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GUN LAWS DON’T DETER TERRORISTS

Foremost, our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and families of those involved in the horrific events that took place at the Orlando Night Club on Sunday, June 12, 2016.  I feel confident in saying that no matter where anyone may stand on the second amendment and gun rights, the lost of human life is not acceptable.  I implore you to always have good situational awareness of your environment and fight, fight, fight.

” The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke”

Destroy radical Islam, not the right of law-abiding Americans to protect themselves.

The terrorist in Orlando had been investigated multiple times by the FBI. He had a government-approved security guard license with a contractor for the Department of Homeland Security. Yet his former co-workers reported violent and racist comments. Unfortunately, the Obama administration’s political correctness prevented anything from being done about it.

Radical Islamic terrorists are not deterred by gun control laws. The San Bernardino terrorist attack wasn’t stopped by California’s so-called “assault weapons” ban. The gun ban in Brussels didn’t prevent the terrorist attack there. And France’s strict gun control didn’t stop the two attacks in Paris, committed with fully-automatic rifles and grenades.

Repeating the same thing but expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. Law-abiding gun owners are tired of being blamed for the acts of madmen and terrorists. Semi-automatics are the most popular firearms sold in America for sport-shooting, hunting and self-defense.

Congress banned their manufacture for 10 years, from 1994 to 2004. The law also mandated an independent study on its effectiveness. The study proved the ban had no impact because criminals and terrorists are not deterred by gun control laws. To suggest otherwise provides a dangerous sense of false security. We don’t need false promises. We need real leadership.

It’s time for us to admit that radical Islam is a hate crime waiting to happen. The only way to defeat them is to destroy them — not destroy the right of law-abiding Americans to defend ourselves.

‘UNACCEPTABLE’ TO DENY SOMEONE’S RIGHT TO BE PREPARED & ‘SURVIVE’

In his latest commentary for NRA News, former Navy SEAL Dom Raso vehemently defends the right of all Americans to secure their homes and families with guns.

And along the way he dismantles the rhetoric of those who seek to deny their fellow citizens of that right:

If you think people who decide to protect themselves are crazy, you either have not been in any situation that’s caused you to feel that way, or you’re completely ignorant to your surroundings—because bad things happen all over the country and all over the world.

If you choose not to be prepared for those situations, no one is going to criticize you. But it’s unacceptable to deny or limit someone else’s home-defense preparedness.

Can you guarantee me and the American people zero crime? Absolutely not. So stop limiting their ability to survive.

Raso also invokes a comment President Obama recently made about his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, noting that she said if she was living in Iowa, she’d want a gun, too.

“Why do you need one in Iowa and not the city?” Raso replies. “A bad guy is a bad guy, and a threat is a threat no matter where you are.”

Raso encourages listeners to strongly consider arming themselves for such reasons—especially in light of the reality that if a situation occurs where lives are on the line, we naturally look to those who’re prepared anyway.

“I’m not asking you to walk around in fear every day, but you have to be aware of reality,” Raso says. “Think about the things you always hear victims say: ‘It was such a nice neighborhood’ or ‘He was such a nice kid; I never expected anything like that to happen.’ What that says to me is that they weren’t prepared.”

Raso concludes with this blistering critique of the anti-gun lobby:

When these life or death situations occur, what difference does it make to anyone whether that potential victim has 10 rounds or 100 rounds? Or a bolt action or a semi automatic? Absolutely none. And we as Americans should be doing everything we possibly can to let people in this country protect their families, their homes, and themselves the way they feel comfortable and not how a hustling politician, celebrity, or anyone else tells them to.

Check out Raso’s commentary below:

Power Breeds Arrogance

POWER BREEDS ARROGANCE

Former Navy SEAL and NRA News contributor Dom Raso released a new video titled Power Breeds Arrogance. In the video Raso goes after New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other politicians who feel they can dictate what’s best for our personal protection.

“It is unbelievable that politicians like Mayor Bloomberg think that they are experts on personal protection,” Raso says in the video. “Me and the guys I fought with, we didn’t go to war so that some politician could dictate whatever he thinks is best for the American people.”

Former U.S. Navy SEAL Dom Raso addresses the matter of personal protection.