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In this episode we look back to July 1775 and discuss what was going on at the time.  We are approaching our country's 250 birthday and we are looking back at what was going on at the time.

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Episode Transcript

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Well, welcome to the leadership.
Podcast.
My name is Jeff Doddle and I'vebeen a licensed firearm dealer
for the last 18 years.
And this podcast we talk aboutall things related to Second
Amendment, as well as anythingelse going on in the news, a
sports story, or anything elsethat I might find interesting.
So welcome to another episode ofLive to Shoot, where we defend
the Second Amendment and we diginto our roots of history.
So this year we are approachingthe 250th.

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Birthday of this country.
We are in year 2 49 right now,and I thought as we lead up to
that, we would start spending alittle time looking back 250
years ago and see what was goingon around this time then.
So today.
We're stepping back to a time inJuly, 1775.
It was a critical moment in theearly days of the American

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Revolution, and you might bewondering, what does a random
week from 250 years ago have todo the right to bear arms?
Well, stick with me.
So it's July, 1775 and theAmerican colonies are teetering
on the edge of the war withBritain.
The first shots ring out back inApril at Lexington and Concord,
and just last month, the battleof Bunker Hill proved the

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columnists weren't backing downin Philadelphia.
The second Continental Congressis in full swing trying to
figure out how to handle thismess.
They're caught between twoworlds, wanting peace with the
crown, but gearing up for afight they know that might be
coming.
On July 5th, they sent the Olivebranch petition to King Georgia.
Third, it was a Hail Mary pass.

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A plea to say, look, we're stillloyal, but you've gotta fix
this, but here's the cure.
Just one day later on July 6th,they rolled out the declaration
of the causes and necessity oftaking up arms pinned by Thomas
Jefferson and John Dixon.
This wasn't a Declaration ofIndependence.
Not yet.
It laid out why the colonieswere arming themselves.
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 onehand extended for peace and the
other on the trigger.
Now, zoom into a little later inJuly and you won't find any
blockbuster battles or bigheadlines from those exact days.
But don't let that fool you.
Plenty was brewing.
The continental Congress wasstill hammering away in
Philadelphia, debating on how tofund an army, how to deal with

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loyalists, and how to pull thecolonies together.
Picture it.
A room full of delegatessweeping through their
waistcoats, arguing over, orsweating through their
waistcoats, arguing over whetherthey're patriots or traitors in
the eyes of the king.
High stakes and high attention.
Meanwhile, up in MassachusettsGeorge Washington has taken the

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reigns of the continental Armyon July 3rd.
He's looking out at a rag tag,bunch of farmer shopkeepers, you
name it, trying to turn theminto a force that can stand up
to the British red coats.
No pressure, right?
They've got the weight of therevolution on their shoulders,
and he's still doing it with anarmy that's more grit than
polys.
So.
What's this matter to us?

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Because this war wasn't foughtby some fancy standing army.
It was regular folks.
Militias made up ordinarycitizens who grabbed their
muskets and rifles off themantle, defend their homes and
their rights.
That's the beating heart of theSecond Amendment right there.
The idea that liberty isn'thanded down by a king.
Government's protected by peoplethemselves, armed and ready.
George Washington got.

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And he said, if free peopleought not only to be armed, but
disciplined, and Patrick Henry,he didn't mince words.
He said, the great object isthat every man be armed.
These guys were just taught,weren't just talking theory,
they were living it in 1775.
The colonies didn't have stockPell military grade weapons
lying around.
They had what the people thoughtbrought to the table, and that

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reliance on an armed citizenry.
That's why the Second Amendmentmade it into the Bill of Rights
years later.
So fast forward to now, and thatsame spirits under fire, we've
got lawmakers pushing theirstick, conceal, carry, ban,
certain firearms, you name it.
But the lesson from 70, 75 stillholds an armed populace, isn't
just about hunting our targetpractice, it's about

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self-defense and standing up totyranny that comes knocking.
Just last month, the SupremeCourt took up a case that could
shape out, regulate our gunrights.
That's why it's not over.
It's been going on since thesetense days in Philadelphia and
Boston.
So.
As we think back to the week inJuly in 1775, let's tip our hats
to those early Americans.

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They didn't know how they'dshake, how things would shake
out.
They had no crystal ball, noguarantees.
They stood up armed themselvesand said, we're not giving in.
Today, it's on us to keep thatfire alive.
Stay informed, get involved.
Don't let anyone tell yourrights or vote for grabs.
So that's one little snapshotuntil July, 1775.
As the coming months come, we'regonna spend a little more time

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digging into what just actuallyled up to the, declaration of
Independence that fateful day inJuly 1776 when we declared.
We are a new nation and we'regonna stand up and fight for it.
So we're coming to that 250thbirthday and we're gonna start
celebrating now.
So thanks for joining.
And till next time, keep yourpowder dry and your aim true.