Run Forest Run

I have characterized our governor, Roy Cooper as a mini Cuomo.  Cooper has imposed his share of irrational restrictions during the time of Covid-19.  He has also been...how should I put it...not a friend to gun owners.  Fortunately, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest is running against Cooper for the governor's chair.  Today, over at Ammoland Harold Hutchison writes Can Second Amendment Supporters Get A Good Governor?

As such, the North Carolina gubernatorial race could be very important for Second Amendment supporters. Cooper has vetoed pro-Second Amendment legislation, including a measure similar to a Texas law that deserves credit for greatly mitigating the Fort Worth church shooting. The Second Amendment Preservation Act would have allowed places of worship the option to allow worshipers to carry firearms.

Second Amendment supporters have long known how gun-free zones have not enhanced safety for the public. Instead, places declared “gun-free zones” have all too often just become shooting galleries for those intent on committing horrific crimes. Common sense would indicate that the introduction of substantial resistance to a potential mass shooter should take place as soon as possible, and nothing is faster than having armed resistance on the scene.

Cooper, though, did the bidding of Bloomberg and his stooges and cast a veto, which was, sadly, upheld. Cooper also declared gun stores ‘non-essential,” even as the combination of the coronavirus pandemic and the riots that took place across the country have led many to decide that exercising their Second Amendment rights might be a prudent course of action.

I have always believed that the Second Amendment should not be a partisan issue. Each of us is equally vulnerable. While we each may evaluate our risks differently, we each have a right to defend our lives, those of our loved ones, and our property. Therefore, we each also have a right to the most efficient means of defending our lives.  And if both parties sought freedom and liberty, but disagreed on how best to achieve that, there would be no desire on the part of one party to eliminate Second Amendment rights.

Unfortunately, the Second Amendment demonstrates that one party, the Democrat party, does not want these things.  Instead, the Democrats seem to have embarked on a Socialist/Marxist destiny for the United States.  But a Socialist state is also a tyrannical state.  Tyrants, who wish to stay in power can not afford an armed citizenry.

Interestingly enough, our founding documents indicate that the rights, which are acknowledge in our Constitution in fact are granted to all mankind by our Creator.  Therefore, the right to arms acknowledge in the Second Amendment can't legitimately taken away.  But that doesn't mean the Left doesn't want to deprive you and me of our arms.

Forest, on the other hand, has been a supporter of our Second Amendment rights. In eight years as lieutenant governor of North Carolina, he has not let Second Amendment supporters down. The fact of the matter is that he would be a huge upgrade over Cooper in the governor’s mansion.

I am not telling you who to vote for, just providing information.