"What are you fighting for?"
#9 in a series of information leaflets from The Stentorian, www.stentorian.com
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And it's one, two, three, / What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, / Next stop is Vietnam.
-Country Joe and the Fish, I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die
Lyndon B. Johnson sacrificed 57,000 American lives in Vietnam
(by not fighting to win, or staying out entirely) to promote his own political
career. Some people might classify that as treason. The leaders of the
antigun movement want money, votes, power, publicity, and speaking honoraria.
If you're giving them these things, do you know why?
Gun Control Supporters: What are you fighting
for?
Are you fighting for the privilege of the limousine liberals, the wealthy
elite, the lords of the manor, to own and carry firearms while they enact
gun control laws for "the little people?"
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Prominent antigun Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) used her
power and influence to get a pistol permit. Why are her life and physical
safety more important than yours?
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Wealthy playboy Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) supports gun control.
One of his bodyguards was detained (but not prosecuted) for trying to carry
a machine pistol into the Senate Office building.
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Influential Washington Post columnist and gun control
supporter Carl Rowan avoided conviction for possessing an unregistered
pistol in Washington DC- and for using it to shoot a trespasser with a
"warning shot."
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Congressman Mario Biaggi (D-NY) said that only police officers
should have guns. Biaggi had to surrender two handguns when he was convicted
of a felony in the Wedtech scandal.
Are you fighting for the privilege of states and municipalities to disarm
you and then refuse to protect you from violence?
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Courts have ruled that police have no obligation to protect
ordinary citizens.
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During the Los Angeles riots, police told citizens, "You're
on your own."
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New York police ignored Jews' 911 calls during the Crown
Heights riots, much as German police did not stop Nazis from killing Jews
and trashing Jews' property during the infamous "Night of the Broken Glass"
in 1938.
Our side believes that, if you're a law-abiding citizen, you have a right
to own a firearm to protect your life and the lives of your family members.
Even if you choose not to own a firearm, the presence of armed citizens
in your neighborhood makes you safer; the violent criminal doesn't know
who
is armed. We do not believe that a Senator's or Congressman's life is more
important than yours, and we do not believe that state or local governments
have any right to disarm you and then refuse to protect you. Please think
about why you're fighting. Then think about whether the side you're on
is on your side.