Intro: Portland, Oregon, a city run by Liberal Democrats, has experienced over 55 days of unrelenting protest and violent destruction with no end in sight. Under the cover of political protests, criminals have descended to commit looting, assaults and even murder. Such scenes have become all too common and, combined with police being ordered to stand down, an atmosphere of lawlessness of has descended on once peaceful cities with no end in sight. In addition, federal assistance has been shunned by Democrat mayors seeking to sideline Trump at this crucial time.
What can a law abiding citizen due but assume the police won’t come, won’t help and may even be hindrance to their safety, so aptly demonstrated after a St. Louis couple was charged with crimes for defending their own their home with firearms. Survival in a crunch will come down to being able to forcefully defend one’s family and person with firepower, and that means guns. Ammo and gun sales are skyrocketing as the news paints a grim of picture of how view their world.
- Being free to defend oneself is not only enshrined in the Constitution but was vital for colonists well before the Revolution. Now people feel stuck between protestors and criminals and local governments hostile or immune to defending their rights as law abiding citizens. How does navigate when caught between these worlds?
Answer: People must always chose survival first, when everything they have worked and cherish the most is at risk, no living creature shrinks from defending their turf. Unfortunately, having a gun is a necessary evil and millions of Americans are fully prepared to use them while millions more are joining their ranks as this crisis escalates.
- The plain fact is the chaos being allowed by politicians in many cities is breaking the system apart, now the protestors have turned on the Mayor of Portland as not radical enough, police are told to stand down as children in Chicago are slaughtered every day, Brooklyn a woman was shot eight times for complaining about neighbor’s fireworks. It is not surprising people are buying guns, do you have a breakdown of the new buyers?
Answer: There are major increases across the board, but the ones most at risk make the largest segment, sales to Black men and women in the first six-months of 2020 are up 60%. This is a fascinating development, when these communities start to push back and force their so-called political leaders to take control then the situations might change, until then everyone is at risk. White men and women had the second largest firearm sales increase at 51.9 percent, followed by Hispanic men and women at 49.4 percent, and Asian men and women at 42.9 percent.
- Criminals don’t buy legal guns and gangs have access to lots of powerful weapons, making it even more important for citizens to wake up and demand law and order from their leaders. Billions of dollars have been lost in destruction and many establishments that were burned or looted will never open again. What can normal people do besides buying guns?
Answer: First they must alert civic leaders they prepared to defend themselves and vote them out of office if they won’t help. Politicians are all about getting and increasing their power, and voters have the power to boot them out of office. If politicians are stubborn enough to take voters for granted, then they deserve to be stripped of power and cast out to survive with the rest of us.
- Using a gun is serious business, proper training and respect for their deadliness is necessary, but being denied the right to own them is even worse. History has taught us that a disarmed populace is a vulnerable populace, do you believe the far-left want to confiscate everyone’s weapons?
Answer: Without a doubt, without the Second Amendment they would have already done it. Look at what happens in places like Australia, Great Britain and many other countries where guns ownership is outlawed; when criminals know for sure their target is unarmed then the consequences of aggression are lessened, and in many of these countries police are not armed. If citizens are not armed, then it is short step for the government to grab complete control over everyone and everything.
- Do you believe the current election is in some ways a referendum on gun ownership, after all Joe Biden seems to agree with many plans for gun confiscation voiced by other candidates?
Answer: How can one see it any other way. The left has been chipping away at gun rights for decades, and now the highly vocal and powerful far-left really believe they have everyone on their back heels and are pushing harder and harder. If the anti-gun forces have the power they will move to not only outlaw guns but try and confiscate weapons from law abiding citizens.
- Can you break down the current unrest in more basic terms?
Answer: Power is perception; these violent groups see all the scared politicians caving to their every demand, and in turn those same politicians will get eaten alive when their usefulness is at an end. On the opposite side, a powerful counter attack by citizens exercising their rights through well-established institutions can aggressively grab the power back. Guns are at the heart of being able to push back; only by standing up to bullies can one change that perception of power.
- Where may we get more information on The Second Amendment Foundation
Answer: www.saf.org
EXPERT GUESTS AVAILABLE TO INTERVIEW ON THIS TOPIC:
ABOUT ALAN GOTTLIEB (In Pacific Time):
Alan is a strong advocate of defense. He’s a nuclear engineering graduate of the University of Tennessee, publisher of Gun Week, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and Founder of the Second Amendment Foundation. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Conservative Union.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a national board member of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and a broadcast media spokesman for the Second Amendment Foundation.
Recipient of the 2015 Gun Rights Defender of the Year Award, Mark Walters is a weekly national columnist for Ammoland, and author of three books, Lessons from Armed America with Kathy Jackson: foreword by Massad Ayoob, Lessons from Unarmed America with Rob Pincus: foreword by Ted Nugent, and Grilling While Armed.
Mark is the host of two nationally syndicated talk radio programs, Armed American Radio, and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense heard on hundreds of radio stations across the country, six days per week. In addition,
Mark has appeared on national and international radio and television on gun-related stories and is a popular podium speaker on firearms topics. Mark is a husband and father of two children and resides in Georgia with his family.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com (formerly Gun Week).
He also writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line and several firearms periodicals. He is also the communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times and Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
He has also co-authored seven books with Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation.
Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry and gun politics.
ABOUT STEPHEN WILLEFORD (In Central Time):
A native of Sutherland Springs, Texas, Stephen Willeford was raised in a family of five on a dairy farm near the First Baptist Church. He is the fourth generation to live on a few hundred acres of land in Wilson County.
Stephen has always relied on his faith to guide his life, and his deep roots in Sutherland Springs are a product of his family’s commitment to their community. An avid sportsman, Stephen began shooting at a young age and honed his shooting skills by participating in shooting competitions as he grew older. He made sure his three children were trained in gun safety, passing along his expertise.
After the deadly mass shooting in November 2017, Stephen has become known across the country as the “good guy with a gun.” Stephen credits his unwavering faith and penchant for preparedness as to why he was able to step in during this critical incident, believing that each day of his life prepared him for what happened on that Sunday morning.
Stephen has begun speaking publicly about his life and experiences, even delivering a lauded speech at the National Rifle Association Convention in May 2018. Because of his selfless service to his community, Stephen was also an honored guest of members of the Texas delegation at the 2018 State of the Union address in Washington, D.C.
An experienced professional plumber, Stephen earned his license from the Plumbers and Pipefitters Apprenticeship School in San Antonio and has nearly 35 years of experience in his field. In 2018, Governor Greg Abbott appointed Stephen to serve on the Texas Private Security Board. He is a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), was an NRA-certified instructor and a former assistant scoutmaster with the Boy Scouts of America. Stephen has been married to Pam Farmer Willeford for 30 years and has three children and three grandchildren.
ABOUT TOM GRESHAM (In Central Time):
Tom Gresham is a spokesman for 2nd Amendment Foundation. He hosts the nationally syndicated weekend radio talk show ‘Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk,’ carried on 266 stations. He also has created, hosted and directed several television series about guns including Shooting Sports America on ESPN, and Guns and Gear on NBC Sports. An author of several books, Tom has also written thousands of magazine articles about firearms.
ABOUT GLEN CAROLINE (In Eastern Time)
Veteran grassroots gun rights organizer Glen Caroline is the Director of External Affairs for the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
With 29 years of frontline experience in the Second Amendment movement, Caroline spearheads grassroots and training programs for both organizations. Glen comes to the SAF/CCRKBA after serving for years as managing director of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action Grassroots Programs and Campaign Field Operations division. Glen’s entire professional life has been dedicated to the cause of the Second Amendment and the preservation of Americans’ liberties.
ABOUT THE 2ND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION:
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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