Divide and Conquer

is a tool the anti freedom crowd uses very well….

by Nancy Herrington

Women Against Gun Control
Executive Vice President
nkh@wagc.com

There ARE Pro Constitution Police and They ARE Our Allies.

For me, freedom is a very important ideal. That’s why fighting to protect and preserve our Second Amendment is so very important. It is the Second Amendment that protects all of our other freedoms. Although, I didn’t realize it at the time, I became interested in the Second Amendment as a child. No, not through reading schoolbooks. It was a real life experience that taught me what freedom was and the fact that freedom is indeed NOT free... I lost a good friend in the Vietnam War.

I was blessed back in 1977 with a husband and freedom lover who loved to shoot and hunt. He also loved me enough to take the time to teach me how to defend myself. I got active in the RKBA with NRA, CSG, GOA, WAGC, SAS, MothersArms, SAF, CCRKBA, and JPFO. After being actively involved in the RKBA movement for over 20 years, I’ve seen too much division in our ranks…. One such division is between law enforcement and gunowners.

The anti freedom "Let’s Disarm America" crowd wants the public to believe that ALL Law Enforcement Officers are anti self-defense, anti freedom. This just is not true! The fact IS that there is more pro freedom law enforcement officers in this country than the anti freedom crowd cares for us to know about. These are the rank and file officers who put their lives on the line EVERY SINGLE day working the streets. These are the officers that know that a law-abiding gunowner may some day save their lives or may in some way aid them in capturing a criminal. These are the officers that know that it’s the criminal that commits acts of violence, NOT lifeless inanimate objects. These are the officers that know that they have no constitutional duty to protect citizens (yet these are the very ones you’ll find out there protecting you – all day, every day), and that even if they did they couldn’t protect each and every individual 24/7.

The anti freedom folks, along with their friends in the main stream news media, have unfortunately expanded that myth to some gunowners. It has created an “us vs. them” mentality among gunowners and the police. Yes, there are anti freedom cops out there. But then there are also anti freedom lawyers, doctor, bankers, politicians, etc. etc. … and yes even some anti freedom gunowners…

It’s hard for me to understand why some gunowners think that just because a person has an FFL license, he is automatically a good guy and just because some other guy wears a uniform and carries a badge, he is automatically the enemy. In such cases involving gunowners and law enforcement, we need to quit trying to be judge, jury and executioner. After all, is that NOT what the Judicial system is for? Why can’t we wait till AFTER the trial to chastise? Or at least find out ALL the facts first! It’s hard for me to understand how gunowners who don’t like to be painted with that broad brush by the anti freedom crowd can turn around and use that same broad brush on another entire group.

It also irks me when a gunowner make the statement: "if police are really patriotic they should quit they’re jobs and find another line of employment." My question to you folks is this: if all patriotic police officers quit, what will that leave us with? Do we not need MORE patriotic police officers on duty to train and educate the recruits?

I’m fortunate, I guess, in that I’ve come to know several police officers (from all levels of government) personally through my husband’s occupation as an auto mechanic. Getting to know these guys has helped strengthen my belief in them. Every one of the LEO’s we associate with are as hardcore pro 2A as I am and some even more so.

Having been with Women Against Gun Control since 1994, I’ve seen numerous LEO's join our rank and the words of support others have given WAGC. I wish I could share some of those comments with you. It’s incredible! I’ve worked gunshows for 10 years now. Numerous police officers attend those shows IN UNIFORM. They are some of the easiest gunowners to persuade to sign postcards to their elected officials. It’s incredible! All the police I know VOTE… Wish I could say the same for all the gunowners I know. It’s Incredible!

We NEED these folks in this fight if we are to win against the anti freedom crowd. Let’s not allow the anti freedom, "Let’s Disarm America" crowd win by driving a wedge through some of our best allies. Let's fight TOGETHER! TOGETHER WE CAN WIN!

I would like to thank the good officers at the Second Amend Police Dept (in cyberspace) http://www.2ampd.net for their willingness to stand and fight for our freedom; for their understanding, their patience, their sacrifices, and their hard work. A heartfelt Thanks guys (and Gals) from a citizen who stands behind you 1000%.

Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.

"Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est" ("A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands") Lucius Annaeus Seneca "the younger" ca. (4 BC - 65 AD)

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