By Chuck Baldwin
\nJanuary 16,\u00a02020<\/p>\n
Tragically, most Americans do not have any idea what it was that actually triggered America\u2019s War for Independence. The primary reason was not \u201ctaxation without representation,\u201d or taxes of any kind, for that matter. And it was certainly not because our Founding Fathers were a bunch of anti-government extremists or demon-possessed puppets of the Illuminati.<\/p>\n
For the most part, our Founding Fathers were good and honorable men of devout Christian faith. They were mostly educated men of means who had much to lose by supporting America\u2019s War for Independence. They were schooled in both the Holy Scriptures and the principles of Natural Law. They were men who valued liberty above safety and wealth and were willing to sacrifice their \u201clives, fortunes, and sacred honor\u201d to be able to bequeath the principles of liberty to their posterity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe shot heard \u2019round the world\u201d in the pre-dawn hours of April 19, 1775, on Lexington Green, Massachusetts, was probably inevitable, but the causes of its occurrence cannot be denied. The primary mission of the British Crown that morning was to confiscate the firearms of the colonists in Lexington and Concord. It sent 800 military troops to fulfill that mission.<\/p>\n
Warned of the approaching British troops by Paul Revere and William Dawes, a little over 70 men (mostly from the congregation of the Church at Lexington, pastored by Jonas Clark) stood on Lexington Green, muskets in arm, to face the troops. The rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n
What is undeniable is that decades of grievances of the colonies against British injustice and oppression did NOT bring the colonies to open rebellion against the Crown. For decades, the colonies peacefully petitioned, redressed, reasoned, appealed, pleaded and remonstrated with the British Crown without bloodshed. Even the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, did not bring the colonies to arms against their government. But when British troops marched on Lexington and Concord to confiscate the firearms of the colonists, the line between peaceful protest and armed revolution was crossed.<\/p>\n
Now, almost 245 years later, the government of the Commonwealth of Virginia is threatening to cross that line again. As we speak, the State of Virginia is attempting to pass laws that would forcefully confiscate the arms of the people of that sovereign State: specifically, semi-automatic rifles AND pistols.<\/p>\n
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is backing a proposed ban on \u201cassault weapons\u201d that would prohibit the sale of many semi-automatic firearm designs like the AR-15, but would grandfather existing owners of the weapons so long as they are registered \u2014 or else face surrender.<\/p>\n
His proposed bill did note, \u201cThe provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment.\u201d\u00a0(Source)<\/a><\/p>\n In fact,\u00a0Governor Northam has asked the Virginia legislature for an additional $250,000<\/a>\u00a0to fund the anticipated incarceration of Virginians who refuse to comply with the State\u2019s gun confiscation ban and an additional\u00a0$4.8 million budget to fund a special 18-member SWAT team<\/a>\u00a0dedicated to confiscating the arms of the people of Virginia. A U.S. Congressman from Virginia, Donald McEachin, is urging Governor Northam to call out the Virginia National Guard to confiscate the arms of the Virginians.<\/p>\n Predictably, hyper gun-grabber and billionaire Jewish Zionist Michael Bloomberg is throwing his money and support behind the Virginia governor\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n Make no mistake about it: This has the potential to be a Lexington and Concord redux.<\/p>\n Get a grip on this folks! This is happening in the land of Washington and Jefferson\u2014the land of Lee and Jackson. This is happening in Virginia. I lived in Virginia for over two years; our oldest child\u2014our only daughter\u2014was born in Virginia.<\/p>\n As one can imagine,\u00a0the freedom-loving people of Virginia are NOT taking this lying down<\/a>. Ninety-one counties and eleven cities in the State have declared themselves to be in open rebellion against these tyrannical proposals from Richmond. The vast majority of sheriffs around the State have said they will NOT enforce these gun confiscation laws, if they are passed. And the sales of firearms in Virginia have exploded.<\/p>\n I encourage readers to\u00a0watch this testimony<\/a>\u00a0from a Virginian who was a former active duty soldier and Marine and is currently a Major in the Marine Corps Reserve and a federal police officer, regarding the resolve of Virginians to maintain their right to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n This coming Monday, January 20 (the day in between the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. \u201cStonewall\u201d Jackson, by the way), 100,000 Virginians are expected to descend on the Virginia legislature in Richmond to protest the proposed gun confiscation acts\u2014acts that can only be described as acts of war against the people of that State.<\/p>\n A sizeable number of states with tyrannical gun-grabbing governors and State legislatures are watching the events in Virginia with heightened interest, as they intend to enact the same kind of gun confiscation laws in their states. The governor of Washington State is already seeking gun confiscation laws in that State predicated on the proposals of the Virginia State government.<\/p>\n And as one can imagine, other draconian gun control measures, such as universal background checks (meaning there would be no such thing as private gun sales), a high-capacity magazine ban (magazines holding more than ten rounds), gun registration\u2014and Donald Trump\u2019s favorite: \u201cred flag\u201d gun confiscation laws\u2014are also being proposed.<\/p>\n Speaking of Donald Trump, has anyone noticed that this president who keeps telling us how much he supports the Second Amendment has thus far said absolutely NOTHING in defense of the brave men and women of Virginia who are RIGHT NOW fighting for the right of every American to keep and bear arms? Not a peep! Not a tweet!<\/p>\n This braggadocious, pompous, loquacious loudmouth, who is quick to condemn almost anyone and everyone to eternal hell if he doesn\u2019t agree with them, is totally mute about the Lexington and Concord redux that is taking place right now in Virginia. He conducts rallies all over America, so why won\u2019t he go to Virginia and help rally the people in support of their God-given right to keep and bear arms?<\/p>\n From a strictly political perspective, Trump should be jumping all over this situation in Virginia. After all, he LOST that State in 2016 to Hillary Clinton. And since Trump became president\u2014and for the first time in 26 years\u2014Democrats control the governor\u2019s mansion and both State houses. And what is the first thing they try to do? Propose laws to confiscate the people\u2019s firearms.<\/p>\n Trump has campaigned all over America in support of the Second Amendment. He has repeatedly told us that he is a \u201ctrue friend and champion\u201d for the Second Amendment (of course, he told us the same thing about the pro-life cause, and he\u2019s done absolutely NOTHING to overturn Roe\u2014and continues to fund Planned Parenthood to the tune of over a half billion dollars annually).<\/p>\n One would think that Donald Trump would be seizing the opportunity that this Democrat gun grab in Virginia affords him to rally the people of that State to his 2020 candidacy by screaming to the heavens about how Democrats are going to take their guns and how he will protect those liberties.<\/p>\n Instead, he\u2019s said NOTHING.<\/p>\n Remember, however, this same Donald Trump is the loudest voice in the country in support of \u201cred flag\u201d gun confiscation laws. In his heart and soul, Trump has always been a New York pro-gun control, pro-abortion liberal. He only became \u201cpro-life\u201d and \u201cpro-gun\u201d when he decided to run for president as a Republican in 2016.<\/p>\n There is absolutely no doubt that the rush to enact gun confiscation laws by states around the country\u2014including Florida and Virginia\u2014is largely due to the encouragement they received from\u00a0President Trump\u2019s boisterous call for gun confiscation in 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n Plus, I hope you realize that Donald Trump is also the loudest voice in America in support of\u00a0the militarization of our police<\/a>.<\/p>\n For decades, I have tried to awaken the people of America\u2014especially the Christian people of America\u2014to the existential threat against our right to keep and bear arms. I have urged Christians to vote with their feet and get out of these statist churches who teach that we are Biblically bound to submit to governments that would demand the surrender of our firearms. Any pastor or Bible teacher who takes that position is not only anti-freedom, anti-Constitution, anti-Bill of Rights and anti-Natural Law; he is also anti-Christ and anti-God.<\/p>\n My constitutional attorney son and I co-authored a book entitled\u00a0To Keep or Not To Keep: Why Christians Should Not Give Up Their Guns<\/a><\/em>. Every Christian in America\u2014especially in Virginia right now\u2014needs to read this book.<\/p>\n I delivered two messages dedicated specifically to the scriptural duty of Christians to never surrender their arms\u2014and I\u2019m talking about our AR-15 rifles. The first message is entitled\u00a0A Biblical Portrait Of The Righteousness And Requirement Of Bearing Arms<\/a><\/em>. And the second message is entitled\u00a0The Attack Against Our Guns And The Christian Duty To Repel The Attack<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve said it from the pulpit, and I\u2019ll say it here: The day that my AR-15 rifle is outlawed, I will be an outlaw! And I would make that decision with the perfect confidence that doing so is in total conformity with the scriptural and Natural laws of my Creator and Redeemer\u2014the same confidence as had Jonas Clark and those brave men on Lexington Green.<\/p>\n The truth is, the attempted tyrannical behavior of the State of Virginia\u2014and many other government entities across the country\u2014are exactly why America\u2019s founders put the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights. The right to keep and bear arms has nothing to do with hunting or target shooting and everything to do with protecting oneself and others from common criminals and with protecting freedom from the criminals in government\u2014ANY government.<\/p>\n To the valiant, liberty-loving people of Virginia, I say: HOLD THE LINE! Fate has chosen you to once again be the vanguard of liberty for our nation. Never surrender your arms! Never surrender your semi-automatic rifles or your semi-automatic pistols. Never surrender your high-capacity magazines. And never surrender your right to freely sell, purchase or possess a firearm without government registration.<\/p>\n AT ALL COSTS, DO NOT SURRENDER!<\/p>\n If the tyrannical gun grabbers of this country can succeed in bringing the People of Virginia to their knees, it will start a whirlwind of gun confiscation that will sweep across this entire nation.<\/p>\n I\u2019m here to tell you that the vast majority of the People of Montana are with you. And if and when it comes our turn to stand and fight this tyranny, that is exactly what we will do. And I\u2019m sure I am speaking for the People of Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia and many, many others.<\/p>\n Christian pastors in Virginia: Rally the people to liberty!<\/p>\n Sheriffs, police chiefs, deputy sheriffs, policemen and State patrolmen: Resist this tyranny!<\/p>\n It is no hyperbole to say that the future of America as a free and independent country rests upon the shoulders of the People of Virginia RIGHT NOW, as well as with the liberty-loving people in all of our 50 sovereign states.<\/p>\n Donald Trump or no Donald Trump. Republican Party or no Republican Party. Pastor or no pastor. Governor or no governor. Lawman or no lawman. WE THE PEOPLE fought to make this country free; and WE THE PEOPLE must fight to keep this country free.<\/p>\n P.S. Here, again, is our book\u00a0To Keep or Not To Keep: Why Christians Should Not Give Up Their Guns<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n And here is my message DVD\u00a0A Biblical Portrait Of The Righteousness And Requirement Of Bearing Arms<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n And here is my message DVD\u00a0The Attack Against Our Guns And The Christian Duty To Repel The Attack<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Chuck Baldwin<\/p>\n