Today, I had the opportunity to experience the 2013 National Rifle Association's Annual Convention and Banquet held in Houston, Texas. Words just can't describe how it made me feel. Upon first arriving at the convention hall, we were overwhelmed with the number of vendors who were there. At first, I wasn't sure how to even proceed through this massive maze of hardware peddlers. Their individual knowledge of their respective products and services was not only impressive, but refreshing. Finally, people who were actually educated and knowledgable about firearms, firearm handling, firearm accessories and supplies, and most of all.....firearm safety.
After several hours of walking and soaking up the sites, it had become close to the time my dad and I had been waiting for.......Glenn Beck. Yes, Glenn was speaking as this year's key note speaker. I was excited to hear what he had to say. I know what some of you are probably asking right now? Why in the world do I listen to this guy? Well, out of all of the political commentators, he comes off to me as the one who is most passionate about what he believes. And I believe that his and my political, and some spiritual, beliefs are very similar, if not the same. You see, first he believes in God and his son Jesus as I do. Second, he believes our rights were giving to us by God and not the government. Third, he believes that our government (Dems and Reps) are a bunch of Progressive Communists out to strip those God given rights away from us in order to place themselves in positions of power over us. I'd go on with a fourth, fifth, sixth, etc, but those three are the biggies. Now, I know what some of you are going to say. "That can't happen." We'll, you're wrong. It's been happening for decades now and will continue until they are successful, that is if we don't stop them.
The main topic of the evening was our Second Amendment Rights. Some of you don't even know what the Second Amendment is. Well, I'll make it easy for you. I'll tell you. It's your right to bear arms. This right wasn't meant to act as a means of hunting. It was meant as a means of defense from tyranny. What is tyranny?....some of you may ask. Well, tyranny is oppressive power exerted by government. Basically, our fore fathers had experienced tyranny from the king of England and not only wanted free of that, but never wanted us to have to experience it either. With that said, they gave us a mechanism to fend off such a terrible threat.....the Second Amendment. You see, it's easy to force your will upon someone else if you have power over them (you have a gun and they don't), but its a whole other story if both parties have guns. To put it as clear as I can, if we lose our Second Amendment rights (right to own a gun), we could soon lose every other right. If the government has all of the power, then where does that leave us?
I know. This all seems like a stretch and possibly even just some conspiracy theory,......or does it? Hasn't it occurred to you that not all men and women walking this beautiful planet are good people? Hasn't it occurred to you that some of the people, even around us, have evil or less than admirable ambitions? If you can believe that, then why would you believe that the people running our government are doing everything that's right for us as a collective society? The fact is, most of those people running our government are either lawyers, lobbyists, or con artists. What are all of these good at? They are excellent liars. Oh! Sorry. I meant bending the truth so that it seems believable. Good grief people! Haven't y'all heard the joke about "What do you call 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? Answer: A good start." Apparently not. You idiots vote them into offices which determine you and your family's future. How stupid can you get?
Now don't get your feelings hurt or become insulted by what I'm saying. That isn't my intent. All I want to do is jolt you and wake you up. I know most of you have common sense and can figure most of this out yourselves, but I believe a large portion of you can't or won't believe that something like this could happen in America. It not only can happen, it's happening right before your eyes and its being pandered to you by a slick tongued charismatic President and his Congress. You see, he knows most of you are too caught up in your Facebook, twitter, video games, work, kids soccer practice, etc. to even take a glance at what damage he's doing to our country. He's hoping that you all will stay asleep until he's implemented every control seizing law possible and dismantle any mechanism or law that would enable us to fight back. Still seem far fetched? Well, explain all of the executive orders he's made when he didn't get what he wanted from Congress and his Democrat held Senate? Those were clear acts of a dictator, not someone who is interested in what the people want. In his own words, "Lets be clear....".......our Congress and Senate are our voices (at least they're suppose to be). When President Obama ignores them both and executes a law by executive order, that's an act of a dictator.
WAKE UP PEOPLE! Pull your heads out of your butts!
