A violent stabbing spree in Amsterdam that left two Americans and three others hospitalized is serving as a stark reminder of why the 2A matters.
According to Dutch authorities, the attack appears to have been random. A passerby finally stopped the suspect, who was also hospitalized. Among the injured were a 67-year-old American woman and a 69-year-old American man. The other victims were from Belgium, Poland, and the Netherlands.
While police investigate a motive, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is using this as a moment to underline a simple truth: when seconds count, being armed can make all the difference.
“Violent attacks like this happen suddenly, no matter where you are,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb in a press release obtained by GunsAmerica. “But if they occur here in the United States, there is at least the potential that a legally armed private citizen might intervene.”
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Gottlieb emphasized that the U.S. has seen armed citizens stop mass attacks on multiple occasions—more often than most realize.
Thanks to the Second Amendment, more than 21 million Americans are licensed to carry concealed, with millions more covered under permitless carry laws in 29 states. That means millions of law-abiding citizens are empowered to defend themselves and others, whether from a lunatic with a knife or a criminal with a gun.
“It is appalling how anti-gunners and their allies in state legislatures, and on Capitol Hill, continue efforts to disarm honest citizens in this country,” Gottlieb said.
“The idea that leaving good people vulnerable to vicious attack by criminals or crazy people will somehow prevent crime is, at best, delusional,” he continued.
“That much was demonstrated in Amsterdam (with the mass stabbing), where they don’t enjoy the same right to carry as we do in the U.S. Let’s make sure nobody is able to take away our right to self-defense, and the tools to guarantee it,” Gottlieb concluded.
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Mr gottlieb has been fighting for the constitution since I was a teenager. may the creator bless him and his family as well as the young warriors who follow him.
and yes this is a true endless war for our rights.
Thank the NRA for keeping the 2A intact for 153 years, that includes you Mr. Gottlieb. Also thank the NRA for constitutional carry in 29 states. I know a lot of gun owners don’t appreciate the NRA for standing guard long before the alphabet soup of wannabe organizations came along, and many were disappointed by some of the shenanigans that went on there under the previous administration. All of that is behind us now and restitution has been made where required. The NRA is under new leadership with a renewed sense of mission going forward. It’s time that all gun owners who value their constitutional rights step up and support the oldest civil rights organization in the USA, the NRA. Without them, stories like these would be more common.
Moot point. As far as I know, we are the only country with a “2nd Amendment” and if the Demoncrats and the libatards living out in the Republic of Kalifornistan have anything to do with it, we won’t have that much longer.
The information decimated about the stabbing in Amsterdam is certainly a sad part of news. Unfortunately, in the world we live in has transformed into a place of extreme violence. It has become necessary to be able to protect loved ones, family, elderly, and good God fearing people from those who are hell bent on destruction of lives. The 2 amendment was put into the constitution as a right. The aforementioned incident is an example and result of what can happen if a violent threat can’t be extinguished immediately upon presenting it self. It’s the anti gun politicians who have personal security who seem to be the ones pushing their agenda against firearm possession. The voices of the American law abiding citizens need to keep fighting against a tyrannical politicians agenda. God bless America. We need it.
The weight reduction is impressive! A full pound lighter will make a real difference in the field.
bad guy 5, unarmed innocent people 0.