Charlton Heston: A Torch With No Flame

[Charles L. Cotton]

I have posted this before, but it's been a long while and it's worth repeating. It is also the cornerstone of the new initiative I mentioned.

Chas.

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[anygunanywhere]

Money quote:

Only people who are free to own firearms can remain free people.

[Charles L. Cotton]

“If we focus on anti-gun legislation, but ignore an anti-gun generation, if we spend years as pro-gun activists but only minutes as pro-gun mentors, if we earn the support of this generation of office-holders but not the next generation of voters, we will have failed. We must tell it, teach it, live it, breath it.” Charlton Heston.

When this legislative session is over, . . .

Chas.

[Rrash]

“If we focus on anti-gun legislation, but ignore an anti-gun generation, if we spend years as pro-gun activists but only minutes as pro-gun mentors, if we earn the support of this generation of office-holders but not the next generation of voters, we will have failed. We must tell it, teach it, live it, breath it.” Charlton Heston.

When this legislative session is over, . . .

Chas.

Excellent insight to live by in all aspects of life.

[suthdj]

Glad I watched I have a 6yo I need to think about teaching about our country and why we came to be.

[joe817]

Definitely worth repeating. Thanks for posting it again Charles.

[longhorn86]

Awesome!! Thanks for posting, Chas!

[treadlightly]

Kindness and strength combined are the hallmarks of capital-T Truth. Empowerment and responsibility, and a debt owed to the future - if just once in my life I could advance freedom's throttles with a message so powerful I believe I'd call it a good life.

Bringing the truths of liberty to young minds is the only way America will survive. Guns are not graven images of violence and evil, they are icons of valor, meritorious service, bravery, philosophical integrity, and open-eyed patriotism which this country is losing.

No law abiding, freedom loving citizen should think of a gun as some kind of snake ready to strike the innocent.

Guns in law-abiding hands don't threaten, they are a guarantee of many good and worthy things, most importantly that America will never trespass insanity to the degree our citizenry is no longer the source of power in this country. Guns have the wondrous power to do so without threat or violence.

Without a shot fired or a muzzle brought to bear, guns in private ownership prove America's social contract respects the individual. Our government does not grant our civil rights or judge the measure of their benefit. Our government's job is to defend them.

If we are truly a peace loving people who abhor tyranny, we must cherish individual rights including the uninfringed right to keep and bear arms.

And Heston was right. We must instill that basic safeguard in the next generation.

[rbwhatever1]

Charlton Heston was an awesome American.

[chuck j]

I had seen it before but glad to be refreshed . I will have my sixteen year old daughter watch it , she will agree wholeheartedly . Good post .

[shooter76blue]

This is the first time I have seen this. I agree with everything 100%

[TexasGal]

A man of honor and a true American. Thank you for posting it. Seeing it again still squeezes my heart for our great nation. If we don't pass down to the next generation these simple yet incredibly important truths, who will? Not the liberal school system nor the liberal press. It's up to us.