Trevor,
An honest question deserves an honest answer. I’ll do my best to share with you how I've
been muddling along.
To convert elitists, we must overpower their organizations. Let’s start with the
government.
The current federal government has violated both the letter and the spirit of the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights to an incredible extent - unsurpassed in history except
possibly during times of war.
I seem to be paraphrasing Patrick Henry again, but we can only judge the future actions of
our government by their past.
They told us how they would usurp power, and they did it.
They tell us how they will usurp more power. They will do it.
They tell us they will reduce the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to a memory. They
ruthlessly and relentlessly struggle toward that unworthy goal.
Apparently there is no end to their lust for totalitarian control. How can we stop them?
The power of the ballot box is illusionary. The same people who would enslave us choose
the candidates we can vote for. Is that an exaggeration?
What has happened to Senator Bob Smith? Since he left the Republican Party he has
become “the invisible man”.
What about Dr. Alan Keyes? His e-mail service shows that he campaigns with a vigor
unmatched by ANY candidate in recent memory! He is cheered and revered everywhere
he speaks! But what support does he have from his party? Virtually none. He is not the
anointed one. He espouses control OF government rather than control BY government.
He is a danger to the establishment therefore he will not achieve the candidacy - let alone
the Presidency.
We are permitted to vote only for those candidates acceptable to the major parties - both
of which in the past and in the present, promise more gun control, increasingly intrusive
control over our private lives and our families, and more violations of the Constitution and
Bill of Rights - precious documents already in tatters.
If we are to maintain our freedom, we must restore Constitutional Law. We must do this
at the ballot box before it is too late or we will be thrust into virtual enslavement or into
the fiery hell of war.
But to win peacefully at the ballot box, we must unite. We must realize that if the Second
Amendment falls our differing views on other subjects become irrelevant. The
government will TELL us how we are to live. They will inflict upon us their “enlightened”
views - even on the issues we presently permit to divide us: abortion, atheism,
environmental concerns, fishing, history, hunting, national parks, recreation, religion,
school vouchers, welfare, wetlands, or whatever. These issues will be irrelevant. THEY
will wield all power over US.
To avoid persecution or even an armed and violent insurrection, we must temporarily set
aside our divisive views on other subjects. We must unite to overcome the current
establishment and their blind, faithful, lemming-like followers who would lead our country
over the cliffs into the sea of totalitarianism.
Can we merely ask the current government to give up the power they currently have over
us? Can we ask them to cease and desist increasing that power with every Presidential
Executive Order, with every new legislative affront to liberty, with every new and
burdensome government directive?
That’s laughable. That is like shouting into a hurricane to reduce its winds. It’s like
asking a man about to be shot whether or not he wants a blindfold. What follows is
inevitable and irrevocable.
We must unite. We must vote the current regime out of office or we will continue down
that slippery slope into totalitarianism “for the greater good”, into persecution “for the
children”.
That, Trevor, is why I have forsaken the major parties. Although others disagree, even
disagree violently, I truly believe that to do anything less is to rationalize away our
birthright.
How does this answer your question? How do we induce cooperation from the people
that matter?
Let’s start from a position we all can agree upon. The wealthy, the powerful, the elite, the
upper class, whatever we decide to call them are in many ways like us. Most of them do
not want to reduce or even endanger their standard of living. They do not want to lose
their assets, possessions, influence and prospects for the future. They do not want to
suffer for their political views.
Consider Tom Selleck. A “hunk”. An acceptable actor and personality. Yet when the
establishment learned he was a conservative, he basically lost his career.
Consider Charleton Heston. A respected, accomplished member of Hollywood, ostracized
for his belief in our RKBA.
The “establishment” is against us. But the upper class can NOT withstand a united
common class. That is why I went through this long tirade on why we must unite!
If we unite we have power! We have political and financial power. We can vote both at
the ballot box and with our dollars to support those who support us.
By withholding support from the opposition, and giving support to our supporters, we can
compel the elitists, the statists, the Socialists, the totalitarians, the entire lot of them to
work WITH us instead of AGAINST us. But we must unite. We must work together to
support those who wholeheartedly will re-establish the power and prestige of our
Constitution.
Support all the gun-rights organizations you can afford to.
Petition for redress from the government like the Californians are doing.
Calmly but firmly explain to our current government representatives that we will support
only those who support the Constitution. Explain your views to them by e-mail, letter,
fax, telegram, and in person. This will encourage defections from the totalitarian
movements.
Try to win converts. Overcome them with honest, believable facts. Be gentle with
fence-sitters. Destroy the credibility of the vehement anti-gunners. Teach firearms safety
and usage to those who will listen.
As much as possible, avoid buying the goods and services of those who are against us.
Consult the NRA list of organizations who donate to gun control organizations. Stop
buying their products and tell them why. Buy from vendors who do NOT support gun
control and tell them why. Then inform the gun control supporters what you’ve done and
why.
When people in power support us, support them. When people in power support the
downfall of our way of life, fight them and tell them why and how you are doing it!
If we do this in sufficient numbers, the greedy elitists will appreciate the threat to their
way of life. They will back off or even switch to our side. The “closet Americans” among
the elite will join us and induce other elitists to do the same - if we unite in sufficient
numbers.
But we must stop bickering among ourselves. We must stop picking at each other like
children. We must reduce the friction within our organization to maximize our power.
That must come first. Once we have power, the elitists MUST recognize us. They must
bow to the united power of the people or they will be replaced just as Texans replaced
Ann Richards.
Once we regain control over our government, and get them out of our lives, then we will
have regained our right to settle other problems to our individual satisfaction.
The Brownshirts tell us we are too late. They are wrong.
The weak among us cry for appeasement. That leads to sure defeat.
Only our united efforts can lead to victory.
The choice is still in our hands, but for how long?
RKBA!
