SpurHunter
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But I didnt, a friend of mine did. He owns a gun shop in East TN. </p>
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JUST HAD A CALLER TELL ME THAT MY RADICAL, EXTREMIST, ANTI-GOVERNMENT VIEWS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO SHOP AT FRONTIER</p>
I received some complaints that I am too radical, too extreme, and too anti-government for them to shop at Frontier Firearms.You know they may have a point – they are probably correct that as a retailer I should never express my views, should smile and pretend everything is all-good even when it is not. I should pretend that our economy is strong and that the current administration is taking our nation in the correct direction. Certainly as a small business owner,I need all the patronage I can get... however, the way things are going there is a good chance I won't have a business much longer if we don't change our Congress and President(after all it isn't the Republicans or conservatives who continually introduce new laws to ban or otherwise make firearm ownership harder if not impossible).</p>
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Let's look at some of my views that might causesome peopleto avoid shoppingat Frontier:</p>
These are the things I say in my blogs. I also highlightnews items froma conservative perspective - usually items that will never appear in the newspapers or on TV (or least not until much later). If these beliefs are so extreme and so radical that some feel they cannot shop at Frontier I guess I could be more like the people I blamedestroying our nation and say whatever it is I think will please whomever I am talking to at the moment.Certainly, I could throw out my honesty and integrity and kiss everyone's ass so I could make more money – but I won't.</p>
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However, I don't hold it against anyone that just can bear to shop at Frontier Firearms because Ihavedifferent beliefs from them. Perhaps some of these people may one day be thankful that individuals like me stand up for the People because whether they like it or not we are all in the same boat. Don't you know that only30% of the people wanted to throw out British rule and form a new nation and aren't we all thankful that that minority of men and women didn't listen to the naysayers even though for sometheprice of freedom was much more than the loss of somebusiness revenue.</p>
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Finally, my continuedhope is that people who love freedom, who love this country, desire to uphold the constitution including the second amendment, and don't believe government is the be-all-end-all will continue to patronizeFrontier Firearms.</p>
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To the rest, I'll keep hoping you come around anyway for a FREE cup of coffee or soda and maybe some good discussion. After all, if you think I am wrong you will have a far better chance of converting me by talking to me than by shunning me.</p>
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JUST HAD A CALLER TELL ME THAT MY RADICAL, EXTREMIST, ANTI-GOVERNMENT VIEWS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO SHOP AT FRONTIER</p>
I received some complaints that I am too radical, too extreme, and too anti-government for them to shop at Frontier Firearms.You know they may have a point – they are probably correct that as a retailer I should never express my views, should smile and pretend everything is all-good even when it is not. I should pretend that our economy is strong and that the current administration is taking our nation in the correct direction. Certainly as a small business owner,I need all the patronage I can get... however, the way things are going there is a good chance I won't have a business much longer if we don't change our Congress and President(after all it isn't the Republicans or conservatives who continually introduce new laws to ban or otherwise make firearm ownership harder if not impossible).</p>
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Let's look at some of my views that might causesome peopleto avoid shoppingat Frontier:</p>
- First, I am a citizen of the Untied State of America to which I pledge allegiance. I am not a subject of the United States Government. I do not serve the government. The government exists to serve me (and all citizens like me).
- I am pro-USA, pro-constitution, and have sworn oaths to uphold the laws of the State of Tennessee and the United States of America. I am now and always will be faithful to this oath.
- I do NOT advocate the over throw of our government.
- However, I DO advocate that "we the people" reclaim our government by using the ballot box to wrestle it away from the professional politicians who are destroying our nation.
- I amNOT anti-government. What some mistake foranti-government sentiment is simply my convictionthat government is rarelythe best answer to a problem. I hold an elected office (city council) and I know firsthand that governmentis rarelythe solution toany problem.
- I am for limited government - let our government(s) do what it does best or must do - like the military, building and maintain infrastructure, certain monopolies (utilities), protecting our borders, the justice system, and managing our foreign policy.
- I feel that professional politicians (of both parties) aremoral relativists (whose convictions change according the situation and according to what benefits them most). These people are so driven by their desire to stay in office that they compromise their integrity on a daily basis (I see this at almost everycity councilmeeting). If you don't believe me, look at the list of campaign contributions of your favorite congressman or senator. No matter if they are uber-liberal or ultra-conservative they take money from PACS and people on BOTH sides of everyissue (that is until they all called out on it).
- I believe that our current President is a fool and an empty suit that must be stopped at the ballot box before he and his followers destroy everything that has made our nation strong - economically and morally.
- I believe that so called "progressives" are closet socialists who continue to hold on to a false utopian dream that hasn't worked in Europe and cannot work here.
- I believe in individual responsibility including the fact that government cannot protect me from harm or the ills of the world.
- I believe that the 2nd Amendment is the most important recognition of our God given Rights that are listedin our Bill of Rights.
- I believe that the constitution limits government and confers NO rights to the People because our Rights are inalienable and are not given to us by the government. Rather government exists only because we the People agree to be governed.
- I believe there is only one God and everything I need to know about Him is written in the Judeo-ChristianBible.
- I believe in right and wrong, good and evil and that there are absolute Truths.
- I am against higher taxes.
- Iam against more laws and regulations. In fact, on the back of my nameplate at city council I pasted a sign so that whenever I vote I remember that all laws -- even the best can be used against the people. The sign reads, "Judge a law by its worst reading and in the hands of the worst enemy of freedom".
- Perhaps some people are upset that I have pointed out that the rate at which government payroll, heath and, retirement benefits are rising is harming our economy and everyone's standard of living. For the first time the government is our largest employer. Compounding this problem is the fact that government wages and benefits are outstripping private sector pay, health, and retirement benefits. With ever-growing numbers of people working for the government, how can the private sector keep up, after all the government creates no wealth - the government can only take wealth created by others. I cannot see how the government can continue to pay its employees, my friends and family members, so much more than their counter parts in private enterprise. I can't understand how so many government workers can retire young with full benefits while the private sector employee doing the same or similar jobs must work to 65, or beyond, and then retire with half the benefits. Why is this - one works no harder than the other does? As far as I can see, the only difference between the two workers is that the employer of one must pay everything out of profits while the other has an employer (the government) that uses the brute force of law to take whatever money it wants and needs to pay its bills. Of course, government workers pay the same taxes as everyone else but because their employer – the government does not add to the GNP, it must borrow money, print more money, or tax the wealth of those who actually add to the GNP in order to pay its workers. Take taxes: for the sake of discussion, we can say there are 3 groups that pay taxes – businesses, business employees, and employees of the government (the government itself pays no tax). If the government creates no wealth that means ALL the money used by all employees (government and private sector) to pay their taxes comes from the wealth created by businesses – the owners and workers of private business. In other words, an ever-declining number of private sector employers and employees must create all the wealth used to pay all taxes. Thus, today less than 49 percent of the nation's workers and owners are responsible for creating 100%of the GNP out which all taxes are paid. Folks this is not working! Already the government isborrowing money to pay for current spending! Instead of treating business as the enemy, we need to understand that everyone – private sector workers and government workers depend on business for all their wages! If you work for the government, you are not being paid by the government you are being paid by the men and women of this country who own and work for businesses. Of course, it is not the government's workers fault we are in this mess -- it's the fault of irresponsible politicians!
- I believe that government is necessary and the people who sustain our system and work for our governments are good people but I fear that we are demanding too much of the goose that has been laying the golden eggs upon which our economy depends, in other words, we are overburdening our citizens and businesses with unnecessaryregualtions and too high taxes!
These are the things I say in my blogs. I also highlightnews items froma conservative perspective - usually items that will never appear in the newspapers or on TV (or least not until much later). If these beliefs are so extreme and so radical that some feel they cannot shop at Frontier I guess I could be more like the people I blamedestroying our nation and say whatever it is I think will please whomever I am talking to at the moment.Certainly, I could throw out my honesty and integrity and kiss everyone's ass so I could make more money – but I won't.</p>
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However, I don't hold it against anyone that just can bear to shop at Frontier Firearms because Ihavedifferent beliefs from them. Perhaps some of these people may one day be thankful that individuals like me stand up for the People because whether they like it or not we are all in the same boat. Don't you know that only30% of the people wanted to throw out British rule and form a new nation and aren't we all thankful that that minority of men and women didn't listen to the naysayers even though for sometheprice of freedom was much more than the loss of somebusiness revenue.</p>
</p>
Finally, my continuedhope is that people who love freedom, who love this country, desire to uphold the constitution including the second amendment, and don't believe government is the be-all-end-all will continue to patronizeFrontier Firearms.</p>
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To the rest, I'll keep hoping you come around anyway for a FREE cup of coffee or soda and maybe some good discussion. After all, if you think I am wrong you will have a far better chance of converting me by talking to me than by shunning me.</p>
