Posted on 03/24/2018 8:58:29 PM PDT by conservative98
MILFORD, Pa. -- Dozens gathered in Pike County Saturday in opposition to the March for Our Lives.
Members of the Family Firearms Association held a rally aimed to help uphold the Second Amendment.
Many gun owners gathered outside the Pike County Courthouse speaking out about how important it is to them to preserve the right to bear arms.
"It was so important to our founding fathers to make gun ownership the Second Amendment in the Constitution," said Kyle Toffey on Hamlin.
"The well-armed civilian population of America is and always has been America's ultimate strength in this world," said John Paul Harris Jr. of Scranton.
Organizers tell Newswatch 16 this rally in support of the Second Amendment was held deliberately on the same day as the March for Our Lives.
"I did this to have our voices heard among all the furor and hullabaloo of the anti-gun movement," said Lesa Ellanson, Family Firearms Association.
Ellanson says she doesn't like the way gun owners are portrayed in the media.
"They're all white supremacists, haters, and I'm here to refute that. You look at my face and are you going to tell me I fit that demographic? I'm an American, and I have the right to bear arms like any other American."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnep.com ...
The typical leftist comment about more gun control, where the gun control that is in place now is not working because we don’t have enough of what is apparently not working.
"By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' the 'security' of the nation, and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important."President John F. Kennedy
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"Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible."
Vice President and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey
Wish I’d known about this .. would’ve been fun to drive over there.
We lived down the road across the Delaware in Pt Jervis.
Thank You PA. Patriots!!!!
I would buy Tee-Shirts that said Black Guns Matter.
Thanks. We needed that.
Glad this happened. Am really bummed that we will lose our Congressman Tom Marino. Have just learned who is running for our new 8th District against Dem Matt Cartright: businessman, John Chrin from Northampton County and Joe Peters from Lackawanna County. I’m afraid Bob Kuniegel may be an “also-ran.” What chance do you think Chrin has?
I was polled last week, but at that point I didn’t know anything about any of them. Had to look them up online.
Good to see something like this on FR for a change. Somehow, every move the Hogg makes seems to get a post.
Bless Milford!
Milfkrd, PA is a nice area of Pennsylvania. Great Americans...
And I’m betting you have any black rifles you are responsible for well under control.
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