Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
The American Revolution started before 1776 and continues to this day. Those Men, Women, and Children during the days of the late 1770’s who fought against the Red Coats and British Crown were already free. They had certain inalienable Rights and free will…. They just had to convince their government that it was so. Unfortunately, their process of filing grievances and petitions, protests, letters, and pleas to the crown fell upon deaf ears and ultimately it was necessary to take up arms. Ironically, when crown came for the arms, the American colonists, recognized the need to use the arms.
This week I have held a dialog with a reporter from a national publication who is writing about the popularity of the AR-15. I believe that this individual is writing a fair article and am keen to offer my comments. He stated that the AR is indeed America’s Rifle because it is the most popular rifle in the country. He asked, “Why do so many Americans buy this specific firearm?” My answer caught him by surprise. Although some anti-gun politicians facilitate sales when they threaten to ban or restrict AR’s, the real reason the AR is so popular has nothing to do with the AR.
Americans are not necessary buying AR’s because they want an “AR”. Americans are seeing the need to arm themselves for defense, and the AR happens to be plentiful and available. People don’t necessarily want an AR; they want to protect themselves and those that they love. I don’t think the reporter was expecting this answer.
The last couple years, especially since the installment of the disastrous Biden administration, have shown us that government cannot, and likely will not protect you. As a matter of fact, factions of “the government” have been weaponized against the citizenry and has gone out of its way to demonize, and attack citizens for their love of American values, the free exercise of rights, and for enterprise and self-reliance. There is an abundance of lawlessness and disorder in our communities; encouraged and empowered by elected officials through non enforcement of law and catch and release. Many law enforcement agencies have been so gutted by “defund politics” that they lack to resources to effectively deter violence and criminal activity.
During the height of tyranny during the Roman Empire, Emperors kept the citizens distracted by giving them just enough Bread and Circuses to keep their minds occupied and content with “just enough”. Today people are encouraged to get high and cash their stim checks…. But don’t pay attention to what’s going on “over here” in Washington and Harrisburg and “State Capitol, USA”.
One of my favorite quotes in Mel Brooks’ movie, “History of the World Part 1” is when 2 roman soldiers catch 2nd hand smoke from burning marijuana and one turns to the other and asks:
Stoned Roman Soldier #1 “Do you care if it falls?”
Stoned Roman Soldier #2 “What?”
Stoned Roman Soldier #1 “The Roman Empire”
Stoned Roman Soldier #2 “F&*K It! (laugh)”
When I was a kid, Nancy Reagan, and by proxy, “The Government” told me to “Just Say No” because your brain on drugs was like a frying egg. Now “the government” is making weed more accessible through legalization, they are handing out free pipes, providing places to shoot up, distributing methadone without out treatment, and allowing tons of fentanyl to freely cross our borders to be distributed into our communities. “The Government” must want your brain to fry.
Frederick Douglass said, “free speech is the dread of tyrants”, but I say, “free thought is the enemy of tyrants.”
I watched a documentary back during the George W. Bush Administration called, “Orwell Rolls in His Grave”. It showed how that administration paralleled a lot of what Orwell wrote about in his novel, 1984. How double speak and certain ministries, were designed to mislead “the people” and control them. The filmmakers cited example of how those techniques were being used in the early 2000’s. If Orwell was rolling in his grave under “W”, we should hook his corpse up to a turbine, because under Biden and we could supply enough power to charge all of the electric cars in California.
While all the current distraction, disinformation, economic warfare, and fear promotion is going on, “Government” is crafting and scheming to find new and exciting ways to restrict your ability to arm and protect yourself. There is a DAILY siege upon your Rights in the halls of government. Allow me to repeat myself, EACH DAY there is a seige on your rights somewhere in the halls of governement... and most of our fellow Americans are oblivious to or don't care about this fact..... "F&*K it" Right? The agenda of disarmament is predominantly lead by the Democratic elected class (however let us not forget Pennsylvania Republican gun grabber Todd Stephens). With that said, the inaction of some on the "Right" leads me to speculate that many on both sides of the isle may serve the same master, and that master ain't the American People.
So, I think back to my conversation with the reporter. The question should not be, why is the AR “America’s Rifle”? The question should be why are many in the government so focused on taking the AR and other firearms away from Americans?
Safety is always the prime reason. The theatre of health and safety has been used very very effectively to control the population. Look at how it has been used to control the polulation since 9-11 and through the whole goverment lockdown and overreach phase of the "Vid". However, you are more likely to die from gravity or a head wound from a claw hammer than being killed by an AR15… especially one owned by a law-abiding American citizen. So, even though the media (the ministry of propaganda) perpetuates the “evil black rifle” narrative, a look at the FBI UCR will clear that up for any free thinking American.
Nancy Pelosi will state that we must send arms to patriots in the Ukraine so that they can fight off the evil Russians, YET, she and the elected class want to take small arms away from the citizens of the United States. The United States will supply fighter jets to the Ukraine, while the current POTUS threatens Americans Citizens with the same airpower. The Biden administration will leave millions of dollars of arms with the Taliban, paid for with the blood and taxes of Americans, but will campaign to take away your means to protect yourself all while leaving the southern border open to any, and all kinds of terrorist that bother to walk across it.
WHO ARE THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS SERVING???
On April 19th, 1775, the British military commander in North America, Genera Gage, sent soldiers and grenadiers on a midnight smash and grab mission. The goal was to “black bag” and detain rebel leaders and confiscate and/or destroy arms in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. Sam Adams (a prominent leader and organizer of the Sons of Liberty) and John Hancock (a wealthy businessman and financier of the rebel cause) were both in Lexington that night. Luckily for the cause, Paul Revere, William Dawes, and later Dr. Samuel Prescott, were able to warn Adams and Hancock as well as the Militia in Lexington and Concord before the Red Coats arrived.
That day American Colonists were fired upon and later opened fire on the British Regulars. Over the course of that day, 1000’s of free men, women, and children began the bloody process of convincing their government that they were indeed free people. The years following the shooting war, the founders of our nation put in place protections, guarantees, and processes so that “The People” could continue the American Revolution as free people without having to resort to bloodshed. TODAY WE ARE SQUANDERING THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
In a Constitutional Republic, “The People” choose who represents them. WHY are we not voting these tyrants out of office? Every election we SHOULD BE continuing the American Revolution, yet millions of gun owners and those that espouse the love of Liberty DO NOT VOTE! Millions of Americans do not know who their elected representatives are. "F&*K it" Right?
Tyrants throughout history have been able to wield their total control on populations by first disarming the citizens.
Elected officials that seek to restrict, register, confiscate, or disarm are NOT advocating for the individual’s right to self-defense. They, and those that “pull their strings” are seeking to disarm the population. We must vote these people out of office before the door-to-door midnight smash and grabs begin on a grand scale.
We MUST answer the call and show our numbers at the polls to get rid of these so called “representatives” that bumble, or scheme and conspire to destroy our country, disarm the public, and control you.
Candidates are often imperfect creatures, however, if one has a history of, or promotes the restriction or abolishment of ANY right of ANY free American then that candidate must not be voted for. They must be voted against. Let that be your litmus test. Unfortunately, we are at a place in our history where “not voting” IS casting a vote for tyrants.
Saturday, I learned of the passing of PA Supreme Court Chief Justice Max Baer. Considering the make up of the PA Senate, and its calendar, it is unlikely that Gov. Wolf will be able to appoint a new Justice to the PA Supreme Court. Especially in a lame duck office. Which person would you rather have appoint a PA Supreme Court Justice, Governor Shapiro or Governor Mastriano? There are long term ramifications to each election, and we must not vote for those that have a track record of law-lessness, restriction, and suppression of the individual Rights of Individual Pennsylvanians.
Who would you rather have in Washington D.C., Senator Oz or Senator Fetterman? Who would likely be the best advocate for our individual rights and liberties? Who will likely work to promote the individual right to self-defense? Who would be the most likely lapdog to Senator Schumer and the D.C. Elected Class?
Frederick Douglass spoke of the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. Let us continue the peaceful American Revolution and right the course of our Country beginning this November at the ballot box. Help FOAC-ILLEA continue the fight in the courts! We will continue the fight to educate our fellow Pennsylvanians, but we first need your help by mobilizing your friends and family to get out and do their civic duty and vote against card carrying proven tyrants!
You are a free American with certain inalienable Rights and free will…. Convince our government that it so on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022.
An armed and educated citizenry is the true check and balance in our Constitutional Republic and the ultimate homeland security.
“All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.”
-Mao Tse Tung
"Give the bread and circuses and they will never revolt."
-Roman Poet, Juvenal
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON QUIPS BY JOHN FARNAM | 2:10 PM, 27 Sept 22
“The one willing and able to employ force, makes the rules”
-Brunken
Since 2015, FL’s “Hurricane Gun Law” allows citizens without concealed-carry permits to carry guns concealed for an arbitrary two days during mandatory evacuations.
Looters are known to be omnipresent during weather evacuations, and have a well-earned reputation for violence!
With Hurricane Ian about to strike FL’s Gulf Coast, I suspect at least some FL residents don’t think they need the state’s permission to take reasonable steps to protect themselves!
When you bring your pacifist rhetoric, and the other guy brings a knife, it’s going to be a (very short) knife fight!
If liberals really possessed the compassion they piously claim to monopolize, they’d see the terrible cost of smugly ignoring this reality, and they would also see that the penalty falls heaviest on the poor who are trapped within their Democrat-manufactured dystopias.
The only time these unfortunates aren’t subject to suffocating “snoopervision” by progressives, is when they’re subject to victimization by criminal predators (who are promoted and protected by progressives)
Our land has been taken-over by Marxist liberals, and the rest of us are living “beyond the pale.” Under liberal control, our government is getting out of the law-enforcement business, and into the “agenda-by-force” business. We no longer have a “nation of laws.” We have a “nation of agendas.” Punishment is pitilessly meted-out to political opponents, not violent criminals.
In their enthusiasm for protecting terrorists and other violent criminals from concealed-carry permit holders, progressives always vehemently oppose laws designed for the welfare of the decent and law-abiding, like the one mentioned above.
Yet, the prepared go armed.
Some are prepared.
Most aren’t!
/John
This week we lost a friend and ally in the fight for Liberty.
Tony Rich was the President of the Beaver County Sportsmen’s Conservation League as well as a founder of “We The People of America” a 501C4 non-profit organization with the mission of holding elected officials accountable to their oaths. He has been involved with Sportsmen’s Clubs and outdoor related pursuits his whole life.
For many years, his efforts helped to fill the Capitol Rotunda with busloads of red smock wearing patriots at the annual Harrisburg 2A Rallies. Just recently he played a pivotal role in helping me raise funds for a multi-organizational Amicus Brief that will be filed later this year.
We will miss Tony’s leadership, friendship, mentorship, humor, and good will and I hope we can all strive to continue his work.
Rest in Peace, Tony Rich.
To read Tony’s complete Obituary click here.
Originally Published on Prepare to Protect by P2P EDITOR September, 20, 2022
Why do we need firearms? More often than not, it’s to defend the ones we love. Do you know what would make that much harder? Flooding the streets with known criminals.
When a campaign walks back a grand statement, we know someone made a grave mistake. John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, took some heat for his stance on crime in Pennsylvania. Fetterman has long argued that people incarcerated for felony murders should be pardoned. His stance on crime in Pennsylvania is putting lives at risk.
Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor who chairs the state’s Board of Pardons (BOP), commissioned two reports last year released by Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity (PLSE) that recommended the BOP consider merit-based clemency for currently incarcerated second-degree murderers, as well as for the state legislature to reform the law that mandates life sentences without parole for second-degree murder convictions.
During a PLSE press conference on March 1, 2021, Fetterman said the reports documented “the lives that are destroyed” and “the resources that are wasted” due to Pennsylvania’s statute, and that he hoped the reports’ findings would “lead to a conversation” that would free close to 1,200 people.
The Fetterman campaign walked back his remarks and were pressured into answering for his stance on crime.
Fetterman “supports common sense criminal justice reforms that keep Pennsylvanians safe and protected while saving taxpayers money,” Fetterman campaign spokesman Joe Calvello said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “He believes there are people who deserve to spend the rest of their life in prison for the crimes they’ve committed. But the decision to do this should be left to judges and parole boards not politicians in Harrisburg.”
The campaign said Fetterman does not support releasing all prisoners serving life without parole for second-degree murder and that he believes there are individuals convicted of life without parole who deserve to remain in prison.
The difference between what John Fetterman said about crime in 2021 and what his campaign spokesperson is now saying is startling. Their stories are mis-aligned. When a campaign and a candidate find themselves in this situation, they put lives at risk, especially when it involves those who have been convicted for second-degree murder. This is unacceptable for the people of Pennsylvania.
The gun bash ticket sales are under way! They can be purchased on the FOAC-ILLEA website. The gun bash is a tremendously great time of food and fellowship with some of the finest guns available in a bash! Tickets are selling fast, so be sure to pick yours up TODAY!
If you would be willing to volunteer and help with the Gun Bash, we can use extra man and woman power! We need more volunteers to help with set up on October 7th from 10am till 2pm. We also are looking for a volunteer to help with data entry. If you can donate your time, please contact FOAC-ILLEA Secretary/Treasurer Dale Brackin 412-913-1057.
FOAC-ILLEA presents Concealed Carry Seminars with Pro-Liberty Elected Officials, works with County Sheriffs at Satellite License To Carry Events, provides information tables at Gun Shows, and organizes for Pro-2A Rallies and events. To see the most up to date schedule of FOAC-ILLEA Events, CLICK HERE.
For my “final thoughts” this edition I am going to repurpose some of what I wrote last edition but first let me wrap up my thoughts from the begining of this edition. We need more folks to get involved. With the passing of Tony Rich alone, it may take 20 people to fill the void left by his absence. The next generation is getting called up!
Over the course of the day on April 19th, 1775 thousands of American Colonists answered the call. The said goodbye to their family, grabbed their rifle and possibles and headed off by horse or foot to Lexington and Concord to stand next to their fellow Colonists to fight the Red Coats. They did this with no phones, no faxes, no telegraph, no telex, no internet, no email, no iPhones…. Just church bells, and word of mouth. They answered the call. They did not say F&*K it.
Here we are in last months of 2022. We are ringing the church bell!!! It is time to mobilize your friends and family to spread the word, stand up, and go to the polls on November 8th. We must take a stand for Liberty and vote for Liberty-minded Candidates. We must hold elected officials feet to the fire and help them or in some cases, make them uphold their oath to obey and protect the US and Pennsylvania Constitutions. We must educate our fellow Americans about their rights, the exercise of them, and their civic duty in our Constitutional Republic.
FOAC-ILLEA is continuing to fight for the hearts and minds of our fellow Pennsylvanians to promote individual liberties and freedoms. We are steadfast and resolute and dedicated to protecting our Constitution and advancing the cause of the 2nd Amendment and Article 1 Section 21 of the PA Constitution.
FOAC-ILLEA’s educational efforts are expanding across the Commonwealth. FOAC-ILLEA volunteers are teaching more concealed carry classes each month and additional virtual education events are forthcoming.
FOAC-ILLEA is continuing to fight in the courts. Whether this means new litigation to challenge local tyrants, fight the bureaucrats that make it harder for Pennsylvanians to exercise their most basic rights, or the funding of amicus briefs to support others who are already involved in court battles, we are actively helping to establish case law that will help advance the cause of liberty.
FOAC-ILLEA volunteers research proposed legislation, consult with experts, and offer advice to elected officials about legislation as well as educate the public on the strength or folly of legislation that could have lasting positive or negative effects upon our liberty and the liberty of our children.
Get involved! If you have read this entire newsletter and made it here to this statement… you are already interested and vested.
Donate your time, or your talents, or your treasure. VOTE pro-2A and get your friends to vote pro-2A as well. Become a member and get your friends to become a member. If you are already a member, consider “upping your membership” to a higher level. Join us at the gun bash, purchase a ticket. Volunteer to help at the bash. Volunteer to join a committee to send emails, write letters, make phone calls… NOW IS THE TIME TO DO. DON’T PUT IT OFF. “We the People” have been sitting on the sidelines too long.
An Armed and Educated Citizenry is the true check and balance in our Constitutional Republic and the ultimate homeland security!
I hope to see you all at the Gun Bash on Saturday!
Stay Armed and Be Well Regulated!
Yours In Liberty,
Klint Macro
FOAC-ILLEA 2nd VP
