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In this episode we continue looking back 250 years as we prepare for country's 250th birthday.  Today we look at the events of August 1775 and how they impacted the revolution.

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Episode Transcript

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Well, welcome to the Live toShoot podcast.
My name is Jeff Dole and I'vebeen a life firearm dealer for
the last 18 years.
And this podcast talk about allthings related to Second
Amendment as well as a sportsstory.
Anything else going on the newsor anything else I might find
interesting.
So welcome, welcome, welcome.
Well, if you're just joining usI'm involved in a, in a new
series that we, I started justlast month and we're gonna

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continue it today.
If you're not aware, next July4th will be the 250th birthday
of this United States.
And so I decided to take back,take a look at, as we lead up to
that, what was going on duringthe same time period 250 years
ago today.
So today we're hitting the timemachine and we're going back to

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August, 1775, another pivotalmoment in the American
Revolution, and it was hittingup as the columnist is, right to
Bear Arms was proving its worth,we're talking about the time
when ordinary folks with musketstood up to the might of an
empire, and its story that hitsright in the heart of why we
defend our gun rights today.
So it's August, 1775 and theAmerican colonies are.

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Thick in rebellion.
The shots at Lexington andConcord were back in April and
they woke up everybody and thebattle Bunker Hill.
Bunker Hill was in June, showedthe British that these colonists
weren't messing around.
And in Philadelphia, the secondcontinental con continental
Congress, they're workingovertime trying to hold the
colonies together while staringdown the barrel of war.

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And up in Massachusetts, theBritish are hold up in Boston,
surrounded by ragtag army ofpatriots who are ready to fight
for their rights.
This, it's a time attention.
The columns are still hoping forpeace, but they're not naive.
They've got their rifles readyand they're organizing like
before August, 1775, when thegroundwork for Liberty and the
principle behind the secondAmendment really start to

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solidify.
So let's break down what'shappening.
First off continental Congressis still in session hammering
out the details of therebellion.
Earlier in July, they sent Olivebranch petition, the King George
third, begging for priests whilekeeping their powder dry.
Spoiler alert, the king wasn'tbuying it.
On August 23rd, 1775 King GeorgeIII issues a proclamation

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declaring the colonies an openrebellion.
That's right, the gloves areoff.
The king's calling the Coloniststrangers.
The king's calling the coloniststrangers.
And that's a game changer.
It's like the bridge crown justdared every farmer in blacksmith
to pick up their musket andprove him wrong.
Meanwhile, George Washington'sup in Cambridge, Massachusetts
knee deep in turning a bunch ofmilitia fighters into the

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continental army.
He took command back on July3rd, and by August he's dealing
with supply shortages, untrainedtroops, and the constant threat
of British attack.
But here's one thing, thosetroops, they're not even
professional soldiers.
They're everyday Americans,farmers, merchants, you name it,
who.
Brought their own firearms tothe fight.
Sound familiar?
That's the malicious spirit thatthe Second Amendment is built

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on.
And let's not forget the smallermoves that set the stage in
August, the Con Congress isstarting to think about a Navy
to counter British sea power.
They're not quite there yet, butthe wheels are turning.
Plus they're appointing folkslike Benjamin Franklin as
Postmaster General that happenedlate in last in July.
And to keep communications so,or to keep communications

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flowing between the Conies.
Every step they're taking isabout building a nation.
And every columnist with a gunis part of that foundation.
Now let's get to the meat of it.
Why does August, 1770 fivematter to us Second Amendment
defenders?
Because.
This is when the idea of anarmed populist proved it worth
it's worth.
The continental army wasn't somegovernment funded war machine.

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It was built on the backs ofmilitias without those armed
citizens.
There's no sea jump Boston, noresistance to the red coats, no
revolution.
George Washington knew it.
He said, A free people ought notonly be armed, but disciplined.
That's not just a cool quote.
It's a battle plan.
And Patrick Henry, he laid up aplan.
The great object is that everyman be armed.

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In August, 1775, that justwasn't talk.
Every man, woman, and even kidin some cases was ready to
defend their homes and theirliberty.
The British wanted to disarm thecolonies.
Remember those gun power raidsfrom before Lexington?
But the colonists said, nottoday.
So fast forward to 2025 andwe're still fighting those same

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battles.
Politicians and bureaucrats arekeep trying to chip away at our
God-given rights.
Just look at the headlines.
New Gun Control Pro Proposals,challenges to Conceal Carry, you
name it.
But August, 1775 reminds us whywe can't give an inch.
Those cols didn't have astanding army or a stockpile of
cannons.
They had their own rifles, theirown resolve, and a fire in their

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hearts.
That's what stopped the BritishI Bronca Hill, and that's what's
stopping all the threat to ourfreedom today.
We've got court court casesgoing on that are challenging,
restrictive state laws andgroups like the NRA and GOA are
fighting the good fight.
So as we look back at August,1775, let's slu, let's salute
those patriots.
They didn't know if they'd winor end up swinging from rush

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rope.
They picked up their muskets.
Anyway, king GeorgeProclamation, August 23rd, drew
the line in the sand and thecolumnist stepped over it.
Guns in hand.
That's the spirit.
We carry forward every though,every range day, every concealed
carry permit, every time westand up for the Second
Amendment.
Now.
That's it for August, 1775.

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Next month we will talk aboutSeptember, 1775.
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