by Jan Wolbrecht | Apr 13, 2025 | Guns and Politics
The Second Amendment Foundation shares an update from The White House on cutting CDC staff, who have absolutely nothing to do regarding our Second Amendment! After all, what business does the Center for Disease Control have to do with our Constitutional right to bear arms???
One should ask the question “why” is the Centers for Disease Control involved IN ANY WAY with our Second Amendment rights? Surely it’s by “design” and globalist agenda against the American people to utterly destroy America! Secondly, we should address the issue of this made up term “gun violence”. A firearm is an inanimate object and therefore, incapable of any action on it’s own! Most reasonable thinkers understand this is nothing more than manipulation of repeating such a term to make it effective and enhance their cause.
However, if we applied the same principal to car violence, we’d have every automobile manufacturer throwing darts at those who say any car accident, is “car violence” and must stop! I say it’s past time to stand up against this RHETORIC and shout our a BIG THANK YOU to SAF!
Here’s their post and update:
“BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 7, 2025 — While the gun prohibition lobby is lamenting reported reductions in staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Second Amendment Foundation is applauding the Trump administration cuts, which will hopefully take the CDC out of the gun control arena, at least for the foreseeable future.
“With these reductions,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, “the government is no longer treating gun ownership as a communicable disease.”
The staff reductions, announced by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have caused tremors within the gun control community. Critics are complaining the cuts will undermine the federal government’s ability to combat so-called “gun violence” research.
“Ever since the CDC inserted itself into the gun rights debate,” Gottlieb observed, “the agency has spent millions of dollars to promote the notion that gun-related violence is a public health issue, and they’ve mostly gotten away with it, thanks largely to their allies in the media treating everything they say as gospel. But it’s not a ‘health crisis,’ it’s a crime problem, and the antidote is not restricting the rights of law-abiding gun owners, which CDC research invariably seems to suggest, but instead restricting the freedom of violent repeat offenders.
“One complaint we’ve heard is that these cuts have ‘decimated’ staff responsible for so-called ‘gun violence research and prevention,’ but so far all of this research does not appear to have prevented a single violent crime,” he stated. “Instead, we see declarations that more research is needed, while anti-gunners use CDC data to erode Second Amendment rights. That sounds like a perpetual ‘make work’ effort to keep the public funding flowing while gun owners are essentially treated like plague carriers, or lepers.”
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by Jan Wolbrecht | Mar 12, 2023 | Guns and Politics
If you live in DC and have to ride the Metro to work… and you are concealing; technically, you are breaking the laws. Listen in on why these four men are challenging the law.
It’s risky out there and everyone who wants to be self reliant and not become a victim, chooses to exercise their Second Amendment right and conceal a handgun on their person.
The difficulty lies when the place you are going for the day, let’s say work / office is in an area, a jurisdiction where it’s legal to concealed carry. Yes, within the final destination you are abiding by the laws. But, in order to get there, you have to break the law – by riding the Metro (DC train).
What would you do? Comment below!
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by Jan Wolbrecht | Aug 7, 2022 | Guns and Politics
How to talk to those who support gun control. Hold your ground and have a conversation — not a fight or argument.
“According to almost every major study on the issue, Americans use their firearms defensively between 500,000 and 3 million times each year.” From @HeritageDataViz Data Visualizations
I feel we are at a boiling point in America on so many levels. One side against the other pushing and believing with all their hearts in what they say (or believe in) is the “absolute truth”.
We all know no matter how thin the pancake is, there are always two sides.
So, the question remains how to talk rationally to those who are for gun control?
The DC Project has a great resource on this topic and a free download here.
One of the most important things to remember is getting off on the right foot.
Begin the conversation with finding common ground. “How”? you may ask.
We all want to feel safe in our own homes and communities and to protect our family.
Share your values why feeling safe matters to you –
- I carry to protect myself / yourself and Life.
- A firearm equalizes the malice of evil intent
- I don’t want to be helpless – I don’t want to be a victim
- Chances are no one will be there to help (or save me) so I will need to be the first responder to a crime scene or what may have been a potential crime scene but was warded off because I was prepared individual
Here are some ways to brainstorm
- Sharing your truth is an opportunity to inform, enlighten, inspire and support our Constitutional rights.
- . Write down a list of everything you would want someone to know about why you support 2A rights.
- Then, write a benefit for the person you are (or my in contact with)
- Give yourself several responses
- Speak calmly and address the value for them (i.e. What’s in it for me)
Speak calmly and from your heart.
Share your story and let your emotions out – don’t force them but don’t be embarrassed if the reason you chose a firearm brought tears to your eyes.
Come from a place of education rather than throwing the Constitution at them. Education is such an eye opener.
Relate the fear, nervousness of learning to drive a car (also a deadly weapon – in the wrong hands) to firearms. Once you learn proper gun safety and handling rules, (learning “how” to drive and practicing driving) your fear and nerves subside.
After all, it’s the PERSON using the instrument (car, truck, knife, or firearm) not the object.
There are already many laws “on the books” and that doesn’t stop malicious intent. Evil cannot be stopped – other than by a higher power, i.e. God.
Asking questions and LISTEN.
Do you believe you have a right to survive and to protect your family?
Your wife, child(ren), mom, dad, siblings, neighbor, etc.?
If so, the Second Amendment guarantees your freedom to choose how to protect them.
by Jan Wolbrecht | Feb 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Friends,
you’ve heard it said before, Everything is bigger in Texas!
Well, start making plans to attend this year’s NRA Annual Meetings and Expo in Houston, Tx. over Memorial Weekend. What a great time it will be!
Enjoy the long weekend at the end of May (May 27-29, 2022) looking at firearms, concealed carry gear, clothing and everything related to home defense, and personal safety all under one roof!
Lot’s of informative seminars to help you on your journey to protecting your loved ones. Remember, we are on a never ending journey. Always learning, always training, always being safe.
We’ve all been missing these in person events. Now is time to make your plans to be in Houston. Check out our American Made concealment clothing in booth #2759.
We can’t wait to see all your faces in person.
I’ll be highlighting my newest concealment designs. I can’t wait to See ya there!
by Jan Wolbrecht | Aug 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
August is the best time to take someone to the range!
It’s National Shooting Sports Month and coming of the heels of Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with Team USA has collected 6 medals in shooting, 3 of them GOLD!
There are 3 disciplines of shooting in Olympics – rifle, pistol and shotgun.
Rifle and pistol are about marksmanship skills hitting a still target where as shotgun is hitting a moving target or clay target (skeet)
“There are four gun types and three distances: 50m rifle, 10m air rifle, 25m rapid fire pistol and 10m air pistol. There are also three shooting positions: kneeling, where the athlete goes down on one knee and rests the gun on the other knee; prone, where the athlete shoots while lying down; and standing. Some events include all these positions.”
To some, firearms may look scary and intimidating. I understand that fear, as there is after all an exploding element happening in your hand and near your face….
But so is a car crash…. But, I digress.
I invite you to open your mind to the possibility of enjoyment of the shooting sports. I can attest to how much fun shooting clay (skeet) is! In fact, that was my first experiences with shooting (other than at camp as a kid with a .22)
There’s something about the satisfaction of seeing that orange clay disk burst into tiny little bits – and there’s no mistaking who did it! 😊. Such Empowerment! Success! And pure JOY!
It’s building confidence and self esteem – it’s a wonderful dish of empowerment for the soul.
And you can have this too! Many ranges have special events or classes just for women.
Women are the largest, and fastest, growing demographic, and during August Shooting Sports Month, look for special events and invite your friends. This is a great way to introduce your kids, neighbors, girlfriends, mom and others to shooting sports.
But not just women, we need to teach the youth as well!
If you’re a woman, finding a female only class gives you “a safe environment” to ask any question. There’s no shame, no judgement, no embarrassment. We’ve all have to start our journey in order to get where we are now. We’ve been there if that’s where you are. The important step is to start… and it’s always more fun with a friend!
So you say you’ve never even touched a gun? No problem! Sign up for a beginner class at your range or get a friend to take you to the range or the class with you. No matter the skill level, there’s always golden nuggets in taking a class.
Ever instructor teaches differently so you’re likely to hear something new with a different instructor.
Whether you’re a first-time gun owner or experienced, here are 10 ways to enjoy the target shooting sports and special events (https://www.nssf.org/articles/millions-of-new-gun-owners-will-join-in-the-fun-of-national-shooting-sports-month-in-august/)
As President Ronald Reagan said, 
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
