By William R Fox, Sr, Genesee County Chapter Chairman

I often wonder just what ‘We the People’ means to so many that have died over hundreds of years for our freedoms. It bothers me that so many people stand back with a look like a deer in headlights as we are stripped of our rights. Do we, as free people, realize how many God given rights we have lost in the last 100 years. Our founding fathers must be rolling over in their graves as they see what is happening in America. Especially for all they sacrificed. 

To have liberties means to be morally and ethically responsible in the way we conduct ourselves in everyday life. Part of that responsibility is to stand up and be heard. It may mean we need to put ourselves in an uncomfortable position by calling out our elected officials, or standing on Main Street with a sign, or even going to Albany and marching on the Capital. Have you done any of these things? 

Where have the tens of thousands of gun owners gone in NY State? We the people of good faith have a decision to make; where do we want to be. 

We have the pistol registration process of the (un)SAFE Act starting this year. How about you? Are you going to register, are you one of those who say you will not? Are you one of those that will sell your pistols and turn in your pistol permit? 

As I stated We the People have a decision to make. There are a lot of questions to be answered and a lot of what ifs. I ask everyone reading this to ask yourself; what have you done lately? Did you get out and vote to change the direction we are heading in? If you did, great. Do you feel that is enough? Why have we come to this? How or what can we do? With our newly elected President Trump we finally have a chance to make a difference because we have proven that we want to save our country from the corruption and the stripping of the constitution. 

With that said I believe that it is time for We the People to stand up for what is right. 

Take a look at your kids and your grand kids then say to yourself have you done all that you could do to protect their future.? We need to get involved and stop leaving it up to others to fight for your God given rights. We have to figure this out individually in our own minds and hearts and move forth. The key to this all is We the People need to do the ethical and moral thing, as our forefathers did, and fight for our rights and our future generations rights.