NIGHTWATCH
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Nightwatch,
Right now we need numbers. Our enemy is convincing those fence sitters that we are a bunch of anti-government, KKK, Nazi loonies.
That is a stereotype I wish that we would no longer feed. We have done a very good job of proving that we are not tolerant of the KKK types and skinhead types, but people still see us as anti-government.
As long as we are seen as anti-government, the average everyday joe fence sitter will be afraid to join us.
We need to work to increase our numbers, and the best way to do that is to show a positive image.
What are we each doing to create a positive image of gun owners? Are we offering to take our friends who are fence sitters to the range? Are we working to be good examples of law abiding, freedom loving firearm owners?
Or are we telling our friends and neighbors that they better arm themselves before the UN and the Black Helos start circling?
Which of the two options help us more?
The question of what do we do when they are coming for our guns, got news for you. They are already doing that through the legislative process. And no amount of internet posturing will change that. But we can work together to stop it, and we have been working together.
The more people we convince, the better.
The .gov is not ready to start to round up gun owners forcibly. They will do that with laws that will slowly erode our rights, and weaken us that way first.
We still have a long way to go.
Remember what I said above, 80 million gun owners. 2.5 million military personel.
They aren't coming to kick in our doors just yet.
Unless you give them an excuse, in which case you will be branded a terrorist rather than a patriot.
Itgoesboom, you are right. And I understand and agree with you 100%.
I would just say that our First amendment rights are just as valid and potent as the Second. The scenario, the question was "What will you do when they come for your guns"? My response was based a very big If, IF the government turned criminal.
Im sure there are some here who would consider that action (confiscation) "legal" simply because the government says so. But Im going by the inherent wisdom that I was created free.
It was a question. I answered it honestly. If my government turned criminal to the point of bloodshed and I suffered, I would not want to live. Id give my life. A non-white latino American.
I also believe that we are setting a dangerous example to those who may wish to speak their mind, when we are so eager to silence ourselves in order to win the approval of others or because of what they might think, or who is watching. The enemies of this country are out and speaking loudly on their agendas. In many instances, with all the vulgarity and deceit you can imagine. We dont have to lower ourselves to their level but we do need to keep speaking. Keep writing. Keep calling and letting them all know that we are here. And that gun control, the infringements of our freedom, if persued further, will eventually lead to a national crisis, brought about by them, that they will regret deeply. Because I believe a good majority of Americans feel the way I do.
So, Im with you. And I pray for peaceful political justice....but let us never cease from speaking our minds.