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Sometimes someone steps onto the public stage with such moral clarity that people stop and really listen. When this person is an elected official who defies stereotypes to deliver a politically incorrect message, people begin to question what they've been told.
Pretty soon, journalists begin sticking their pens in such a savant, sure he or she must be full of hot air. Politicians with opposing positions throw mud, certain it'll stick. But when the person doesn't deflate and the political dirt won't obstruct the message, the detractors step back. By contrast, this startlingly honest official can show them for what they really are.
Such is how those who would ban guns now see Sheriff David Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County, Wis. Sheriff Clarke has decades of law enforcement experience in a large city-and he is a vocal defender of the Second Amendment.
Sheriff Clarke began speaking out about gun rights after he saw that the police were struggling to effectively protect the people of Milwaukee. The average response time for 9-1-1 calls in the city of Milwaukee had grown to nearly an hour.
"If people have to wait an hour for help, then they have to be able to protect themselves until the good guys arrive," Clarke says.
NRA-ILA | The Sheriff Who Dared to Ask For Help
Pretty soon, journalists begin sticking their pens in such a savant, sure he or she must be full of hot air. Politicians with opposing positions throw mud, certain it'll stick. But when the person doesn't deflate and the political dirt won't obstruct the message, the detractors step back. By contrast, this startlingly honest official can show them for what they really are.
Such is how those who would ban guns now see Sheriff David Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County, Wis. Sheriff Clarke has decades of law enforcement experience in a large city-and he is a vocal defender of the Second Amendment.
Sheriff Clarke began speaking out about gun rights after he saw that the police were struggling to effectively protect the people of Milwaukee. The average response time for 9-1-1 calls in the city of Milwaukee had grown to nearly an hour.
"If people have to wait an hour for help, then they have to be able to protect themselves until the good guys arrive," Clarke says.
NRA-ILA | The Sheriff Who Dared to Ask For Help