loading . . . Trigger Warning (Pun Intended) We get a lot of email. The vast majority of it is normal: Inquiries for training, questions about membership, and the like.
For instance, this year so far, we’ve received:
a little less than 2000 training inquiries, compared to about 2500 all of last year.
almost 700 new members, which is about the total new members last year,
and almost 100 requests to become an instructor, which again, is close to last years totals,
and countless press inquiries and requests for interviews
It seems people have noticed that “The Most Pro Gun Administration in History!!!” is perhaps, less than completely on the side of the people.
Then we get emails like this:
“Mr. Gardner, you seem genuinely confused in your assertion, implied or otherwise, that just having a gun on your person can get you shot, while exercising your 2A right;and just being at a protest while exercising your First Amendment right, can also get you shot. You failed to elaborate, as in interfering with law enforcement while doing its duty, justly or not, with a gun on your person – NOT smart in either respect. And even without a gun, interfering with LE and using your vehicle as a weapon, is utterly stupid.
Neither Renee Not-So-Goode nor Pretti-Stupid Alex was solely exercising either amendment’s rights in a lawful manner. And shame on you for your intellectually dishonest premise that supposed innocent actions of either one was a pure exercise of the First or Second. You just neatly and conveniently left out HOW these two died, rendering two woefully stupid people as simply citizens under the Constitution. Your “mission” is clear: train rebellious protestors to shoot ICE agents if they feel compelled to do so for their own protection. They are NOT coming to you to learn self-protection against robbers, rapists, killers, and other criminal illegals already here. They are preparing to shoot back if need be, and more stupid bodies will hit the pavement. You MIGHT have said you teach them to leave their guns at home – or at least to not interfere with ICE. But you leave that out. So the next Pretti-Stupid Alex who dies defending a friend after being shoved by an agent, may also get shot if they see a gun on his stupid ass. HEY! Perhaps if you or one of yours were to be the victim of a cartel member here illegally, you just might change your warped dishonest perspective -? NAHHHH.”
Or this:
“Better do some target practice with your newfound expensive paperweights, as some MAGA folks are ready to visit your locations to show its skill sets. Get over your TDS, get well soon. Demtards will probably enter their desired revolution ill-prepared.”
Both of those were signed using their real names from their actual emails, by the way. Go figure.
But, my favorite is this, and usually I would not post the email whole, but it illustrates the point, I think, beautifully:
There are others, a steady stream in fact, but as I mentioned above, the vast majority of them are people looking to exercise their rights, because they have been paying attention.
Stay safe out there. http://dlvr.it/TR0zql