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July 1775 · Live to Shoot - Defending our 2nd Amendment Rights

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  Well, welcome to the leadership.
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  Podcast.
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  My name is Jeff Doddle and I've been a licensed firearm dealer for the last 18 years.
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  And this podcast we talk about all things related to Second Amendment, as well as anything else going on in the news, a sports story, or anything else that I might find interesting.
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  So welcome to another episode of Live to Shoot, where we defend the Second Amendment and we dig into our roots of history.
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  So this year we are approaching the 250th.
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  Birthday of this country.
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  We are in year 2 49 right now, and I thought as we lead up to that, we would start spending a little time looking back 250 years ago and see what was going on around this time then.
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  So today.
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  We're stepping back to a time in July, 1775.
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  It was a critical moment in the early days of the American Revolution, and you might be wondering, what does a random week from 250 years ago have to do the right to bear arms?
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  Well, stick with me.
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  So it's July, 1775 and the American colonies are teetering on the edge of the war with Britain.
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  The first shots ring out back in April at Lexington and Concord, and just last month, the battle of Bunker Hill proved the columnists weren't backing down in Philadelphia.
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  The second Continental Congress is in full swing trying to figure out how to handle this mess.
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  They're caught between two worlds, wanting peace with the crown, but gearing up for a fight they know that might be coming.
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  On July 5th, they sent the Olive branch petition to King Georgia.
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  Third, it was a Hail Mary pass.
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  A plea to say, look, we're still loyal, but you've gotta fix this, but here's the cure.
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  Just one day later on July 6th, they rolled out the declaration of the causes and necessity of taking up arms pinned by Thomas Jefferson and John Dixon.
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  This wasn't a Declaration of Independence.
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  Not yet.
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  It laid out why the colonies were arming themselves.
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  They said, we don't want war, but if you push us, we're ready.
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  It's like they were keeping one hand extended for peace and the other on the trigger.
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  Now, zoom into a little later in July and you won't find any blockbuster battles or big headlines from those exact days.
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  But don't let that fool you.
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  Plenty was brewing.
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  The continental Congress was still hammering away in Philadelphia, debating on how to fund an army, how to deal with loyalists, and how to pull the colonies together.
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  Picture it.
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  A room full of delegates sweeping through their waistcoats, arguing over, or sweating through their waistcoats, arguing over whether they're patriots or traitors in the eyes of the king.
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  High stakes and high attention.
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  Meanwhile, up in Massachusetts George Washington has taken the reigns of the continental Army on July 3rd.
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  He's looking out at a rag tag, bunch of farmer shopkeepers, you name it, trying to turn them into a force that can stand up to the British red coats.
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  No pressure, right?
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  They've got the weight of the revolution on their shoulders, and he's still doing it with an army that's more grit than polys.
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  So.
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  What's this matter to us?
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  Because this war wasn't fought by some fancy standing army.
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  It was regular folks.
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  Militias made up ordinary citizens who grabbed their muskets and rifles off the mantle, defend their homes and their rights.
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  That's the beating heart of the Second Amendment right there.
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  The idea that liberty isn't handed down by a king.
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  Government's protected by people themselves, armed and ready.
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  George Washington got.
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  And he said, if free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined, and Patrick Henry, he didn't mince words.
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  He said, the great object is that every man be armed.
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  These guys were just taught, weren't just talking theory, they were living it in 1775.
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  The colonies didn't have stock Pell military grade weapons lying around.
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  They had what the people thought brought to the table, and that reliance on an armed citizenry.
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  That's why the Second Amendment made it into the Bill of Rights years later.
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  So fast forward to now, and that same spirits under fire, we've got lawmakers pushing their stick, conceal, carry, ban, certain firearms, you name it.
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  But the lesson from 70, 75 still holds an armed populace, isn't just about hunting our target practice, it's about self-defense and standing up to tyranny that comes knocking.
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  Just last month, the Supreme Court took up a case that could shape out, regulate our gun rights.
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  That's why it's not over.
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  It's been going on since these tense days in Philadelphia and Boston.
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  So.
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  As we think back to the week in July in 1775, let's tip our hats to those early Americans.
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  They didn't know how they'd shake, how things would shake out.
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  They had no crystal ball, no guarantees.
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  They stood up armed themselves and said, we're not giving in.
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  Today, it's on us to keep that fire alive.
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  Stay informed, get involved.
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  Don't let anyone tell your rights or vote for grabs.
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  So that's one little snapshot until July, 1775.
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  As the coming months come, we're gonna spend a little more time digging into what just actually led up to the, declaration of Independence that fateful day in July 1776 when we declared.
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  We are a new nation and we're gonna stand up and fight for it.
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  So we're coming to that 250th birthday and we're gonna start celebrating now.
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  So thanks for joining.
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  And till next time, keep your powder dry and your aim true.