Jackson County Republican Women

This is a copy of the letter that I sent to WV GOP Chairman Conrad Lucas to forward with others to the President of the NRA...I thought about blogging my concerns over the ever reaching government regulations and restricions but thought that this would best share with you all my thoughts and concerns without those tangeants I have been known to go off on. I always appreaciate your input and ideas, Carol.

President Keene,

It goes without saying that I support the Second Amendment however what is missing from this argument is that I support the entire Bill of Rights and the Constitution of this great country. The media has turned this into a Pro-Gun/Anti-Gun conversation and I feel the NRA should be doing more to shed light on this political grab for power.

Is it a coincidence that on the same day President Obama signed his 23 Executive Orders that New York had legislature introduced to place GPS tracking on prescription medications? In a state where they already publish gun owners in the paper, a list of people on medications deemed for mental health wouldn’t be hard to cross reference and then target the individuals. This administration and its ever reaching need to dominate and manipulate its citizens is at the start of a slippery slope. With its violation of the second amendment it is signaling to us, its citizens that it will have no trouble violating our civil liberties in the future. Once upon a time people were outraged by the Patriot Act and that someone may be able to wiretap and listen to what is ‘perceived’ a conversation of national interest. However, we seem to have become complacent in that outrage, for now we have been told we cannot own certain guns, and ammunition. I have heard the arguments that no one needs these weapons to hunt, but where is it written the second amendment is about hunting? This is about a violation of our nations guaranteed freedoms and liberties. If we start allowing vague executive orders to change this, then next we can expect a change to our freedom of speech …where will it end? This is why we cannot allow it to start.

It is my opinion that once we allow changes to be made for the sake of change, this country will no longer be the great nation of freedom it has always been. We will join the ranks of those whose citizens are enslaved by massive governments dictating every aspect of our daily lives. Who receives healthcare, who attends college, who we can marry and who can have children and a nation who punishes those who do not agree with its government. This country fought a war not too many generations ago to fight a dictator, who disarmed its citizens, decided what races and religions were worthy to procreate and even exist. This is why we need to stop this President, why we need to protect this Second Amendment and this Constitution. This is what defines us and our greatness.

I will leave you with this; I am not a gun owner. I am however a member of the NRA, I am a proud American and see that this issue as a way to preserve this nation. By not allowing our rights to be diluted until they are no longer recognized. Preserving our ideals and freedoms is what this fight is about and should be about not who owns what gun.