Tale of The American Gun
By Cain Pence
Settled the East and Won the West
Rifle, shotgun, handgun, hunting vest
Winchester, Springfield, Colt, Remington
Normandy, Gettysburg, The Alamo and Lexington
Protector of home, hearth and family
Food for hunter, Defender of Liberty
Right of free men, Guardian of democracy
Despised by communists, Hated by tyranny
Feared by Mao, Detested by Stalin
Defeated Hitler, Deposed Hussein
Washington led men who carried them
Lincoln kept a country United by using them
Teddy Roosevelt hunted with them
Reagan threatened bad men with them
From the Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights
It has guarded America through day and protected at night
When telling the story how freedom was Won
Tell the grand tale of The American Gun
Cain M. Pence is a Minneapolis based writer. Mr. Pence is a graduate of Georgetown University. In his twenties Mr. Pence worked a number of jobs and traveled throughout all 435 congressional districts in the United States. Mr. Pence’s travels and reading of history gave him a deep appreciation for the importance of the American Gun. He can be reached at [email protected].