Are We on the Verge of Civil War?

By Matthew Hayward

Will Washington State's Governor Jay Inslee's announcement of businesses being required to refuse service to anyone not wearing a mask be the breaking point?

After months of limited sales and fear of economic uncertainty, Inslee is now threatening financial ruin to any business that will not comply.

Business owners of Washington State will be getting their brown shirts in the mail over the weekend. Will they join the Stasi, be an informant, or join the resistance?

We are coming much closer to a revolution than most realize.

Businesses have been deputized as the enforcement arm of the state. Business owners are literally on the frontline. They must either be willing to stand up and risk everything or comply and be the enforcing arm of the state.

If business owners are going to make a stand, they need to know we will be there to back them up. To be successful, they will have to keep their doors open and persist as long as they can continue receiving stock.

Threats of fines, getting a fine, and having your business license pulled cannot cause you to blink. It's time to go all the way. Do not stop conducting business until and unless the government is going to come with guns and make you stop by force... and at that point, that is when you will hear the shot heard around the world.

Happy Fourth of July weekend to those who believe in freedom and will fight to keep it. Those unwilling to stand their line are traitors and don't deserve the freedom others died for them to enjoy.

Keep your powder dry.

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