Mr. Anderson,
Mike70560 sent me a note with this link and I am sorry I have not been very active on here. Needless to say it's almost a full time job to keep up on here, so I wanted to log on to reply. If you prefer, you can email me at
paulbabaz@bellsouth.net,
pbabaz@safariclub.org, or
paulbabaz2a@gmail.com. You are bound to be able to reach me at one of those.
To answer your question, I am not much of a politician, but I have a passion for hunting and shooting. I have been a hunter and a shooter my entire life. I have and still shoot sporting clays, GSSF, IDPA, as I enjoy a bit of everything, I haven't gotten into the long range stuff really heavy, but I've dabbled and intend to do more when my SCI term ends as I will have more time. I also feel that I have an obligation to do what I can do to help protect the Second Amendment as well as other parts of our constitution. To put it simply, I spoke to a group recently and let them know that I am a veteran, and I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic...
It's pretty much that simple, I took an oath for something I believe in and that does not change. The fact of the matter is Americans are facing a vicious enemy right now, and that enemy is indeed domestic. There are several components to this enemy, but a couple of them are Sen. Charles Schumer, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, you can add Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Sen. Bernie Sanders as well. These threats expand throughout the Democratic party and the liberal media which is infecting the younger generation. We as hunters, law abiding gun owners, and law abiding citizens need to make a stand. We cannot allow the liberal left to rewrite the constitution as they see fit!
I'm not trying to be dramatic, it's just a simple fact. As an example, about a month after my term as SCI President began, my wife began receiving anonymous packaged that were hand delivered to our home, not via the USPS. When she opened the package, it contained a letter describing what a horrible person I was for killing animals, and being an 2nd Advocate, etc. It then went on to make threats against my 3 daughters. Included was a DVD that my wife played and saw my youngest two daughters going about their day, getting in their car, going to school. It appeared to be filmed over a few days from a point down the street from my home. It went on into the evening focused on the bedroom of my youngest daughter. They followed me and filmed me going to work. The point of the threat was force me to resign my position from SCI, etc.
You can imagine my wife's reaction to a terrorist threat against our children, because that's how they operate, they want to scare you. The liklihood of any of these cowards doing anything is nil, because they followed me for days. At any time, they could have approached me or confronted me. That's not how they operate though. Keep in mind, these packages, (there was more then one) came from the liberal "Open Minded" left. They are open minded as long as you agree with there agenda!
After talking with my wife over a couple of weeks, what do you think my reaction was? Well, I didn't resign, and when the time came, I accepted a nomination for a second term as SCI President and accepted a nomination from the NRA nominating committee to run for a director on the NRA board. That was my answer to the liberal threats. They are just bullies and we need to stand up to them. I must add that my first call wasn't to local police, or FBI, but was to a friend at the NRA who gets his fair share of this stuff. It was the NRA who was able to mobilize the local PD, and FBI, and GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation) as they had contacts from hosting the annual meetings in Atlanta.
The bottom line is, I stand up for what I believe in, and I believe in the Constitution of the United States. I'm sorry to be long winded, but sharing this story is about the best way I can explain why I do what I do as a volunteer in these great organizations, because despite popular belief, there are no perks, and I pay my own expenses, and even though it gets expensive sometimes, it's the price we pay to have dedicated volunteers in these great organizations.
Lastly, we never discussed these incidents with my girls, as we saw no need to scare them as we ramped up home and neighborhood security. I like to think I can trust the folks on here not to spread this story outside of our ranks as there are those out there who are just mentally unstable to actually try to make a statement against an innocent given the idea.
So if you feel so inclined to vote for me, I would appreciate it and would hope you would encourage others to vote for me. If not, I respect your opinion as that's how democracy works.
Good Hunting, Paul
