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>> Keith Morgan: I want to talk about why we're here. This is about Joe Manchin.
[Cars beep in favorable response to the signs of those gathered.]
>> Camera guy: Hey!
>> Keith: Joe Manchin says he only needs three rounds. My belief is that Joe Manchin is confused.
Because the Second Amendment has very little to do with hunting. If you read our State
Constitution, this is why I have notes, so I can get this verbatim. This is the Constitution
of the State of West Virginia: "A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense
of self, family, home and State, and for lawful hunting and recreational use."
What's the first purpose listed?
>> Crowd: Self!
>> Keith: Self! Self-defense, exactly.
[beep beep]
>> Keith: Well, I gotta tell you, this thing started about being about Manchin. Joe Manchin
thinks his "A" NRA-rating will save him.
Is he wrong?
>> Crowd: Yeah!
>> Keith: I believe you're right!
[beep, beep, beep-ba-beep]
We've got this many people out here on a frozen day, and he has one supporter on the other
side of the street. That's a message.
One supporter.
[Car beeps, and crowd chuckles at the lonely citizen disarmament advocate.]
>> Lady: Wooooo!
>> Gentleman: Yeeeee-haw!
>> Keith: I can just about guarantee you that there are some folks in this crowd today that
voted for Manchin last time.
>> Crowd: No!
>> Keith: Law of Averages says you're here.
>> Camera guy: Hahahaha.
>> Keith: But I'll tell you what, I bet those people will vote for a ham sandwich next time
before they vote for Joe Manchin!
[Crowd laughs]
>> Lady: Wooooooooooooo!
>> Keith: This thing's gotten bigger than Manchin. The eyes of the country are upon
us, right here in Charleston WV. We're the first pro-gun protest, nationwide, that I
know of. You are on the bleeding edge. You're on the vanguard. You guys are the patriots.
The rest of those folks: apathetic, sitting on warm couches today, still laying in warm
beds.
you guys came out, you guys sent a message today. Give yourselves a round of applause!
[Crowd gives applause.]
[Pause.]
>> Keith: So, you guys are the voices. The work doesn't stop here. Send letters. Send
emails. Make phone calls, send faxes. Facebook, I want you guys to melt Senator Manchin's
phones down, lighting them up with calls. I've heard rumors that he's had to hire extra
staff to deal with the calls generated from this.
[car horns honking]
We need to get pressure up. Got to tell him what you think. He's gotta know that he's
lost your vote. You gotta let him know he's lost the vote of your family. You gotta let
him know that he's lost the vote of your friends. You gotta let everybody, and not just Manchin.
I want everybody in the House of Representatives, everybody in the Senate. I want the President
of the United States to know that if they come down on the wrong side of this issue,
if they're for destroying our rights, their jobs are at risk.
I can think of no better words to wrap up today then a couple of quotes from a couple
of fairly smart fellows. Some of you have heard some of these before. Might be new to
you, otherwise.
One of these is going to be real familiar.
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve
neither liberty nor safety." Those are the words of Benjamin Franklin, most of us have
probably heard them.
There's another one. This one's a little more obscure.
But you need to listen to every word.
"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance. They are the people's liberty's
teeth."
General George Washington.
Head of the Continental Army said that.
So, West Virginians, General George Washington says firearms are your teeth.
Keep your teeth!
>> Crowd: That's right!
>> Keith: Thanks for coming out guys, feel free to hang out here for another half hour
or so, then go get some place warm. Thank you so much!
[Claps, congratulations, hoo-ahs, etc.]