{"id":2183,"date":"2013-02-14T10:25:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2013-02-14T10:25:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T14:25:23","slug":"on-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/on-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ON VALENTINE\u2019S DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

On St. Valentine\u2019s Day, I wish happiness and romance to lovers and spouses. It\u2019s a time to reflect on our raisons d\u2019etre.\u00a0 <\/i>In an adult lifetime spent debriefing firefight survivors, I learned that the almost universal epiphany in the aftermath of such events was the realization that when you fight to survive, you\u2019re really fighting to return to the people you love\u2026the people who define your existence.<\/p>\n

We are embroiled in a battle that will, in the end, determine whether or not we keep the wherewithal to protect the people we love, and for them to protect themselves, now and in future generations.\u00a0 The juggernaut of ridiculous laws that began at the state level in New York now seems about to crush rights in Colorado. By some interpretations, the Colorado legislation would make it illegal for you to hand your pistol to your spouse on the pistol range without a background check, because its passing hand to hand \u2013 even in your presence \u2013 might be considered a \u201ctransfer.\u201d<\/p>\n

See what my old friend and stalwart fighter for gun owners\u2019 civil rights Michael Bane, a Coloradan, has to say about it here: http:\/\/michaelbane.blogspot.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m hearing pundits and overconfident gunnies saying, \u201cAw, that won\u2019t pass on a national level.\u201d\u00a0 Few thought it would be taken seriously in relatively gun-friendly Colorado, either, but it\u2019s happening before our eyes.\u00a0 We\u2019re up against people with unlimited budgets, with the media behind them in an aggressive attack that has turned from reportage to flat-out propaganda. We\u2019re up against people with the power to say to a few key legislators, \u201cDon\u2019t worry about getting re-elected. If you take the point for me on this, I\u2019ll reward you with a cushy government appointment and you\u2019ll never have to answer to voters again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Redouble your efforts to get the truth out. Write letters to the editors, worded politely, succinctly, and logically.\u00a0 Join your state level gun owners\u2019 civil rights group and become active, if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

Do it for the people you love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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