Posted on 02/04/2009 11:59:36 PM PST by Don Joe
Monday, Feb 2, 2009 The Million Gunowner March
by Skip Coryell Last week I received the below email from a lady in Belgium who had just read my book "RKBA: Defending the Right to Keep and Bear Arms". She was distraught and discouraged because her beloved country was no longer what it used to be. Here are her words. "Another nutcase criminal entered a baby/little kid's daycare center... and he began to stab the kids with a knife! You know what the adults who are supposed to take care of the kids did? One was stabbed himself, but two others ran away. One hid behind a closed door and watched through the window while the kids got slaughtered and another one ran away and left the kids alone with the attacker! Two babies died, several kids badly wounded... The country is in shock, how is this possible? ...No one said anything about the cowardly behavior of the two adults who ran away. They told it like it was a normal reaction, a normal thing to do..." I can sense the outrage in her voice when I read her words. This woman, once a patriotic and proud citizen, was now a mere subject, and ashamed of what her country had become. Thanks to the miracle of gun control and pistol-free zones, two more babies are dead. I did some research and learned that in June of 2006, reacting to a racially inspired shooting in Antwerp, a Draconian gun ban went into effect in the country of Belgium. Citizens were required to turn over their firearms to police, without compensation, or, in the case of antiques, were required to render them permanently inoperable. In the words of my reader in Belgium "The country is in shock, how is this possible?" The answer is simple: cause and effect. When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. In this pitiful case the man didn't even have a gun. He was loaded down with knives; he was mentally ill, and he arrived at the crime scene on a bicycle, did his killing, and then rode away - on a bike. Folks this is sad and shameful. Six adults couldn't stop one crazy man with a knife on a bike. "One man with a gun can control 100 without one. ... Make mass searches and hold executions for found arms." - Vladimir Lenin - Apparently, one man with a knife can now control six people without. But then again, it's easy for us Americans to sit back and make fun of Europe. After all, we are the land of the free, the home of the brave. Right? Well, not so fast. In many states in America, including my home state of Michigan, the outcome would have been the same as in Belgium, because daycare centers are one of the hallowed and sacred pistol-free zones. (Sacred and revered, but only to law-abiding citizens, because criminals pay them no heed.) For two centuries, us damned Yankees have enfleshed the attitude of freedom and independence. But now, have we changed? Is Obama fiddling as Washington DC burns? In my opinion, America has lost much of its spunk, much of its spirit, and much of its grit. We have become less heroic and more sheeplike. We are no longer leaders, but followers. In light of the outcome of the last elections, have we become simply Euro-sheep? I am ashamed to admit that many of my fellow Americans have indeed succumbed to oppression and have lost their will to fight. They would rather have peace than freedom. I received another email just yesterday. It was from a fellow patriot who said: "I am a fellow gunowner and supporter of the second amendment. I have been chatting with a bunch of fellow gun lovers on the S&W forum about trying to get a million man march on Washington organized. Since I know very little about doing so, I thought I'd write you on behalf of all of us. We would like to get some help organizing such an event. We would like to be able to get the word out to as many gun owners as possible and encourage them to join us." That idea struck me as good, so I got involved. First, I emailed Ted Nugent and asked him to headline a "Million Gunowner March" on Washington DC. Here is his response: "It is time. IF coordinated with NRA, GOA, JFPOFO, MCRGO, SCI, NWTF, RMEF, DU, FNAWS, etc etc & all gunrights orgs, I would be proud to join/lead the fray!!!" This is how it works folks. Every revolution throughout history has always started with a single person. One ordinary person wakes up, looks around and says "Hey! This isn't right! Someone should do something! "And that someone is you and I. We are one small part of the Million Gunowner March. The next thing I did was email Chuck Perricone, Executive Director of Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gunowners and asked if they'd like to be involved. His response was similar to Ted's: "The answer is, "YES"...and we'd like to handle the press/recruiting. We can knock this out of the park. FANTASTIC idea, Skip." Hmmm, I see some possibilities here. I see excitement. I see motivation. I see patriots with guns! I see a peaceful (but loud) march on Washington DC, on the Capitol steps, down Pennsylvania Avenue, with Ted Nugent singing his electrified version of the National Anthem as loud as he can. Maybe I can get Toby Keith too? And I like that song by LC Greenwood "God Bless the USA". That one just brings chills to my tired, old, gun-totin' body. I'll have to check into that. In the meantime, I logged on and bought the domain name www.milliongunownermarch.com. It is my donation to the cause. Now, since I'm computer clumsy, we need someone to step forward and build the website. Any computer-savvy volunteers out there willing to build a website for us? You know the frustrating part of a movement, is that too many people wait for someone else to step forward and do what needs doing. It's known as the crowd mentality. People wait until it looks safe, then they step out and join. A few weeks ago I quoted Mark Twain, and it bears repeating. "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Well, America, this is the beginning of a change and it is no time for the timid. This is the time for brave men and women to stand up and be counted. Because, I just have a feeling, that America's time may be running out. I don't want to live in a nation of Euro-sheep. I want my children to inherit the freedom our forefathers knew. But freedom has to be protected or it will fall. I suspect, my freedom-loving friends, that we are at a crossroads. Now, assuming we are smart enough to see it, and that we are brave enough to take the road less traveled, perhaps, America, just perhaps, there is still time to save our liberty. The time to act is now. We must march now, or forever hold our piece (rendered inoperable by the government). So, I'll ask again. "Who's going to build that website?" Send your response to skipcoryell@hotmail.com. But please hurry, Obama is warming up his fiddle. Skip Coryell lives with his wife and children in Michigan. He is the author of six books including his newest "RKBA: Defending the Right to Keep and Bear Arms", the Ted Nugent-acclaimed book "Blood in the Streets: Concealed Carry and the OK Corral, the hunting novel "Bond of Unseen Blood", and the Second Amendment novel "We Hold These Truths". He is an NRA Instructor and co-owner of Midwest Tactical Training, teaching CPL classes in both Michigan and Iowa. He also owns and manages White Feather Press. To find out more about Skip, his classes and his writing, go to www.skipcoryell.com and www.mwtac.com. |
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I remember this one:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858239/posts
Possibly. How about prop type guns. I can't imagine them having to confiscate a million toys.
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Excellent. America is about to declare itself bankrupt (well, not really, just print a ton of money). It's the one 'bubble' that has been spared popping for so long. Tech bubble, housing bubble, now, Fed bubble. It had to happen sooner or later.
Bankrupt states will soon be sending Washington IOUs. Better to march on your state capitol to preserve the 2nd ammendment, as your FedGov will be shrinking in influence due to serious revenue shortfalls and unfundedness issues.
Couldn't have happened at a better time: Socialist Boy becomes president, the states withhold payments, the Fed Bubble Pops and we're back to square one- that damn constitution.
March all you want, the freemarket is about to make a correction in government the likes of which we've never seen. My only hope is the tax cheats Obama has appointed to cabinet level have some sense of protecting this country from foreign enemies.
Toothless and underfunded is the best way to keep any government. Let the people decide for themselves how they wish to live and under what contracts they wish to abide.
There we go : ) I think there are several more. I’ll look tonight to see if I can find the rest.
It would be nice to see this bunch up on a platform.
The Bonus Marchers did not stay for just one day (as this is proposed), they built a tent city and that is what was cleared out after the veterans had been there for some time. The government would have no moral authority to go after us marching for one day compared to a bunch of veterans who had been camping for quite some time illegally. Even if they did, consider the outrage of the public upon Hoover when he did go after the bonus marchers. There would be similar if not greater public outrage if Obama attempted to go after us.
How they went about clearing these “Hoovervilles” was completely inappropriate and being a veteran myself I would tend to side with my fellow veterans. Especially since one of their leaders was one of the greatest Marines ever (Smedley Butler). With that said, what they were marching for was immediate payment of a WWI bonus that was not due to mature for many more years. There is no comparison between that and marching for our God given rights of self defense. We have no moral authority to obey unconstitutional laws and laws that go against the natural rights of man.
The media isn’t going to be on our side in any case. Or haven’t you been watching the news the last 20 years?
I just don't get why we need to be calm, cool, and collected when our very Freedoms are on the line. Why play nice when the other side lies, slanders, cheats, and steals to get their way. Stop trying to "work" with them, and realize they are CRIMINALS trying to literally enslave us.
As much *fun* as it would be to get arrested and having your ass kicked (and possibly losing your firearms(s)), a little decorum might be good.
I don't mean to necessarily single you out Wolfcreek, but when are you people going to figure out the way this game is being played?
The only people who get prosecuted are those who can not, or *will not* do political damage to the prosecutors for prosecuting them.
We have been giving the left the rope to hang us since the seventies. When one of theirs does something outrageous, they make excuses for it, and use any tool they possess to soften the repercussions of the action. When one of ours does something outrageous (to them... read: effective) the first thing they do is get us to sign on to how unacceptable such behavior is in civil society, and inflict as much punitive injury on the subject as they possibly can.
If people like you don't wake up soon, we are going to have an America where we can literally face charges for pissing off the wrong people.
We don't.
We *do* need to start playing rough with the "zumbos," however.
All I suggested was to follow the gun laws of which ever state you’re protesting in. (Don’t go taking an *illegal* weapon on a march at a state capital or such places.)
“The only people who get prosecuted are those who can not, or *will not* do political damage to the prosecutors for prosecuting them.”
Suggestions?
“we are going to have an America where we can literally face charges for pissing off the wrong people.”
Uhh, we’re there, Dude.
I can’t speak for everyone, but because of where I’m employed and what I do, I am not going to put myself in a position where I might have an arrest record. It is harmful to my continued employment so it’s just not going to happen. I’ve offered my support in other ways.
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