VAST MAJORITY OF NJ GUN OWNERS CLOSETED!
TIME TO SHINE LIGHT OF DAY ON LEGAL OWNERS!

Op-Ed by Communications Director Theresa Inacker
Monday Sept. 30, 2019 www.cnjfo.com/join-us

Reflections on Heller . Part 1. (District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)).

Does history repeat itself? Yes. It is 2019 and Pro-Second Amendment folks are called terrorists and criminals by members of Congress. More laws are imminent and the squeeze on Constitutional gun owners progresses. Do you see the writing on the wall? What are YOU going to do about it? Still "in the closet" as a gun owner?

In the SCOTUS Heller decision, now deceased Justice Scalia stated : “Between the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution, the Stuart Kings Charles II and James II succeeded in using select militias loyal to them to suppress political dissidents, in part by disarming their opponents. ... And, of course, what the Stuarts had tried to do to their political enemies, George III had tried to do to the colonists. In the tumultuous decades of the 1760’s and 1770’s, the Crown began to disarm the inhabitants of the most rebellious areas. That provoked polemical reactions by Americans invoking their rights as Englishmen to keep arms. ... Americans understood the ‘right of self-preservation’ as permitting a citizen to ‘repel force by force’ when ‘the intervention of society in his behalf, may be too late to prevent an injury.’” — District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008).

You as a GUN OWNER, an alleged Patriot, need to start thinking long and hard about what is unfolding before your very eyes. Will you remain IN the closet? Many of you are hiding from public view, afraid to let your family, neighbors or employer know you are a gun owner in New Jersey. You need to COME OUT and you need to DO IT SOON! I could never be in the closet , as I take the “live free or die” mantra literally. As a widow, I understand the untimely-ness and permanence of death all too well—better than most. I reaffirm, I live free or die. I refuse to be a slave or a victim. I refuse to relent!

If you are in the closet now, how will you behave when more arrests happen, prosecutions, defamation and worse? Will you dig deeper under your covers and hope they don’t come for you? Think again! They know who you are and you will not be saved. Will you stand by while your comrades in arms are taken down? Then how much of a true comrade were you? You’re a bystander and not as free as I am. I feel sorry for you.

Are you tired of being used as a doormat with gun bill after gun bill being proposed? Are YOU ready to VENT but not sure how? Taking a stand comes in many forms. Being a CNJFO member is of course a prerequisite to calling yourself a 'free person'. Better yet, volunteering to be on a Coalition Committee such as Membership, Shows & Community Outreach, Youth Day at the Range, and a lot of others provide an outlet for your frustration to do the most good right here in NJ!

There's a time & place for Keyboard Commandos. This ain't it. The rubber needs to meet the road. NJ's one million gun owners must UNIFY, must COME OUT of the CLOSET, and must stand as brothers & sisters and BE COUNTED! It's time to FIGHT our ruling class once more! LEAD, FOLLOW OR GET OUT OF MY WAY!

The Coalition of New Jersey Firearm Owners is now hosting "Diner Tours" throughout the state. The next one is two weeks from tomorrow, Tuesday October 15th at the Phily Diner & Sports Bar in Runnemede, NJ at 7pm. Membership sign-ups, swag sales, learning about how to VOLUNTEER and where you best "fit". A real chance to get away from the keyboard and do some REAL good!

EDITOR's NOTE:

CNJFO Communications Director Theresa Inacker was officially appointed as the NJ Delegate to The DC Project, a non-partisan group of 50 women from 50 states that set an example by setting appointments with & pounding on doors making cold calls to their US Senators and Congresspeople every July. The DC Project Founder, Dianna Muller, testified before the House Judiciary Committee last week at the "Assault Weapons Ban" Hearing, and DREW A LINE IN THE SAND with her now viral "I WILL NOT COMPLY!".