Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 10:38 AM
Revolution?
I have been writing this column for over a dozen years, and I can
safely say the column I wrote last week, “My Line In The Sand Is Drawn Here,”
produced more response than any column I have ever written–maybe more than any
two or three columns combined. And what is even more noteworthy: unlike most
columns, the responses to this column were at least 90% favorable.
In last week’s column I said, “Throughout the United States, there
are tens of millions of fully-armed citizens who are more than capable of
defending themselves and their communities against any enemy–whether that enemy
is an internal or external one. In fact, many millions of these citizens have been
trained in the US armed forces. Firearms–especially semi-automatic rifles–in
the hands of millions of American citizens is truly the only thing that stands
between freedom and tyranny for the people of the United States. That Barack
Obama and Dianne Feinstein want to disarm the American people should be
considered an act of war against our liberties! In other words, ladies and
gentlemen, this is a line in the sand that none of us can afford to ignore.”
I also wrote, “Make no mistake about it: to take away an
American’s right to a semi-automatic rifle is to FULLY DISARM HIM. There is no
Second Amendment; there is no right to keep and bear arms; there is no citizen
militia; there is no liberty without the semi-automatic rifle!”
I concluded the column saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, whatever the
consequences might be, and whatever anyone else does or doesn’t do, I am
prepared to become an outlaw over this issue! I don’t know how to say it any
plainer: I will not register my firearms, and I will not surrender my firearms.
Period. End of story. It’s not just a saying with me: when my guns are
outlawed, I will be an outlaw!
“My line in the sand is drawn here!
“Make no mistake about it: it is not just semi-automatic rifles
that these gun grabbers are after. Ultimately, they want to take all of our
guns. We either stop them now or there will be no stopping them at all.”
See the column at:
Among those who wrote to tell me that they had also drawn their
personal line in the sand on this issue and that they would also absolutely
refuse to register or surrender their firearms were people from virtually all
walks of life: attorneys, realtors, bankers, teachers, physicians, civil
servants, salesmen, truck drivers, tradesmen, pastors, law enforcement officers
(including federal police officers), and military personnel–even special forces
troops. Accordingly, I am absolutely convinced that these people are a
microcosm of gun owners nationwide. I am also convinced that should Senator
Dianne Feinstein’s bill banning semi-automatic rifles become law that there are
literally tens of millions of Americans who simply will not comply.
Furthermore, former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan recently
told John McLaughlin that should the federal government attempt to confiscate
the guns of the American people, “There would be a revolution in this country!”
See the report at:
What most people fail to realize (because they are not taught it)
is that the match that ignited America’s War for Independence was not excessive
taxes, or the lack of representation, or trade restrictions, or the lack of
trial by jury (as important as these issues were). The match that ignited
America’s War for Independence was ATTEMPTED GUN CONFISCATION.
On April 19, 1775, British
troops, some 800 strong, were dispatched to Concord, Massachusetts, to arrest
Sam Adams and John Hancock and to seize a cache of weapons known to be stored
at Concord. When Dr. Joseph Warren sent Paul Revere to warn Pastor Jonas Clark
(in whose home Adams and Hancock were staying) that the Crown’s troops were on
their way to arrest the two men and seize the guns at Concord, he alerted his
male congregants. About 60-70 men from the Church of Lexington stood armed on
Lexington Green awaiting the Red Coats.
Upon spotting the citizen militia, a British officer demanded the
men throw down their arms. They refused; and the British troops immediately
opened fire. Eight of the Minutemen were instantly killed. The colonists
returned fire in self-defense, and the shot was fired that was heard ’round the
world. By the time the troops arrived at the Concord Bridge, just a few miles
away, hundreds of colonists were waiting for them with muskets in hand, and the
rest, as they say, is history.
Make no mistake about it: attempted gun confiscation ignited
America’s War for Independence. And I am convinced that Pat Buchanan is
absolutely right. If the federal government attempts to confiscate the guns of
the American people, “There would be a revolution in this country!”
One more observation regarding The Battle of Lexington which
opened America’s War for Independence: not only was attempted gun confiscation
the match that ignited the war, it was the pastor of the Church of Lexington
and members of his congregation who were the Minutemen of Lexington Green. That
is another fact most historians conveniently leave out of the story.
If there is one element missing from today’s
liberty fight, it is the lack of participation from America’s pastors. By and
large they are MIA. How many pastors today are warning their
congregations of the threat against their Second Amendment liberties? Every
pastor in America, regardless of denomination, should have already started
proclaiming “the spirit of resistance” (Thomas Jefferson) to their church
congregations; they should already be extolling the Biblical mandate to resist
tyranny; they should already be warning their congregations of Barack Obama and
Dianne Feinstein’s plan to disarm them.
Let me ask my church-going readers: has your
pastor said one word from the pulpit regarding the impending gun ban now being
drafted? Has your pastor explained the Biblical principles of lawful
resistance? Has your pastor exhorted his church congregation to not surrender
their firearms and to do everything in their power to demand that your senators
and legislators hold the line for the Second Amendment? And my next question is
if your pastor has not done any of this, why are you still attending that
church?
Ladies and gentlemen, there would have been no
United States of America had it not been for Rev. Jonas Clark and the other
patriot-pastors of 1775 and 1776. There would have been no Lexington Green and
Concord Bridge; there would have been no Bunker Hill; there would have been no
Declaration of Independence; there would have been no British surrender at
Yorktown. And I would dare say that if a significant percentage of pastors
would stand up this Sunday and encourage
their people to stand firm against this gun ban bill, the bill would never see
the light of day.
The time is late, folks! We no longer have the luxury of
straddling the fence or putting our heads in the sand. If your pastor refuses
to take a public stand for YOUR liberties, and the liberties of YOUR CHILDREN,
vote with your feet and walk out the door. Find yourself a pastor who will
defend your liberties and the liberties of your children–liberties that other
pastors and patriots purchased at the cost of their very blood.
I repeat what I’ve already said, “Whatever the consequences might
be, and whatever anyone else does or doesn’t do, I am prepared to become an
outlaw over this issue! I don’t know how to say it any plainer: I will not
register my firearms, and I will not surrender my firearms. Period. End of
story. It’s not just a saying with me: when my guns are outlawed, I will be an
outlaw!
“My line in the sand is drawn here!”
And so are the lines of millions of Americans.
In response to Pat Buchanan’s prediction of revolution should the
federal government attempt to confiscate our guns, John McLaughlin replied,
“Baloney!”
I’m sure that’s what King George III said when he was told that
would happen if his troops attempted to confiscate the guns at Concord.
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