2moro nights 3 minute testimony

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dZ

New member
Here is my 1st draft for 2moros County Council Meeting.

Good evening,
I am here tonight as a son of Pennsylvania, a county resident, a member of the Izaak Walton League and a founder of the Maryland Tyranny Response Team.

EWING BILL STRIKES BACK AGAINST GUN SHOWS IN COUNTY
So reads a news release by our esteemed County council.
I must ask the county council:
Why do legally run gunshows need to be struck at by Blair Ewing?

Further on down the page the reader notes:
"This is a reasonable and prudent measure designed to reduce the easy
availability of guns," said Council President Ewing, as leaders of Montgomery’s
Million Mom March chapter looked on. "It is particularly difficult to be sure that
gun control regulations are being followed at a gun show.

Hmm…
Who writes these dispatches from the Council? Myra Patner?

The Maryland State code governing gun laws covers 12 pages of tiny type. There are specific sections regulating sales at gunshows.. Does the county council have the time for me to read to them Section 443A tonight? Mr. Krasner's shows operate in full compliance with the law.

Why is the Million Mom March Hate group looking on while Blair Ewing publicly
speaks out against a right enumerated in our Bill of Rights and our State Constitution?
>>>>>>>>>>>
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Constitution of Maryland Art. 28.
That a well regulated Militia is the proper and natural defense of a free Government.

ARTICLE IX. MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.
SECTION 1. The General Assembly shall make, from time to time, such provisions for organizing, equipping and disciplining the Militia and pass such Laws to promote
Volunteer Militia organizations as may afford them effectual encouragement.

Who in this room feels the Maryland Government has ever given you any effectual Militia encouragement? I want my State funded 100 yard gun range!

Who are the Militia? They are not politicians and lawmakers. They are those who have elected us into our positions and entrusted us with the power of preserving and carrying out their wishes. Congress has no power to disarm the Militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American. The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the Federal or State governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.
Tench Coxe 1787

Here is a contemporary quote:

I think that we've got enough laws on the books. I think what we need is tougher enforcement. Law-abiding citizens have a right under our Constitution to have firearms.
John Ashcroft 2001

We are the citizen militia of Maryland, and we will not stand for this rampant nannyism from our county government.

"I'm very hopeful that people will say at the public hearing that guns should not be near day care centers," Blair Ewing said.

Mr. Ewing, I am a member of the Izaak Walton league. My members and I do not appreciate your insinuating that a ticketed dinner on private property is a threat to children. We love our children and work to insure their safety. My four year old daughter knows the Eddie Eagle drill.
Stop! Don't touch, leave the area, find an adult.
Are there any children at the Tiny Toes of Travilla on a Saturday night? Am I a threat to children?
Is this a motion to shutter all NRA activities in the county? Would the council like to close down Galyan's gun business? I think the bridge at Rio is within a 100 yards of their store. Maybe a public meeting place could be installed next door to Atlantic guns or Gilbert's on the Rockville pike. I know, lets call the McDonalds inside the Wal-Mart, a Million Mom refuge. Funny thing though, I don’t see many Chevy Chase Mercedes up county.

Perhaps the council would like to load all 4000 Montgomery County NRA members on the back of the bus, and ship us to the new Rosie O'Donnell reeducation camp in Clarksburg. You had better order more temporary classrooms. Making criminals of honest law abiding citizens and infringing on our rights to gather and purchase arms will not save any children.

If the council wants to truly do something for the children, please work on hit & run driving, accidental drowning and parental abuse. The Center for Disease Control ranks these way above gun violence as real, preventable causes of death in children.

If you really want to be helpful, fix our morally and physically bankrupt schools.

Mr. Krasner runs a very tight ship. I have never heard of any criminal acts at any Silverado Gunshows, He employs a yellow jacketed squadron of linebacker sized door watchers. Other then check for hand stamps and holding doors, these gentlemen never have to raise a finger. Why?, because Franks customers are honest citizens in search of a good deal. Frank's show is one of the few locations I know of where a person can get a good price on a quality firearm in the county. Would you deny a poor person a target rifle? Am I doomed to paying manufacturers suggested retail price?

At the October show, there was a community flea market going on adjacent to the gunshow building. If anyone at the flea market paid the ticket to get in to Franks show, they would have seen a variety of businesses selling merchandise in full compliance with Federal and State Law. If you sell Guns at a Gunshow as a business, you are required to run a background check on gun sales. The MMM is not here tonight to ask for mandatory background checks though. They are here because they fear and hate my culture.

This proposed law is elitist, classist, racist and unconstitutional.

I will end tonight's testimony with two quotes.

I don't care if you think it's your right. I say: Sorry, it's 1999. We have had enough as a nation. You are not allowed to own a gun, and if you own a gun I think you should go to prison.
Rosie O'Donnell

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, 1759
 
my $.02

You may want to organize your thoughts a little better.

Lots of info, but it reads like a rant, and verbally it would probably come off as a meandering rant.
 
dz,

A way to test the organization of your speech is to use a simple high school English book report requirement, which I still do ... outline it. Build a heirarchy of ideas that you want to convey. It's all there. You just need to line it up so it flows better. Don't forget to have a beginning, middle and an end.

Good Luck
 
Great work, Zox!

You have a very powerful speech there. The other guys had some good comments about organization, but I stood up and cheered as I was reading it! ;)
 
Deliver it to a mirror for practice. It'll help you prepare, and you may decide to change some things based on hearing yourself deliver it.
 
Your Coxe quote is incorrect... ie...

"Who are the Militia? They are not politicians and lawmakers. They are those who have elected us into our positions and entrusted us with the power of preserving and carrying out their wishes. Congress has no power to disarm the Militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American. The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the Federal or State governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.
Tench Coxe 1787"

It should be:

"The powers of the sword, say the minority of Pennsylvania, is in the hands of Congress. My friends and countrymen, it is not so, for the powers of the sward are in the hands of the yeomanry of America from sixteen to sixty. The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible. Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom? Congress have no right to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth?right of an American.... The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or the state governments, but where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." -Pennsylvania Gazette, February 20, 1788

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
 
Another thing Zox...

Practice in front of a mirror is good advice. You will doubtless revise when you rehearse it. A good rule of thumb: If it makes sense to you when you hear it aloud, it will make sense to the hearer.

Also, if you haven't before, tape yourself and listen. You'll be surprised at the pauses, throat clears, ums, stammers, and other goofs you hear that you don't hear when you're speaking.

I know this is testimony so it may not be appropriate but in general for any gestures your hands should be at shoulder height, iow not low as they appear weak.

I've been doing public speaking for quite a while and it took me a while to remember some basic tips.

Good luck, bro!
 
prolly not what you want to hear, but....

I doubt the militia passages will go over will in front of a mixed audience. It might be constitutionally correct, it might be ethically correct -- but I suspect it will tarnish rather than help your argument.

At best, I'd expect you to recieve a few "so join the dern National Guard if you want to play with '16's" and at worst "so you're one of those militia freaks who wants to bomb our daycare?"

Personally, in your place I'd proceed by --

1st -- acknoledging your opponent's concerns.
ie -- you want to reduce crime.. so do I.

2nd -- state that the concerns are unfounded
ie -- describe what actually goes on at a gunshow, and the people involved. Describe the security, and the checks people do go through. You might have to deal briefly with private sale issues as well -- better to address it on your own than have someone else accuse you of hiding the truth.

3rd -- big finish --
offer up the "things are most feared which are least understood" argument -- libs use that one all the time. *grin*
To rail against firearms in general (and gun shows in particular) without having a good understanding of both, is to proceed with as closed a mind as we "rednecks" are constantly accused of having. Hit the hypocracy nerve. You'll prolly get some "well I know they kill 300 kids every hour, and that's enough for me" answers -- best up to you to address that.

And finally, perhaps offer to take anyone interested out for an introduction to basic firearms safety. Besides giving them a better foundation from which to judge guns and "the gun culture" -- it also means they'll know how to properly unload and safe a firearm instead of lookin' at it like a rattlesnake should one turn up in ol' Uncle Jeb's closet after he's passed on.

Who knows -- you might even make some converts.


hope this isn't too late -- and good luck!

-K
 
Dz, pretty good speech all in all. But, I doubt you can do it in three minutes. I think it is too long. Reduce it down to your main points, and take your time to make those points. Don't try a brain and soul dump in three minutes.

Also, consider your main audience. That is the Montgomery County Council. They are probably a bunch of yuppies. I bet most of them probably have never fired a firearm, much less even picked one up. And, the concept of a peoples Militia is probably foreign to them.

Might be enlightning to the crowd to first ask the Council members if any of them the are firearms enthusiasts?

Or,maybe better, have they ever been to a gun show? Would be nice start for the crowd to most likely to see no affirmative response.

Also, regarding handgun private transfers, in Maryland they have to be processed through the State Police. Been that way for years. I am sure that governs gun shows.
 
I agree with Kaylee on the militia bit - that's a guaranteed eye-glazer to non-gunowners. I'd bypass that bit, as well as the quotes pertaining to it.

Moa makes good points, especially the "Have ANY (stress that) of you been to a gun show?". Probably not, which automatically puts them in the "They don't know what they're talking about" category in the public's eyes. Offer to treat ALL of them to the next gun show to see for themselves. Ask for a show of hands of those interested. Put 'em on the spot. They might not like it but it again exposes their ignorance and unwillingness to learn. Follow this thought on out - offer to donate the cost of admission to their favorite charity, even the MMM (evil :) ), if they would JUST GO any time the show is open. That's to defuse the "Potemkin Village" excuse one of 'em might come up with.

Ask them how many people have been arrested at that show, or any of 'em for that matter. If they can't come up with any numbers then you might state that the proposed law is a solution in search of a problem.

You can also wing it and say something like, "As far as I know, Mr. Ewing has never been to a gun show, so how can he say that 'It is particularly difficult to be sure that
gun control regulations are being followed at a gun show.'?
A gun store with a dozen people in it is the same as a dozen people at the dealer's table at a gun show, so how is that more difficult? In fact, it would be worse for anybody of criminal intent because the deal is that much more public.

That's about the only one I would name - I'd leave off the attacks on Patner, Rosie, etc. - we understand, but it might come off as petty to others.
 
one of the things that our intel has told us is that the council is prolly 7-3 against the gunshows

our testimony will not change a thing.

This is a railroad job and we are there to vent.

dZ
 
Remember the role of the TRT

DZ:

Sounds good to me. I'd second the suggestions to practice in front of the mirror.

The biggest differentiator you can make between what you say, and what others say, is how you say it. If you can reach out and grab the hearts and emotions of the listeners, they won't care what you say - they'll simply agree. A sad fact sometimes, but one to remember.

Do the TRT proud - and keep raising the price of tyranny!

Best regards,

Robert Teesdale
robert@teesdale.com
http://www.teesdale.com
 
Good evening,
I am here tonight as a county resident, a member of the Izaak Walton League and a founder of the Maryland Tyranny Response Team.

Frank Krasner runs a business that is in full compliance with Maryland law. There are serious issues with the councils striking back at gun shows, and I have objections to how this action is being taken.

Council President Ewing, has said, as leaders of Montgomery’s Million Mom March chapter looked on,
"It is particularly difficult to be sure that gun control regulations are being followed at a gun show."

Mr. Ewing,

The Maryland State code governing gun laws covers 12 pages of tiny type. There are specific sections regulating sales at gunshows.
I do not think the county council has the time for me to read to them Section 443A tonight.

Mr. Krasner's business operates in full compliance with our extensive laws

Mr. Krasner runs a very tight ship. I have never heard of any criminal acts at a Silverado Gunshow. He employs a yellow jacketed squadron of door watchers. Other then check for hand stamps and holding doors, these gentlemen never have to raise a finger.

Why?, because Frank’s customers are honest citizens in search of a good deal. Frank's show is one of the few locations, I know of, where a person can get a good price on a quality firearm in the county.
Would you deny a poor person a target rifle?
Am I doomed to paying manufacturers suggested retail price?

At the October show, there was a community flea market going on adjacent to the gunshow building. If anyone in attendance paid the admission to get into Franks show, they would have seen a variety of businesses selling merchandise in full compliance with Federal and State Law. I wonder if any of you have ever attended a gunshow.

If you sell guns in Maryland as a business, you are required
to run background checks on gun sales.

The MMM is not here tonight to ask for mandatory background checks though. They are here because they fear and hate my culture.

I hope you have heard the following before :

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Constitution of Maryland

ARTICLE IX.
The General Assembly shall make, from time to time, such provisions for organizing, equipping and disciplining the Militia and pass such Laws to promote Volunteer Militia organizations as may afford them effectual encouragement.

Who in this room feels the Maryland Government has ever given you any effectual Militia encouragement?
I want my State funded 100-yard gun range!

The MMM will tell you that the militia means the National Guard. They are wrong.

Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom? Congress have no right to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American.... The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or the state governments, but where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."
Tench Coxe 1787

Here is a contemporary quote:

I think that we've got enough laws on the books. I think what we need is tougher enforcement.
Law-abiding citizens have a right under our Constitution to have firearms.
John Ashcroft 2001

"I'm very hopeful that people will say at the public hearing that guns should not be near day care centers," Blair Ewing said.

Mr. Ewing, I am a member of the Izaak Walton league. My members and I do not appreciate your insinuating that a ticketed dinner on private property is a threat to children. We love our children and work to insure their safety. My four-year-old daughter knows the Eddie Eagle drill.
Stop! don't touch, leave the area, find an adult.

Are there any children at the Tiny Toes of Travilla on a Saturday night?
Am I a threat to children? Is this a motion to shutter all NRA activities in the county? Would the council like to close down Galyan's gun sales? I think the bridge at Rio is within a 100 yards of their store. Maybe a public meeting place could be installed next door to Atlantic guns or Gilbert's on the Rockville pike. I know, lets call the McDonalds inside the Wal-Mart, a Million Mom refuge. Funny thing though, I don’t see many Chevy Chase Mercedes up county.

Perhaps the council would like to load all 4000 Montgomery County NRA members on the back of the bus, and ship us to the new Rosie O'Donnell reeducation camp in Clarksburg. You had better order more temporary classrooms. Making criminals of honest law abiding citizens and infringing on our rights to gather and purchase arms will not save any children.

If the council wants to truly do something for the children, please work on hit & run driving, accidental drowning and parental abuse. The Center for Disease Control ranks these significantly above gun violence as real, preventable causes of death in children.

If you really want to be helpful, fix our morally and physically bankrupt schools.

This proposed legislation by our County council is ineffective, unconstitutional nannyism. I think it is a hate crime against my clan.
Closing the gunshows will not save any children.

While you are deliberating these issues please remember this:

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, 1759
 
dz;

You did a great job! Pro-gun speakers outnumbered the antis by a wide margin. Unfortunately, the bill will still probably pass.
 
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