The Lessons of Tiananmen Square

Few Miller family members have the frequent flier miles and visa endorsements that cousin Bruce Miller has tallied over the years.  And – as of August 2017 – he and his wife, HuSheng, are still at it.

A few months back Bruce penned the following e-mail to us, and I thought it might resonate with more than a few family members who occasionally visit this website.  Bruce wrote the piece after he had seen a video of a former Chinese student activist stressing the importance the Second Amendment to our U. S. Constitution.  That activist – like Bruce – was in Beijing's Tiananmen Square more than 28 years ago.  And Bruce refreshes our memories (and acquaints others) with that memorable night more than 28 years ago – and its importance to all of us.

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Dear Folks,

 ...Should memory not serve you, the bloodletting in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on the nights of June 3rd and 4th, 1989 was precipitated when a malevolent and evil totalitarian one-party government murdered hundreds - perhaps thousands - of its own innocent citizens who were petitioning for nothing more than the right to assemble, speak openly, and campaign for the establishment of basic freedoms and equalities that we Americans have long taken for granted.  That malevolent one-party state still ruthlessly rules the destiny of the Chinese people today.

I was in Shanghai, China that Sunday morning of June 4th, 1989, on a university campus where I had been teaching English for nearly two years.  How vividly I recall speaking with several of my students on the central plaza of the university that morning as the sun rose and awareness of the massacre on Tiananmen Square was taking hold. One middle aged professor who had been my English student, with tears streaming down his face, told me, "Mr. Miller, what can we do? The government's police and army have all the weapons, what can we do?!"

And that, in summary folks, is the strongest argument that I can propose to resist until our last breath the efforts of those in positions of power and authority in our statehouses, our federal government, our colleges and universities, and sadly, even many of our churches and religious institutions, to take away our right to freely keep and bear arms! 

We have a national administration and President in place today that strongly acknowledges our 2nd amendment rights enshrined in the Constitution, but the time may well come, and likely will, when "liberal", leftist politicians will again gain ascendency and undertake once more their efforts to disarm our citizenry. 

Look around, folks, even in our "democratic" world citizens have been effectively disarmed and accepted the lie of big government that "we'll protect  you - society is better and safer if only we have arms!" - (it's a given that the first thing totalitarian governments always take away is the right to bear arms).

In summary, remember, freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction!

Regards,

Bruce