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She went on to tell the crowd: "We have all heard the saying, "Freedom isn't free". Of course, that phrase means that the freedoms that we enjoy today are the result of the blood, sweat and tears of our forefathers and mothers who pressed onward in the face of great hardship -- continuing to stand and fight for what they knew to be right -- to create these United States that we call home. Freedom ISN'T free. It requires the willingness to remain vigilant, to take action, and to make sacrifices when necessary to ensure freedom for our children and our childrens' children.

Now is the time to press onward to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is preserved as intended by our forefathers -- not as interpreted by legislators and lawmakers who enact laws that infringe on your right to protect yourself and your loved ones."

Ms. Stocke and the Revs. Sharpton and Jackson went on to announce their new combined program to ensure that every member of the community that could possibly qualify would be able to obtain and carry guns.

"We have said for some time that if everyone had guns, we'd all be safer" Ms. Stocke intoned to the exultant crowd, "and as of today, we at the 2nd Amendment Foundation will do everything in our power to create an environment where each and every citizen of the Harlem, Bed-Sty and South Side communities are free to carry their weapons at all times, in order to create a safer New York and a safer Chicago."

Ms. Stocke's website, AmmoLand.com, will also join the effort, by sponsoring the expansion of the National Shooting Sports Foundations "First Shots" program into urban environments.

"By expanding the number of armed citizens in these communities, we can stop the police from acting as tools of an oppressive Government, and provide an opportunity for these Citizens to regain control over the forces that have been Treading On Them.

Eventually we hope to spread this effort to more cities, including, Detroit, Houston, and Oakland."

Father Dick Timoneous, interviewed in the crowd, suggested this would be just the thing the 2nd Amendment March needed: "I can just image the jubilation that will be on the faces of that all-White crowd on April 19th when tens of thousand of Black people, all heavily armed, descend on the march, proving that when everyone is armed, we're all safer."

The event will take place at the northeast corner of the Washington Monument grounds, April 19, 2010, from 10 AM to 4 PM, and everyone is encouraged to attend.