During
this final 30 days of Montana’s legislative session,
I advise first-term conservatives discouraged by
repeated defeats things get much easier once they
give up hope. Although not quite a “Remember the
Alamo” speech, it does force legislators to take a
critical look at reality. Last fall, voters had an
opportunity to substantially change America’s
course, yet they chose the status quo. Once again,
there are roughly 25 reliable conservative votes in
Montana’s House and 12 in the Senate, so with the
progressives controlling the remaining seats plus
the governor’s office, restoring liberty is
hopeless. For example, my House Bill 302, an “act
prohibiting state employees from enforcing an
unconstitutional federal ban on semi-automatic
firearms” was this session’s first bill vetoed by
Governor Bullock; a move entirely predictable for
supporters of a massive federal authority. I suspect
all similar legislation empowering the people over
government will meet a similar fate.
For a substantial change of direction, a majority of
American voters must experience a spiritual and
political awakening so as to elect officials
dedicated to our nation’s founding principle of
limited government. Because it has taken a century
for progressives to destroy liberty, it will take at
least as many generations to restore it. Explaining
freedom to a populace obsessed with freebies is not
easy, so start now and with anyone who might listen.
I am concentrating on my ten grandchildren and will
pull the eleventh one into the patriot fold when he
or she hits the ground in September. Here is a
report of my progress from the front lines in the
Kerns house.
A couple weeks ago, my daughter, Meagan brought
Clara, Gant and Sarah to our house for an
overnighter. Grant, the five-year-old, had a
doctor’s appointment and the other two tagged along
so as to leave only three for Dad to wrestle back in
Great Falls. Just like trailing cows with newborn
calves, splitting the herd lessens the workload.
Grant burst into our house and scurried through the
bedrooms until he found his favorite toy; a plastic,
double-barrel shotgun with a leather sling.
Sarah, the two-year-old occupying the fifth slot in
the sequence of six mini-Kimmels, disappeared into
the bathroom. She is a mischievous thing who has
been speaking in complete sentences for several
months and raising her will require sweat equity
from every member of the family plus most of our
friends. Grant may have sparked her idea during the
three hour drive to Nana and Papa’s, but she burst
naked from the bathroom all blonde curls, blue eyes
and bare butt cheeks. She was scampering down the
hall, when suddenly she stopped and hollered, “I
need a gun!” No doubt, what she really needed was
clothes, but I wish to draw your attention to her
choice of verbs. Notice, she did not say “I want a
gun,” and obviously shouting “I have a gun,” would
also have been a stretch. All young cowboys know a
holster at least requires underwear for a proper fit
to keep from chaffing. Needing a gun is the key
which made me proud, and here is why.
Progressives know the easiest way to control the
masses is early indoctrination. Certainly you have
seen recent news stories where school children were
disciplined for biting Pop-Tarts into the shape of a
gun or making finger-pistol gestures on the
playground. This is part of a bigger plan. If a
single generation can be conditioned firearms are
inherently evil, subsequent generations will
willingly accept confiscation. Raise your
grandchildren to be patriots, or the government will
condition them to be slaves. Think about it.
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