* Darren Bailey on Facebook shortly after the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the assault weapons ban…

This is a blow to Illinois. This is a blow to our freedoms. This is a blow to our constitution, the 2nd Amendment. This is a blow to this great republic. My question to you is how much more of this are we going to take, friends?

I’m standing here on my front porch. This porch kind of became famous through the governor’s run and became famous when I was speaking on nonsense. And I made a statement. And sometimes when we make these statements, we don’t know where this is going to go. But if need be, this front porch will be my final stand. I will not allow anyone to infringe on my property on my second amendment rights. I will not allow anyone to come and take anything from me. And if need be, as I quoted before, I will die on this front porch before I give up any of my Second Amendment freedoms.

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* Bailey continued…

That is why we must have fighters in Springfield and we must have fighters in Washington DC. That’s why I’m taking our message to Washington DC, because the message has been snuffed out here in Illinois. We must demand more out of our elected officials go along to get along. ‘Oh, I voted no, and I’ve supported this and I didn’t support that.’ That’s not good enough. What are you saying? What are you doing? How are you making your stand?

He then went on to make his pitch for Congress and closed with this…

Be prepared to stand, friends. I’m right there with ‘ya.