Submitted by Brewer55
Gun rights activist Lucretia Hughes delivered powerful testimony to lawmakers on Wednesday, making her case for why more gun control laws will not solve gun violence problems.
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During testimony before the House Oversight Committee, Hughes told lawmakers how her son became the victim of gun violence six years ago when he was shot “point blank in the head.”
But her tragic loss only emboldened her belief that the Second Amendment is necessary for protection, and that gun control laws will never rectify the problems that led to her son’s murder.
“My son’s death resulted from a criminal with an evil heart and a justice system failing to hold him accountable for laws he had already broken,” Hughes said. “You see, a convicted felon killed him with an illegally obtained gun. Gun control lobbyists and politicians claim their policies will save lives and reduce violence. Well, these policies did not protect my son.”
Importantly, Hughes noted that cities with the strictest gun control laws often struggle most with gun violence. She called lawmakers “crazy” if they think more laws are the solution.
Instead, Hughes said the Second Amendment and defending one’s right to self-defense is the correct path.
“How about letting me defend myself against evil? Do you think I’m not capable or trustworthy to handle firearms?” Hughes said. “You who call for more gun control are the same ones that call to defund the police. Who is supposed to protect me? We must prepare to be our own first responders to protect ourselves and our loved ones. I am a legal, law abiding citizen.
“I don’t need the government to save me,” she declared.
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Instead of gun control, Hughes said schools need more armed personnel and mental health professional to ward off future mass shootings. She also advocated for the elimination of gun-free zones and more firearm education.
She outright said the Protecting Our Kids Act, the Democrat-pushed gun control bill passed after Uvalde, will not make Americans safer.
“Despite living with the heartache of the loss of my son daily, I believe that it is our God-given right to defend ourselves from acts of violence,” Hughes said. “Taking away my rights and the rights of law-abiding citizens will not bring [my son] Emannuel back, but it will embolden criminals. We all want the same thing. To be safe.
“Gun owners are not the enemy and these gun control policies are not the solution,” she concluded.
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So often repeated is they want gun control because of what the govt plans to do should they ever get them.
Surrendering them is only a delayed form of suicide.
They have so many ways to kill us without guns: drones, bombs, CBW, invisible beams of sound, etc. Frankly, when they send in the jackboots (that’s not an “if” it’s a “when”) we don’t stand a chance, if we give up our guns.
I think at this point they’re just trying to minimize their future losses without firing a shot, because, also frankly, we outnumber the jackboots, and they know it.
Because it’s really hard to get drones, planes or troops to get much done if they keep getting blown apart by former combat vets who might have an issue or two with the way the government has treated them post-service. I’m pretty sure that’s the main reason they haven’t already tried to get our guns.
Where I live we have a mayor and a police chief and a handful of cops. Thousands of locals are mostly armed, many with scoped deer and elk rifles, and many have evil black guns.
Obviously Ms. Hughes is a deplorable white supremacist rayssiss terrist….
oh wait.
Such theatre.
She knew going in the hearers are there only to feign a representation of her and us.
It seems none of our lawmakers (I use the term advisedly) have read the Constitution or European history of the last century
While I am with the never give up your firearms group we have many ways to fight back/blow the system to hell.
At moment keep building alt community/economy ect.,yes,at some point as this grows and becomes more viable the powers that want to be will try and end it,and the response will include firearms but even more important the end of those of us who create/build things working on anything the powers that want to be need,that will end the nonsense.
Hence,plan on tough times but also plan on actually rebuilding/re-creating a viable/functional society,we CAN do this!
As always,our buddy here to provide moral support:
I am very sorry that Miss Hughes lost her son and wish her the best in the future and am thankful that folks like her are out there,gives one hope.
Thank You Lucretia