05.31.2024
Gun owners have had plenty of reasons to be seriously unhappy with Donald Trump.
His ignorant and politically motivated attacks on bump stocks and comments about “due process later” had reasonable people shaking their heads. Oregon Firearms Federation joined other pro-gun organizations to submit an amicus brief in a lawsuit against the bump stock ban. We are not knee jerk supporters of any politician. However, what happened yesterday, while not entirely unexpected, was a turning point whose danger cannot be overestimated.
What we warned about when Biden took office has come true in a manner even more devastating than we could have predicted. The current administration has systematically destroyed much of our country with ruthless efficiency.
No one who is a political opponent of the left is safe. The law enforcement agencies whose job it is to protect Americans now openly target them, sometimes fatally.
The jury in the criminal trial against Trump did not even make the pretense of deliberating. Much like in the trial against Mike Strickland, and our federal lawsuit against Mz 114, the dice were loaded from the start.
We have truly crossed the line.
All of this is coordinated, none of it is by chance and it’s happening at lightning speed.
The rule of law is officially extinct in America and any one of us could be the next victim of the Marxist takeover that everyone sees, except the people we elect to represent us.
The current administration, and the extreme left it represents, will tell any lie, break any law, and crush anyone who stands in their way.
The response from the “opposing” party has been desk thumping, fist waving, and faux outrage. Sternly written letters will follow. Fund raising mail disguised as press releases will flood your in box. Congress will convene hearings where heads of federal agencies will refuse to answer questions with impunity and soon it will be business as usual.
In Oregon, the Republicans will continue to pound out empty tweets and digital ads decrying the direction the Democrats are taking the state, while tacitly admitting they plan to assist the left in every way.
(Today, in spite of having already won her election, Christine Drazan sent out another request for money without a single word of the travesty of Trump’s convictions.)
Bryan Iverson, Vikki Iverson’s husband, and the hitman who created the dishonest and disgraceful attack on Noah Robinson, called the few Republicans with principles “obstructionists.”
“They want that brand of Republicans that are just obstructionist, basically,” Iverson said.
House Rep Cyrus Javadi derisively said his primary opponent “represents the far, far right-wing Republican Party”
“Far right wing” is the Republican establishment’s pejorative for anyone standing up to the Democrats.
House Rep Mark Owens bemoaned the loss of anti-gun Charlie Conrad: “My view was that Charlie’s one of the most honorable men that I’ve ever had the privilege to work with, and I’d like to continue to work with him,” Owens said.
The number of Republicans willing to stand up for your rights is now vanishingly small. In pursuit of whatever crumbs the Democrats are willing to offer them to remain docile and obedient, the Republican establishment has already signaled surrender and you can rest assured they will be doing all they can to undermine the few who will fight.
While some Republicans are still releasing daily barrages of fund raisers pretending to be “petitions” in support of police or truckers, as of today the legislative website does not reflect a single Republican press release condemning the courtroom lynching of Trump. We will be pleased to update this page if they do.
Make no mistake, all Americans, and especially gun owners, are in danger now. The politicians are not going to protect you. The alphabet agencies consider you a threat and a combatant. The courts cannot be relied on. (We are still dealing with two separate lawsuits to protect your right to protect yourself in Oregon.)
America has never seen anything like this. Be prepared watch out for your family, friends and neighbors.