OUR FREEDOM's 2A SPARK HAS BEEN IGNITED IN VA!
BATTLE LINES FORMING! NATION AT CROSSROADS!

by Nick Chiarchiaro for Black Wire Media Tues. 12-17-19 www.cnjfo.com/join-us

In the dark winter days post Pearl Harbor, post the vicious Battle of Britain - whereby the Axis powers occupied vast tracts of land, most of western Europe was under Nazi control. Japan was seeking and expanding its power base in the pacific theatre of operations. We as a nation were reeling from the devastating blow that the Japanese Naval forces rendered against our home ported pacific fleet of our ships of the line battleships, cruisers and destroyers etc.

The month of January 1941 was upon us as a nation still coming to terms with its entry into World War II. We were afraid, we were concerned, were looked-to for leadership – and for this leadership we embraced one of the most beloved Presidents of the United States, even though he was a Democrat – he came to us at a cross roads in history – history tends to find men and women to lead in times of dire potential consequences, to share their voices and deeds to shape history. In this dire month and year of January 1941, FDR made the case for the causes to prosecute the war and what he saw as a post war world based on the United States expansion of what we considered the basic human freedoms of - Freedom of Speech – Freedom of Religion – Freedom from Want – Freedom from Fear, the four basic human freedoms that he hoped would shape the world in a post war time.

As I look now to the events happening in this nation, we are once again at a crossroads, this nation has had many of them, and we of course, as a tempestuous child will have many more. However, our animating contest for freedom continues – the battles for the hearts and minds of the citizenry by politicians jockeying for power and prestige – the intelligentsia telling the other guy/gal how they should live their life, instead of living and let live. There are those that yearn to exert control over others just based on their perceived desires of power and thoughts that they somehow hold the high ground of moral and obligatory thought – that men and women who are independent freedom minded and driven individuals, should somehow just drop the continued contest for freedom and have chains of control, set lightly upon their wrists – to serve the state and its ever present need to control every aspect of our lives.

The battle lines of thought have been and are being drawn on a daily basis in many differing places, the office water cooler, the family gathering, social media and other quiet and not so quiet legislative halls of government.

As gun owners, if we are engaged, we see a component of this battle for the very hearts and minds of the citizenry based on the onerous laws that are attempting to be passed by legislatures that feel they are the intelligentsia, that they know what is best for “Jane & Joe Citizen”. But opposite of this we see the spark of freedom ever present in people of this nation, people of many races, color and national origins – people who are part of the very fabric of American society – that animating yearning and contest for freedom.

Over the past many months, we have seen a movement begin and gain traction, by locally represented towns and counties – that are saying enough is enough with the oppression and onerous laws being forced upon the law-abiding citizenry by less than intelligent state level legislatures. The Second Amendment Sanctuary movement has BEEN BORN! We must NURTURE it!

As I look at this movement, I see the great State of the Commonwealth of Virginia facing a dire time as its left leaning house and governorship attempt to enact laws and stack the deck in their favor, with laws that do nothing to really curb crime – but fully impact in a very onerous and unconstitutional way the law abiding. However, the local towns and counties will not have it and are fully embracing the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement.

I liken this to our dark days of January 1941, being under siege, being afraid, being concerned – looking for leadership – looking for voices – looking for the man/woman willing to stand up. Thinking on that – I am buoyed by the image created by Norman Rockwell to support the Four Freedoms speech. It is of the man standing among others, standing up and very proud - about to exhibit his very basic freedom, his freedom of speech without fear of repercussion. He is but one man voicing his opinion, he has a date with destiny – no matter how small the contribution may be – history has found him and by the very nature of our basic human freedoms and enumerated & espoused in our Constitution and Republic, he – she - WE can make history.

We are now beset by the great undertaking, to support our brothers and sisters in Virginia and other towns and counties across this nation, by taking up the banner of a Second Amendment Sanctuary movement in our very state of NJ. Be not afraid to speak up, be not afraid to speak out, be not afraid to make you voices heard – make history! (Come out of that damn Gun Closet NJ gun owners!--Ed.)

Join the movement of people that believe, that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. That the defense of home, hearth, family, state and country are some of the very basic human rights and freedoms, that FDR spoke about. This is the fifth freedom, that has made this nation what it is today – the Second Amendment – I would submit that the other four freedoms in Rockwell's famous paintings cannot and would not be maintained if not for the right of the people to keep and bear arms!

Stand up – make your voices heard – locally in your town, locally in your county and let others know how you stand – join by making your voice hear – sign the petition online ( http://chng.it/K4jsMdBRP4) - make your town – make your county a Second Amendment Sanctuary – let not one of your four freedoms be wasted by inaction.

EDITOR's NOTE:

Nick Chiarchiaro is our resident Historian on staff. As such he can draw parallels from current news stories to events that shaped this nation. Norman Rockwell's famous "Four Freedoms" from World War Two is another excellent example! Never one to sit on his laurels, Chiarchiaro started the Change.Org Petition (linked above) and has already approached his local Town Council urging them to produce a Resolution declaring his Town a 2A Sanctuary. We urge our readers to do the same. We are at the Crossroads once again. Do not mock our NJ Patriots. The spark is LIT! The reckoning is coming: Ballot Box OR Ammo Box? YOU get to decide!

---The Editor