Have you guys read this?

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I pulled this off another site. It is pretty well written. I apologize if this is a repost. If it is, please delete.



A NOTICE TO ALL POLITICIANS


It is time to speak plainly for the good citizens and patriots of this nation who believe unendingly in the Constitution of the United States of America.

Though foreign governments may disarm their subjects, we will not go down that road.

We will not disarm and see our freedoms stripped away. The lessons of history are numerous, clear, and bloody. A disarmed population inevitably becomes an enslaved population. A disarmed population is without power, reduced to childlike obedience to--and dependence upon--the organs of a parental state. A disarmed population will lose--either piecemeal or in one sweeping act--those basic rights for which the citizens of America risked their lives and fortunes over 200 years ago.

We Will Not Disarm. The right to self-protection---the internal directive of every living creature, be it mouse or man--is the most fundamental right of all. It is a right that must be exercised against the predators of the streets, against the predators hidden within agencies of law enforcement, and against the most dangerous predators of all--those to be found in government, whose insidious grasping for power is relentless and never-ending.

We Will Not Disarm. Not in the face of robbers, rapists and murderers who prey upon our families and friends. Nor in the face of police and bureau agents who would turn a blind eye to the Constitution, who would betray the birthright of their countrymen; nor in the face of politicians of the lowest order--those who pander to the ignorant, the weak, the fearful, the naive; those indebted to a virulent strain of the rich who insulate themselves from the dangers imposed upon other Americans and then preach disarmament.

We will not surrender our handguns. We will not surrender our hunting arms. And we will not surrender our firearms of military pattern or military utility, nor their proper furnishings, nor the right to buy, to sell, or to manufacture such items. Firearms of military utility, which serve well and nobly in times of social disturbance as tools of defense for the law-abiding, serve also in the quiet role of prevention, against both the criminal and the tyrannical. An armed citizenry--the well-regulated militia of the Second Amendment, properly armed with military firearms--is a powerful deterrent, on both conscious and subconscious levels, to those inclined toward governmental usurpations.

An armed citizenry stands as a constant reminder to those in power that, though they may violate our rights temporarily, they will not do so endlessly and without consequence. And should Americans again be confronted with the necessity of--may God forbid it--throwing off the chains of a tyrannical and suffocating regime, firearms designed to answer the particular demands of warfare will provide the swiftest and most decisive means to this end.

Any law which prohibits or limits a citizen's possession of firearms of military utility or their proper furnishings, provides an open window through which a corrupt government will crawl to steal away the remainder of our firearms and our liberties.

Any law which prohibits or limits a citizen's possession of firearms of military utility or their proper furnishings, being directly contrary to the letter and spirit of the Second Amendment, is inimical to the Constitution, to the United States of America, and to its citizens.

Now--today--we are witnessing the perilous times foreseen by the architects of the Constitution. These are times when our government is demanding--in the guise of measures for the common good--the relinquishment of several rights guaranteed to Americans in the Constitution, foremost among which is the right to keep and bear arms for our own defense. These are times when our government has abdicated its primary responsibility--to provide for the security of its citizens.

Swift and sure punishment of outlaws is absent, and in its place is offered the false remedy of disarming the law-abiding.Where this unconstitutional action has been given the force of law, it has failed to provide relief and has produced greater social discord. This discord in turn now serves as the false basis for the demand that we give up other rights, and for the demand for more police, more agents of bureaucratic control to enforce the revocation of these rights. Legislators, justices and law officers must bear in mind that the foundation of their duties is to uphold the fundamental law of the land--the Constitution.

They must bear in mind that the unconstitutional act of disarming one's fellow citizens will also disarm one's parents, spouse, brothers, sisters, children and children's children. They must bear in mind that there are good citizens who--taking heed of George Washington's belief that arms are the liberty teeth of the people--will not passively allow these teeth to be torn out. There are good citizens who--taking heed of Benjamin Franklin's admonition that those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety--will surrender not one of their rights. Those who eat away at our right to own and use firearms are feeding on the roots of a plant over two centuries old, a plant whose blossom is the most free, most powerful nation ever to exist on the face of this planet.

The right to keep and bear arms is the tap root of this plant. All other rights were won at the point of a gun and will endure only at the point of a gun. Could they speak, millions upon millions of this world's dead souls would testify to this truth. Millions upon millions of the living can so testify today. Now--today--is a critical moment in our history.
Will we Americans passively lie down before a government grown disdainful of its best citizens? Or will we again declare:

WE are the government, government functions at our behest, and it may not rescind our sacred rights? Will we place our faith in public servants who behave like our masters? Or will we place our faith in the words and deeds of the daring, far-seeing men and women whose blood, sweat and tears brought forth this great nation?

Will we believe those who assure us that the police officer will shield us from the criminal? Or will we believe our eyes and ears, presented every day with news of our unarmed neighbors falling prey in their homes, on our streets, in our places of work and play?

Will we bow our heads to cowards and fools who will not learn and do not understand the lessons of human history? Or will we stand straight and assume the daily tasks and risks that liberty entails?Will we ignore even the lessons of this present era--which has seen the cruel oppression of millions on the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and South America--and believe that the continent of North America is immune to such political disease? Or will we wisely accept the realities of this world, wisely listen to and make use of the precautions provided by our ancestors?

Will we be deceived by shameless liars who say that disarmament equals safety, helplessness equals strength, patriotism equals criminality? Or will we mark the words of our forefathers, who wrote in plain language: The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed?

Let us make known: We will choose the latter option in every case.

Legislators: Do your duty to your country. Uphold the Constitution as you swore to do. Do not shame yourselves by knocking loose the mighty keystone of this great republic--the right to bear arms.

Justices: Do your duty to your country. Examine the origins of our right to weaponry and uphold the letter and spirit of the Constitution.

Lawmen: Do your duty to your country. Do not be misguided and misused. Your task is to serve and to protect--not to oppress, to disarm and to make helpless your countrymen.

To the blind, the ignorant, the apathetic, the safe and sheltered, these may seem to be concerns of another age. They are not. They are as vital as they ever have been through history. For times may change but human nature does not. And it is to protect forever against the evil in human nature that the Founding Fathers set aside certain rights as inviolable.

For these reasons we must now make known:

We will not passively take the path that leads to tyranny. We will not go down that road. We Will Not Disarm.
 
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I don't even live in MA, but think it would do good on a national level. I am sure if this was done in a couple large newspapers in america, it would atleast cause a stir. I think it is about time we ripple the pond a little bit. All the ripples nowadays seem to come from the anti's.
 
Here, here!!

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That's one of the best pieces of pro-gun verbiage I've read....and I'll definately use it.
 
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03roushs1 said:
+1

I don't even live in MA, but think it would do good on a national level. I am sure if this was done in a couple large newspapers in america, it would atleast cause a stir. I think it is about time we ripple the pond a little bit. All the ripples nowadays seem to come from the anti's.
Absolutely agree with that. And, I think that's what is kicking our asses here in MA, we have no representation directed to the public. Although, I have seen three letters to the editor in the Worcester T & G in the past month or so that were pro gun, which has been pretty uplifting to see materialize in this swamp of anti-gun rhetoric.
 
This nice thing about this article is it takes a run around on why we have the laws we do, and most especially WHY the founding fathers did put this law in there, and what it truely meant in a captivating way.

As far a paper taking it. hard to say but I do know they need advertising to make their money so with luck we got the 'greed' factor going if someone does do this.

If not, see my comment about how newspapers are now layed out and learn how to slip it in. *cracks his fingers*
 
SiameseRat said:
I doubt there's a media outlet with the desire to print that anywhere around here... [frown]

New York Times... No way
Boston Globe... oh wait, they're owned by the Times...
Worcster T&G... oh wait, they're owned by the Times...
Gardner News... oh wait, they're owned by the Times...

Good thing there is diversty in the media...[thinking]

if you do find someone to run it, sigh me up.
 
It is my understanding (from Ron Glidden . . . discussion was about what the cost was to post the GCAB "List" a few times/year in the Boston Glob and Herald as required by law) that the Boston Glob charges in the vicinity of $8-10K for a 1-page advertisement in the daily newspaper. The Herald is probably in the $6-8K category. These numbers were from discussion about 3 years ago, so figure that they have increased by 20% since then.

It certainly is not "chicken feed"!
 
LenS said:
It is my understanding (from Ron Glidden . . . discussion was about what the cost was to post the GCAB "List" a few times/year in the Boston Glob and Herald as required by law) that the Boston Glob charges in the vicinity of $8-10K for a 1-page advertisement in the daily newspaper. The Herald is probably in the $6-8K category. These numbers were from discussion about 3 years ago, so figure that they have increased by 20% since then.

It certainly is not "chicken feed"!

kill joy... [crying]
 
yeahyeahyeah

LenS said:
Matt,

Sorry, more like "realist"!
C'mon Lenny,[wink]....put this together as the activist I know you are. I'd pledge to pledge whatever you pledge.[wink]~ Cya,kevin
 
wow, thats a buzzkill..
still not impossible considering we have the entire mebership of at the very least GOAL. Forget the NRA theyve abandoned us long ago..
im unsure of what goals total headcount is, but if someone were to push an initiative through them we could likely have the buying power to actuallly pull it off.
i know im good for a donation
 
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