Shoot the Vote” is a campaign urging hunters, shooters, and everyday gun owners who are unregistered to vote to take time to register and vote to protect the Second Amendment. The initiative’s website provides resources for gun owners to register to vote, request absentee ballots, and find ways they can get involved in making sure other gun owners, hunters, and sportsmen are registered to vote as well.
The campaign emphasizes the importance of having a strong presence at the polls, stating that “your grandfather didn’t sleep in a foxhole in a far away land clutching a picture of your grandmother so you would surrender your guns.” In the 2022 midterm election, there were over 350,000 registered Republicans who did not vote in Arizona alone. Many of these non-voters were gun owners, hunters, and shooters.
Former President Donald Trump, a Republican presidential nominee, has stated that the assassination attempt against him did not change his conviction that the American “people need guns for protection.” He also pointed out that a Harris-Walz Administration would likely try to disarm law-abiding Americans. While some people may want guns for hunting or entertainment, Trump emphasized that the main reason people need guns is “for protection,” which aligns with AWR Hawkins’ viewpoint that “the central component of the Second Amendment is self-defense.
In conclusion, “Shoot the Vote” encourages all unregistered gun owners, hunters, and sportsmen to register to vote and participate in the democratic process to protect their rights and ensure a strong presence at the polls. By doing so, they can help make the 2024 election too big to rig and stand up for the Second Amendment.