Second Amendment Foundation Reports 1200% Spike in Members, Donors from Young Adults since Parkland Murders
And several GunLink members are proud to count ourselves among newly-upgraded SAF members. With the constant onslaught of attempts to further restrict gun rights, we believe that all firearms owners, patriots, and other supporters of the United States Constitution must band together to fight back to limit and eliminate government infringements of the basic human rights proscribed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Join the Second Amendment Foundation here, join NRA here, and check out other RKBA organizations here. If there ever ever was one, now is the time to present a united front against further infringements.
Since the tragic mass shooting at a Florida high school last month resulted in efforts to restrict firearms ownership by young adults, the Second Amendment Foundation has experienced a 1,200 percent increase in the number of 18- to 20-year-olds joining or supporting the organization, SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb reported today.
“We normally don’t get that many members or donors in that age group,” Gottlieb noted, “since the gun rights movement typically trends toward older Americans. But the 18- to 20-year-olds have never been specifically targeted before, and they are obviously alarmed. This influx of young Americans into the gun rights movement is important, not just to respond to the current gun control threat, but as the movement has gotten older, it is encouraging to see so many young adults getting involved in support of Second Amendment rights. Continue reading
Huge Second Amendment March Slated for May in DC
EVENT PERMIT DENIED – SEE UPDATE BELOW
Organizers of a pro-rights march hope to meet their lofty goal of attracting up to 10 million supporters of the Second Amendment at the event tentatively scheduled for noon on Saturday May 25, 2013.
According to the event website, organizers are still working to secure sponsors and a venue. Once those issues are handled, the date, time and location will be finalized. Keep an eye on the GunLink Blog and Forums for updates as more information becomes available. The event also has a Facebook page located here.
10 Million Gun Owners March on Washington DC
Saturday, May 25 2013
Washington, D.C.
UPDATE:
The following was posted on the event website in early April:
After speaking with the Rolling Thunder Group and The National Park Service representative on April 5th 2013, The National Park Service will NOT issue us a separate permit to have our Second Amendment Rally at the Lincoln Memorial using Rolling Thunders stage in conjunction with the Rolling Thunder Freedom Ride even though the Rolling Thunder Organization was kind enough to allow us to use their stage pending a separate permit.
Plain and simple, The Obama Administration does not want us to be in Washington on May 25th to honor all of the brave veterans who died for the Bill Of Rights and is now violating our First Amendment Rights to assemble in a place of our choosing. The purpose of this event was to honor our Veterans on Memorial Day Weekend using the Lincoln Memorial as a back drop. I guess the Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool is only to be used for liberal causes these days.
The Rolling Thunder Freedom ride will still be taking place and gun owners could attend that event at the Lincoln Memorial if you so choose. The link for this event is below. It is a worthy cause so if you want to attend this event on May 26th please attend and support the Rolling Thunder Organization.
POPVOX Makes it Easy to Tell Congress You Oppose Gun Control
You have to hand it to them – if the gun control crowd is anything, they’re consistent. Or maybe predictable is a better word. No matter which adjective you use for them, their unceasing efforts to trample Second Amendment rights are undeniable. They are a motivated and largely organized group and if we want to preserve our rights we must also be motivated and organized. We cannot sit idly by while a vocal minority peppers our representatives with calls to incrementally (or not-so-incrementally) degrade our rights.
There are a number of online tools, provided by organizations like GOA and NRA, which allow you to find out who your representatives are and contact them. There is a relatively new resource called POPVOX (from the latin vox populi – the voice of the people) that users can take advantage of to express their opinions to their legislators. While POPVOX has been around for a couple years, it has recently been gaining in popularity and is a perfect opportunity for supporters of the Second Amendment to voice their feelings on pending gun control measures. To find current gun control issues and weigh in on them using POPVOX, visit The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation on the GunLink Forums or visit speakup.GunLink.info.
Comments and opinions left via POPVOX are delivered to your Representative and/or Senators in Congress electronically (or by hand when Continue reading