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. |
Count me in also.
I believe we could get 10’s of millions on the streets.
Write on every piece of American paper currency an arrow pointing to the portrait of the man in the center with the words, “Gun Owner,” in bold letters.
I think that would be very effective for those who can’t afford to jet to DC. I am close to Atlanta, so I could more easily march to the GA state capitol and get large CNN coverage. If large crowds march on ALL the state capitols, the MSM cannot ignore it. They can spin it as gun nuts, but they will be afraid.
I know a lot of things have to be hashed out. However, it has to be decided at some point if we go armed or unarmed. If unarmed, then everyone should have a holster strapped to their side. I prefer armed. What are they going to do? Arrest a million people?
We live in an age of desperate times as far as our constitutional rights are concerned. In my opinion we need someone of his stature to energize our base. The man has no fear and millions who agree with not only his message on the 2nd amendment but also his outspoken defense of our basic rights.
Look forward to seeing you there and all the other good folks from New England!
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I personally do not own a gun but I’m willing to march anyway with all folks who do. We need to draw a line in the sand. Odrama can go pound sand.
That would send the proper message.
I agree with another poster's comment, that 2010 is too long to wait. Perhaps this spring or summer instead.
It would also be important to get members of Congress to attend as well.
Toby Keith is a fraud. He’s a liberal that knows how to sale albums.
Good idea.
We should anticipate media spin, though. If we organize a million gun owner march the media will chant FAIL if we get 999,999.
If we organize a Hundred Thousand Gun Owner March and get 250,000, they won’t trash our numbers (they will have to fall back on lame examples of extremism as usual).
Agreed......Plus they charge 7 bucks for a bottle of beer at his bar in Vegas. What a rip.
I wonder if they’d understand if the crowd had 1 million pitchforks and torches....
perhaps a rail,
and a barrel of hot tar and a big bag of feathers...
I don’t own a gun either, but I joined the NRA. I’d gladly go to DC and add to the numbers!
Yes and make sure all state and federal laws are followed during the events. (open carry, concealed, etc... per state)
We can’t let any *real* nuts ruin it for everyone.
Easier just to shoot them. ;-P
There will be plants and impostors around to make us all look like a bunch of d!(k$.
Whoever organizes this needs to put the word out... everyone be cool and keep an eye out for those who aren't, because they WILL be there - conveniently in front of the CNNABNNBCCBS cameras.
I object to the “Million-{insert group here} March” Moniker.
It started out with Farrakhan and his gang of islamic thugs as the Million Man March...then it moved to the Million Mom March of gun banning nitwits.
Go to their site to read laundry list of gun bans they want to shove down our throats. Then there is the upcoming Million Gay March. That will probably turn into a giant aids infection fest.
I want nothing to do with Million X of anything.
Love the concept, change the name.
Bring along a can of that bright orange spray paint that they mark underground lines with...
and “tag” the plants.
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