Posted on 04/08/2013 6:13:45 PM PDT by haffast
Dateline Salem Oregon – April 5, 2013: ”You don’t know what freedom is because you never lost it!” With a pointed finger Manuel Martinez called out Anti-Gun Committee Leader Floyd Prozansky during heated testimony on Friday. You can bet Prozansky got the message.
To quote Mr. Martinez:
“malicious individuals, masquerading as Democrats,.. established … a dictatorial regime … in my nation called Communism, Socialism, Stalinism, Marxism, and whatever other named -ism you want to put on it. The reason why it was done was to take away the guns from the People.”
Mr. Martinez escaped the brutal Communist regime in Cuba in 1954. His testimony included how citizens under Castro were first disarmed by legislation similar to that being shepherded along by Gun-Grabber in Chief Floyd Prozanski. Defenseless, many Cuban Citizens were later summarily slaughtered.
Having been present at the testimony, I can assure you even the Liberal hacks in the press pool were visibly shaken. The expressions on the Senators faces … well they spoke for themselves (I’ve included a few stll shots here). I’d wager no one in room did not feel a chill up their spine, or a tear in the corner of their eye, as Martinez described scenes of sons being torn from their mothers arms, and shot dead in the street, because they lacked the means to protect themselves. He spoke from the heart: no notes or teleprompter required.
Enjoy Mr. Martinez’s testimony which is provided unedited and in full HD. Near as I can tell you won’t find it anywhere else in the Portland mainstream media.
[For completeness and searchable reference I have transcribed Mr. Martinez's testimony below. However, it really has to be heard and seen to be appreciated.]
My name is Manuel Martinez. Born in Cuba. American Citizen for more than 40 years. I oppose any manipulation, any regulation or disruption of the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
In 1957 a Revolution … individuals … malicious individuals, masquerading as Democrats, revolutionaries, established a regime … a dictatorial regime … in my nation. Called Communism, Socialism, Stalinism, Marxism, and whatever other named -ism you want to put on it. The reason why it was done was to take away the guns from the People. The right of the People to wear guns. That is a God-given Right. It’s not given by anybody. It’s not given by any group. It’s the same thing as freedom, which is a God-given Right. And no one, absolutely no one, has the authority to take it away. To cease to defend the Second Amendment, and my God-given Right of freedom, will cease only with my death.
I’ve been through it. I’ve been there. You people don’t know what freedom is because you never lost it. You haven’t been tortured. You haven’t been [sic] assassinations, you haven’t been mothers begging for the life of their son not to be killed because the only reason is they wanted to be free. And they killed the mothers and they killed the son.
So my way to protest, the way to oppose, because if we keep tangling with the Second Amendment, we are open the same way that Cuba was open for Communism. China, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Venezuela, on and on. A dictatorial regime that will destroy this country, in the same way that it destroyed those ones that I mentioned to you.
Gun Control does not protect anybody. It doesn’t protect the citizens, it doesn’t protect the People. The only reason for gun control is for the Government to be protected from the Citizens. In that way the Government can manipulate the People and subjugate them. That’s what’s happened in Cuba for 52 years … 54.
I came here for freedom. At the time I came here it was different. This country opened their arms for me … I couldn’t get it in Cuba. And they opened their arms for me, I probably wouldn’t get it here today. I hope that I get clear with you, and you understand my point of view. I think that concludes my testimony.
Freedom! Freedom!
Direct link to YouTube video - 4:51min
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N1ABw6IMKn0
In 2010 he was assaulted by Democrat thugs for having the temerity to record a speech by then gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber. He produced a video of the Orwellian experience, which has received almost 70,000 views.
Following the 2011 Tax Day TEA Party he produced videos detailing the hateful rhetoric and behavior of the Left, including homophobia, racism, anti-Americanism, and threats of violence. These videos have been seen by over 1 Million people and were featured on The Glenn Beck Program, The O’Reilly Factor, and Sean Hannity.
http://daylightdisinfectant.com/dansandini/
http://townhall.com/video/cuban-communism-survivor-gives-powerful-testimony-at-gun-control-hearing
Great man. God bless him.
Thank you, Mr. Martinez. That's precisely the point and why this administration and previous democrat administrations want to take them from us.
And we are in the process of a Cuba like Country. Sad there are so many that are blind to what the communists King Obama and his communists power empire has done and will continue. The basic communists organizations are: King Obama himself, his communists appointments, the MSM, the Hollywood leftist, and the Democrats that he has bought. Wake up America. Cannot you see what and how it is happening.
ping
Every “People’s Revolution” ends with the people in chains. Mr Martinez knows that. We know that. But the rank-and-file Dumbocrat won’t know that until they are standing in a line for toilet paper or for “processing” at a labor camp.
This man is a patriot! God bless him!
Most people who vote for democrats actually do not believe they are voting for socialists.
All the gun-grabbers think they know what Freedom is. They don’t like it.
Self ping
And another self ping.
Oregon Ping.....Manny said much the same at an OBAMACARE Town Hall we held about 3 years ago....he IS a hero...and like the canary in the mine!
I recall 1963 extremely well, and; the Cuban Missile Crisis was not a joke. My father was a senior officer at CONARC (Ft. Monroe, VA). The air war so thick in our home that we could not have cut it. We just kept our mouths shut. We dared not touch the only phone line in our home. We were so close to nuke war that few really know.
Now, the Cuban’s who came here damn sure paid dearly. I had a Cuban Company CO in AIT about early 66. He was in his 40’s. I later met Cuban’s in Special Forces from my time in the 3rd, 5th, 6th, and; 10th. Every one was a true patriot.
God bless this man. One of the strongest supporters of the second amendment is the NRA. Those who are not members should seriously consider joining.
in a similar vein, look at the genuinely ugly Left in Europe cheering Thatcher’s demise.
I wonder how many government proclamations of mourning there will be in Eastern Europe.
I have found first-generation immigrants (who actually arrived here legally, anyway) to be the best and most capable defenders of democracy and freedom that this country has. Seriously.
So do I. I was four years out of NWU, and I recall thinking, "that damned fool has gotten us into a war that may well end the world as we know it."
Thankfully, it did not come to that . . . but I was sure we stood on the precipice of an event horizon. You confirm what I thought.
I suspect as many as in the West (and likely more sincere).
The local Oregonian newspapers ignored this man. It’s great to see this go viral.
I agree. Where I grew up, many of the parents were immigrants that escaped the iron curtain. They KNEW what freedom was.
Problem is, that generation is dying and their experience isn't being passed on to enough people. Today's youth haven't a clue - many actually think that government DOES care about them.
I'm afraid that by the time many people wake up, they will already be immersed in the new communism that the US government is embracing.
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