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Just two years ago, we
were faced with perhaps the most important election that gun owners have
ever seen. The battle lines were clearly drawn between those who respect
freedom and the Constitution, and those who don’t.
It is now common knowledge that gun owners changed history’s course in
that election, and we are all to be commended on a difficult job well
done. But then we watched a razor-thin pro-gun majority in the Senate
slip away with the betrayal of Senator-turned-traitor Jim Jeffords, and
we saw Senator McCain morph from a pro-gun conservative into an anti-gun
turncoat playing to the liberal media.
The result is, we have an administration that is aligned with our cause
but cannot do much more than maintain the status quo, because it cannot
advance a legislative agenda or protect freedom in the Courts.
In a few weeks, we’ll have the chance to finish the job, once
and for all. It’s not up to somebody else. It’s up to us –
you and me. We’ve got to untie the hands of a President who is going
to do great things to advance freedom’s cause.
Our biggest enemy in 2002 is complacency. Many think, “now that
President Bush is in office, there’s nothing to worry about.”
Nothing is further from the truth. The enemies of freedom are working to
defuse the pro-gun vote by fooling us into believing that our rights are
secure. Some are even camouflaging themselves as pro-gun!
That’s where you and I come in. Along with our love of freedom comes
responsibility. Responsibility to lead. Responsibility to act.
Responsibility to work, and to fight, and to pray, to preserve the
freedoms we love. If you think you’re only one person, and that you
can’t possibly make a difference, then be reminded that the 2000
elections proved beyond a doubt, and forever, that one person can
and will make all the difference.
The power of one person is the power of all, because you are not
alone, and you are not isolated, and every time you take one
action to advance our cause, you step into a flow of activity much
larger than any of us. Know that when you
act, there are also thousands of others
acting in parallel and reinforcing each other, creating momentum and
having an immeasurable collective impact.
Every action that you take, every phone call, every letter, every person
that you drag to the election polls, has a ripple effect on everyone
else, and is magnified by the parallel actions of others. In 2002, stand
up, be counted and make a difference!
Let's finish
the job!
—Scott L. Bach
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