{"id":22961,"date":"2026-07-11T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=22961"},"modified":"2026-07-11T16:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:21:57","slug":"my-waco-finale-from-my-1994-second-amendment-rally-speech-at-lincoln-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/11\/my-waco-finale-from-my-1994-second-amendment-rally-speech-at-lincoln-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"My Waco Finale from My 1994 Second Amendment Rally Speech at Lincoln Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div id=\"id__io964c7ojl\" class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-16dba41 r-bnwqim\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">My Waco finale from the 1994 Second Amendment Rally at the Lincoln Memorial. &#8220;The federal government\u2019s assault on gun owners is part of a general attack on the people\u2019s rights and liberties.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Waco Finale of my speech at the 1994 Second Amendment, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Ux9ed9RMA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Text: Here we are, barely a year after Waco, and when the federal reports showed that the BATF lied again and again and again at Waco, here Congress wants to pass this law that\u2019s gonna greatly increase the power of the BATF over the average gun owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waco was wrong. What happened to due process? This, it makes no sense. , People have to recall that if the BATF blatantly lied to the American public about a high-profile case like Waco, then just think what they\u2019re gonna do to the average gun owner when the national media is not looking. They\u2019re already doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, it\u2019s important not to forget that <strong>the federal government\u2019s assault on gun owners is part of a general attack on the people\u2019s rights and liberties.<\/strong> Government is massively violating people\u2019s property rights. The Internal Revenue Service is out of control and destroying people\u2019s lives. 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