AMEN Brother Ted!

"Remember the Alamo! Shoot 'em! To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead! I want rapists dead! I want burglars dead! I want child molesters dead! I want the bad guys dead! No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun, and when they attack you, shoot 'em."

Ted Nugent
Speaking at the NRA Convention last weekend

Can you give me an "AMEN!?!" Having been on the front lines for a long time, I got a lot of questions at the NRA members meeting about what individuals can do as the battle for our rights enters this new phase. I'd thought about my answer beforehand, and I decided there was no better advice that a phrase I stole from the gay rights movement in New York City in the mid-1970s:

"Out of the closets and into the streets!"

For too long gunowners — myself included — have tended to keep a pretty low profile. We might write letters to the editor, but we weren't necessarily visible in our communities. Part of that invisibility was, of course, a question of security — we have stuff scumbags want to steal. But another part was that we were constantly under fire by the liberal media and the liberal elements in our community who had access to the media. And we simply got tired.

Well, it's time! I am no longer invisible. I no longer allow antigun crap to pass unchallenged, whether it's in the media or at a friendly party among friends. If my guns make you uncomfortable, tough. Either get over it or get gone! I am not interested in "understanding your side of the argument," because your side of the argument is based on lies, falsehoods, spin and propaganda. Sure I believe in "gun control" — front sight, squeeze the trigger.