known.”

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“The average household might prepare for root canal, traffic accident, unemployment or illness, but how the household will meet, manage and even survive violent crime is the most neglected area of household management.”

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“. . when the target of crime is armed, there is more law present, more public policy present, and more public interest served than by all 20,000 gun laws in force.”

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Born: 1950
Known for: Former Los Angeles Paramedic, now author, news analyst and frequent talk radio guest
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