I hear the concern in people’s voices. But my optimism about the strength of the American idea is not based on fluffy hopes strung together by nonsense. As I discuss in the video above, America has been attacked in just about every direction that can be imagined, yet we are still here. We have withstood some vile attempts from a jealous world, and we have stood up far better than anybody expected, and that is something to build on and understand. My perspective, and the one that fueled the contents of my new book The Gunfighter’s Guide to Business so that I could share it with others and give them a blueprint to what America is and all that it should be, is that I work with guns a lot and in so doing, it removes a lot of fear from my life. And when you are functioning without a lot of anxiety, you tend to see things more clearly. For instance, as I was filming the video for this article, I was preparing for a long weekend shoot with the Ohio Fast Draw Association International up in Darke County, Ohio. Let me tell you, that weekend shoot was a little bit of paradise. There were a lot of really good people there. Every fast draw match starts with a pledge of allegiance and a prayer. At one point, the wind had blown off the mount where our American flag was hanging, and the organizers of the event stopped everything and picked it up to fold it neatly to put back in the truck. There was nothing phony about it; these guys loved the flag and took what it represented very seriously.
Additionally, I go shooting every other Friday at my local range in West Chester. By spending a lot of time with guns, people who shoot guns, I get to see a side of America that is invisible to most people. And I would say that for those looking around and are scared, there is a lot of evidence that our country is still here and that all these attempts to overthrow it will fail. But our nation needs a boost now and then, which is the context of this little message. There is a lot more right than wrong, and the wrongs can be fixed. All it takes is for us to show a little courage.
I will always propose that one of the things that make America unique is its gun culture. That is why I am pretty calm talking about these things, because ultimately, if all things go to hell in a handbasket, I have a way to defend my family and myself, anywhere, at all times. I don’t get up every day thinking of shooting someone. Still, my perspective on my independence is very traditional, as it has been in America before when the world’s nations looked at America and wanted to tear it down for being too good and too rich. I explain all that in my book for reference, but in short, that jealousy of the world toward us has fueled much of the evil we are witnessing now. Only they won’t say it that way. Instead, they have attempted to get us to undo ourselves through drugs, through bad ideas, through illegal immigration to change voting patterns and every other means of erosion of morality through religion and financial strife. I understand that it can all look pretty scary for people who don’t have the means to defend themselves. After all, we all know the victims of this attack against America from every front. We see the cost to their minds and bodies. Yet, I find it quite evident that America has endured despite all the attempts to sink it. People may be debilitated and lost. But the idea of freedom has withstood the test of time in a very positive way which, believe it or not, has the bad guys on the run. I can see it clearly, from the Dr. Fauci types to the leaders of all the major countries. They did not think America would withstand all that it has.
As I was driving home from the shoot in Greenville, I was catching up on the news. We had been doing our Fast Draw event out on the border of Indiana at a shooting range isolated well from the outside world. There wasn’t much of any internet, so I was in a news blackout during the shoot. But back in the car driving back to Cincinnati, I caught up on all the news stories, and there was a good one about a minor league baseball team where the announcer had told everyone they were going to skip the National Anthem. That caused an uproar in the audience, so they took over, and all stood and sang the song themselves, which forced the players to join them. This has been happening in other places too. People are refusing the Woke culture that is trying to shut down the American idea of greatness. Instead, they are not looking to the authorities to protect their free speech ability; they are just taking it upon themselves to do so anyway. That is the America I know, and I see a lot of that wherever I go. What they are telling us on the news is not representative of how America is.
Additionally, I have traveled all over America this year and can say I’ve seen it up close. Traveling west, which doesn’t get talked about much because electorally, the votes from those states aren’t very significant to elections. Still, as I described at our Ohio Fast Draw event, you can see a love for the American flag in the people. I see in people a refusal to allow America to fall. What is happening is that many of them are just waking up to the danger, but once awake, I see that they will do what they need to do. I am sure of it, which is the purpose of sharing this view through this article. A lot of people need to know that America isn’t going away. Trump will return to the office. But my warning to everyone is that the fight doesn’t go away. The lack of conflict is what caused all the attacks in the first place. We are required as a people to stand up for ourselves. I recommend getting a gun, practicing with that gun, and spending time around others who do. That will put your mind in the right place. But it’s just the start of being engaged in society to the point that it is required to defend freedom and liberty.
We have to take a moral stand on the kinds of things that make a good American. Even though we have shown that we can withstand the many attacks, in the future, we will need to be more resolute and not so apologetic about our success. Rather, let all the jealous countries see that pride and mimic it for themselves. Who cares if they are jealous? Force them to get better through competition with us. That ultimately will save them. But as Americans, don’t fall for their poisons. It is their poison of thoughts and action that has led to so much debilitating condition. Give yourself options of purity and justice for all so that you can then share that with others. And in that way, we can Save America and do what needs to be done politically, economically, and morally.
Rich Hoffman
The Overmanwarrior 