Preacher Wears Gun on “Second Amendment Sunday”

photo credit: Steve Fuller

Saying he wanted to make a stand for freedom and the Second Amendment, John Linnehan stood  before the congregation last Sunday wearing a holster with a semi-automatic 9-milimeter Ruger in it.

Linnehan said, “I don’t normally pack a gun. I don’t usually do it, but today I wanted to take a stand so there’s no misunderstanding as to where we stand.”

As for the message, Linnehan said it was generally about the idea of freedom.

Part of that message was displayed on his shirt, which you can see to the right. with "Freedom" boldly emblazoned on the front of it. On the back of his shirt were the phrase 2nd Amendment, with 2 having the word Amendment curved above it.

While this was an exercise to send a message, there is no doubt a growing number of congregations have internal security to protect them as they have been targets of crazies in the past.

Ron Paul on Who Should be Disarmed

Ron Paul always has a good quip along with his straight-shooting talk, and it's no different in regard to gun control. Surprisingly (or not surprisingly), Paul says he opposes all attempts to regulate firearms with the exception of one: federal agents.

Paul says this on The Free Foundation:

While I oppose most gun control proposals, there is one group of Americans I do believe should be disarmed: federal agents. The use of force by federal agents to enforce unjust and unconstitutional laws is one of the major, albeit overlooked, threats to liberty. Too often Americans are victimized by government force simply for engaging in commercial transactions disproved of by Congress and the federal bureaucracy.

 

For example, the offices of Rawesome Foods in Venice, California, have been repeatedly raided by armed federal and state agents, and Rawesome’s founder, 65-year old James Stewart, has been imprisoned. What heinous crime justified this action? Rawesome sold unpasteurized (raw) milk and cheese to willing customers – in a state where raw milk is legal! You cannot even drink milk from a cow without a federal permit!

 

Other reasons for disarming Federal agents in Paul's view is from their draconian attack on raw milk producers, alternative health providers, and gold coin dealers

He concludes his thoughts with a quote from C.S. Lewis, where he state that the worst kind of tyranny is that which is "exercised for the good of its victims.”

Thousands Attend “Day of Resistance” Rallies

“Day of Resistance” rallies attracted the support of thousands of people across the nation, as a growing grass roots resistance for Americans retaining the right to bear arms is growing, as liberal and opportunistic politicians attempt to strip the freedoms of the American people down to the core.

Estimates are anywhere from hundreds to thousands of people showed up at local rallies on Saturday.

There is no way of knowing how many people attended the approximate 100 rallies, but the emotional issue is drawing numerous people into resistance, which will no doubt result in the re-emergence of a vibrant and strengthened Tea Party; possibly to levels even more robust than before.

If that's the case, the politicians being voted out of office in the next elections - especially liberal Democrats - could be high. We can only hope and pray that's the case.

Even Bill Clinton admonished the Democrats that they shouldn't have taken this on. They refused to listen, and now are sure to pay the price. Americans can't wait until the next election to heavily punish Democrats for the attacks on our freedoms.

Freedom and the Right to Bear Arms

There is nothing in the Second Amendment suggesting any politician or lawmaker can change or adapt it to make it say anything but in America we all have the right to bear arms. Not only does that apply to protection against criminals and crazies, but also against a government that attempts to assert itself in a manner that results in tyranny.

So even though the attempt by mainstream media to demonize "assault" rifles as being unnecessary and evil, the fact is there are very few of the homicides in America that are the result of a rifle. Only about 348 of all guns deaths in America, as of 2009, were as the result of a killer using a rifle. The vast majority of those using guns for murder, use handguns.

The other lie is the use of the term assault rifle in the first place. In reality there is no such thing. It is a rifle ... period. Nothing else.

Most people that have some wisdom understand that Americans with automatic and semi-automatic firearms don't have them for the purpose of taking on the U.S. military in a direct confrontation, as that's ludicrous. They own them for personal protection, and to make a statement that we're a free people; which is what owning guns is really all about.

Having said that, if a government does turn evil, they know it'll cost a lot if they want to try to subdue a population that is packing.

Over the last 100 years of so various nations have talked their citizens into turning in their firearms, and it wasn't long afterwards they brutally suppressed them.

The bottom line is America was birthed in freedom, and gun ownership was a symbolic and practical way for its people to express that freedom, and if it ever came down to it, fight for it.

The Second Amendment Represents Freedom

Americans everywhere need to understand and realize that the Second Amendment was written to guarantee and recognize our freedom as a people.

The Second Amendment; “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

Or as one writer aptly puts it:

The above amendment says absolutely nothing but what is written. The right of the people to keep and bear arms is an extension of the natural right to self-defense and a hallmark of personal sovereignty. It is specifically insulated from governmental interference by the Constitution and has historically been the linchpin of resistance to tyranny.

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