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. |
Are not such "laws" what the march would be about?
We wouldn't be asking for a handout, we'd be exercising and demanding our rights as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.
While I agree. Been there, done that. It didn't impress Billy Jeff and the CongressCritters a bit. Some of the folks even came armed to the later rallies. With cap and ball revolvers. Although there were guns at the earlier rally too, carried by folks in "period" costume, from Revolutionary War to WW-II. We even had cannon:
I think I'm in that picture, with my fingers in my ears.
So, if we do nothing, he wins, if we do something, he might win faster, or there might be some "unintended consequences" and he'd and his ilk would lose big time.
Tell us you're joking ?
I'm against going armed this time. We're trying to influence opinion, not start a war.
I do like the idea of carrying canes or umbrellas as "symbolic" guns. I'll probably need a cane anyway.
I'm for concurrent rallies in state capitals for those who can't make it to DC. We need to influence state legislators as well as congresscritters.
Let's shoot for a realistic number. If it's not in freezing weather, we ought to be able to match the turnout of the Right to Life march, about a quarter million. However, we shouldn't put a number in the name. It's a Second Amendment rally, or something like that.
2009 would be better than 2010, but I don't know anything about the process of getting approval from the Park Service, etc. That's probably going to be the primary consideration.
Ping-a-bump
I agree. Showing up for a million (or whatever) man march on washington consisting of gunowners (read enemies of the administration)might be looked upon as a godsend by the administration. Sprinkle in a few plants ready to jump up with full auto to fire on the police, and it will be a dream come true for gungrabbing pols.
Personally, if there is going to be a second Lexington and Concord, I would not want to be on the bridge without arms.
Somebody had a list of all those ‘old’ Marines who defended themselves....and won. Do you remember who has that list?
A barrel of tar and one of feathers and 3 rails with an effigy on each tarred, feathered and labeled “NFA 34” and “GCA 68” and “Brady Bill.”
Negative... but I bet someone on your list knows...
In a word, “Yes.”
How about an effigy of all the anti-gun ‘Rats in Washington and we’ll hold target practice at them.
Works for me. Maybe we could get the use of a range over at Quantico or some such place.
And anti-gun RINOs as well...
Maybe we can set one up on the Mall.
Everybody wears an empty holster.
Does anyone have last year’s list of news reports of the ‘old’ Marines who defended themselves in B&Es and robberies.........and won?
Have gun, will travel.
See you in 2010!
I could work with that. Maybe we could borrow some firepower from the Marines. Ma Deuce or a Blooper would be fun.
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