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God Bless America and the Second Amendment

July 2, 2020 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

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At America’s First Freedom, Charlie Daniels paints a stark picture of what America would look like without the Second Amendment. He writes:

It is easy to discredit the fallacy that severe restrictions on the sale and ownership of firearms is a means of curbing violence in America. We need look no further than across our southern border.

Did you know there is only one gun store in Mexico, guarded by armed military personnel? It takes months of paperwork to even have the chance to buy a gun. If you are not law enforcement or military, you are lucky to procure a .22. Most Mexicans have about as much chance of being adequately armed to protect themselves and their families as they have of winning the lottery.

That is not to say there are not plenty of guns in Mexico. The dope dealers and cartels have an abundance of guns of any and every caliber. In fact, the paramilitaries the cartels use to enforce their will are about as well-armed as a combat soldier in the field. In essence, with the exception of law enforcement, military and a handful of people who can either bribe or game the system, practically all the guns in Mexico are illegal.

Let’s look at what effect such ultra-restrictive gun laws have had on crime. Between 2000 and 2012, 215,000 people were murdered. In 2012 Mexico had a murder rate of 21.5 per 100,000. In 2018 there were 33,341 murders, and the 2019 number is expected to be even higher. Violent crimes increased from 5.2 million in 2017 to 6 million in 2018. Nearly 1,200 kidnappings happened in Mexico in 2018.

One of every 10 women in Mexico has been a victim of sexual assault, and there are 120,000 rapes a year—one every four minutes—making Mexico the number one nation for sexual violence.

Politics in Mexico are as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks and as corrupt as a mafia horse race. There is simply so much money generated by the drug trade that by means of buying off or intimidation, the drug cartels do practically anything they want without fear of official intervention. Some of the most gruesome murders of the century have been committed there: grisly, hideous mass graves show murders as warnings to informers, politicians and law enforcement officials who refuse to cooperate.

What have all the super-stringent gun laws done to protect life in Mexico? If you will be honest, you’ll have to admit they’ve done the opposite. The laws have armed the criminals who have no regard for any law and will obtain weapons illegally, while leaving law-abiding citizens without the means to protect themselves.

Most importantly, do you not understand that what’s happened in Mexico could happen in America? Can’t you see that when you take away the means of protection from law-abiding people, it is not going to reduce the gun population among the criminal element one-half of one percent?

It has been proven over and over that about the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, and no matter how vehemently self-serving politicians may contest this, the fact remains irrefutable. The next time you see Bernie, Uncle Joe, Elizabeth or any of the other anti-gun candidates, ask them, “If good guys having guns is bad, why do you always have armed security with you?”

If Democrats get their way, they’ll “take your AR-15,” and leave you with no way to defend your family. I can tell you, they’re not getting my guns.

If you haven’t already, it’s time for you and your family to get your guns and your training, now.

An old saying goes, it’s better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have it.

Or in the words of the author of America’s Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, “One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.” Jefferson wrote those words to George Washington, in 1796.

God Bless America and the Second Amendment.

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy. 

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

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