Yellowhammer: Gun Rights Group Endorses Will Ainsworth For Lieutenant Governor

BamaCarry, Alabama’s largest gun rights group that supports a strict constitutional interpretation oF the Second Amendment, on Wednesday announced its membership has endorsed State Rep. Will Ainsworth (R – Guntersville) in his bid for lieutenant governor.

“Throughout his time in the Alabama Legislature and in every vote he has cast, Will Ainsworth has proven to be a staunch defender of the Second Amendment and a strong supporter of gun rights for citizens across the state,” BamaCarry organizer Bruce Wade said.  “Will Ainsworth understands that gun free zones put law-abiding citizens in danger, and his plan allowing teachers to voluntarily carry firearms is the only proposal that will defend our classrooms and protect our children.”

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RELEASE: AINSWORTH PORTRAYS CAREER POLITICIANS AS MASKED BURGLARS IN NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN AD AIRING STATEWIDE

Republican lieutenant governor candidate Will Ainsworth on Wednesday began airing a new campaign commercial that focuses on fighting government corruption and portrays career politicians as masked burglars.

“This ad acknowledges that those who steal from others to enrich themselves are criminals whether they wear a ski mask in a bank or a suit and tie in the Alabama State House,” Ainsworth said. “Far too often, career politicians lose their perspective, become numb to corruption, and fall prey to the temptations that the political systems offers. As a newcomer to public service, that is why I sponsored term limit legislation in the Alabama House, and it is why I’ll help ensure that politicians who engage in corruption will experience the inside of a jail cell.”

The new campaign spot for Ainsworth, who is a first-term member of the Alabama House representing portions of Marshall, Blount, and DeKalb counties, is part of a massive $1.2 million media buy placed by his campaign and currently airs on network and cable stations across the state as well as in on-line digital and social media formats.

The ad may be viewed here: https://youtu.be/hm-_q-A7tYA

Its script reads:

WILL: I’m Will Ainsworth. Would you be more worried if the career politicians holding Alabama’s future hostage looked like this?

VISUAL: AINSWORTH IN FOREGROUND AS BURGLARS EXIT BANK SAFE WITH BAGS OF MONEY WHILE WEARING SUITS, TIES, AND SKI MASKS

WILL: Career politicians might not wear masks and break in during the night, but they’re just as dangerous... they’re bought and paid for by special interests and they’re stealing from us.

VISUAL: BURGLARS IN MASKS AND SUITS PROWL THROUGH SAFE AND SHOVE STOLEN MONEY INTO BAGS

SUPER: WILL AINSWORTH FIGHT CAREER POLITICIANS STEALING FROM US

WILL: I’m Will Ainsworth. I’m a proud Christian conservative. And I’m ready to fight the Montgomery crooks and career politicians to save Alabama’s future.

VISUAL: AINSWORTH IN FOREGROUND WITH VAULT AND BURGLARS IN BACKGROUND

SUPER: WILL AINSWORTH. PROUD CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE

Will Joins CBS 42 to Discuss A New Day for Alabama

Will joined CBS 42 to outline his priorities and vision for A New Day for Alabama. 

OP-ED: FIGHTING FOR THE UNBORN GIVES A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS

Fighting For The Unborn Gives A Voice To The Voiceless

By Will Ainsworth

May 3, 2018

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Abortion is murder.

Those three simple words sum up my position on an issue that many falsely claim is a complex one.

As soon as I was old enough to understand the concept, my parents instilled in me the knowledge that life begins at conception, and protecting the rights of the unborn is a responsibility that must be shouldered by those of us who can give voice to the voiceless.

My mother, Sharon, is the director of the Real Life Crisis Pregnancy Center in Marshall County, and she uses that role to stress adoption as the proper response to unwanted pregnancies.  My father, Billy, is a man of deep and abiding faith who supports my mother’s mission and helped foster my relationship with Christ.

For all of these reasons, I have devoted my brief time in public service to championing pro-life issues and fighting the abortion mills that operate in portions of our state.

Earlier this year, I carried and passed legislation that provides a generous tax credit to families that adopt children whether in-state or out-of-state.  It is my hope that this incentive will provide a stable home and a caring family to children who simply want to be loved.

As a state legislator, I helped pass a constitutional amendment that will appear on the November ballot and declares Alabama to be a pro-life state so that we may stand ready to take action as soon as the abomination known as Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

When a surreptitiously recorded video showed representatives of Planned Parenthood cavalierly discussing the sale of unborn infant body parts as if they were a publicly traded commodity, my fellow lawmakers and I enacted the Unborn Infants’ Dignity of Life Act, which criminalizes such transactions in Alabama.  

Unfortunately, conservatives have been forced to fight not only the abortionists who take unborn lives but also the liberal, activist federal judges who enable them by distorting and misinterpreting the U.S. Constitution.

Two bills that I helped pass into law, one that prohibited abortion clinics from operating within 2,000 feet of a school and another that banned the barbaric procedure known as dismemberment abortion, were permanently blocked by a leftist federal judge appointed by Jimmy Carter.

It is my hope that President Donald Trump will be able to largely remake the federal court system by appointing conservative jurists who will strictly interpret the Constitution so that needed abortion restrictions like the ones we passed may take effect.

Despite these politically-motivated judicial roadblocks, statistics indicate that our efforts are having a positive effect in the fight to preserve unborn life.

Since 2005, the number of abortions performed in Alabama has declined by 41 percent overall, and the state saw reductions continue each year for ten consecutive years.  In 2016, the latest year for which figures available, 6,642 abortions were performed in Alabama, which represents the second lowest number in more than a decade.  

Compared to 2006, when 11,654 abortions took place, today’s figures demonstrate the progress we have made.

As a candidate for lieutenant governor, and, hopefully, once in office, I will continue to champion the pro-life cause and fight the liberal elites who mock conservative Alabamians for our stand.

That liberal contempt was recently on full display at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner when Michelle Wolf, who claims to be a comedian of some kind, made supposed jokes about this very serious life-or-death topic.

“Abortion.  Don’t knock it ’til you try it.  And when you do try it, really knock it.  You gotta get that baby out of there,” she said as many of Washington’s gathered journalists chuckled their approval.

That is the kind of depraved mindset we are fighting in the on-going cultural war for the heart and soul of our nation.

If we are going to win that war and preserve the traditional values and cornerstone morals upon which this nation was built, we must have leaders at all levels who have the courage to join the battle, the voice to win the debate, and the determination to keep fighting until victory is ours.

I am reporting for duty.

State Rep. Will Ainsworth (R - Guntersville) is a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor.  Elected to the Legislature in 2014, Ainsworth currently represents Alabama’s House District 27, which includes portions of Marshall, DeKalb, and Blount counties.

OP-ED: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS AN EPIDEMIC THAT DEMANDS A CURE

As featured in Alabama Today

Illegal Immigration is an Epidemic That Demands A Cure

By Will Ainsworth

April 26, 2018

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Imagine for a moment that while you and your family sleep, another family breaks into your home and moves into your basement in the dark of night.  

Once you discover them, you call the authorities to have them removed but are told that because they have established residency, it would be wrong for you to force them to leave.  

Or, even worse, the authorities openly acknowledge the law has been broken but inform you that your elected officials have ordered them not to cooperate.

Certainly you and your family would feel violated, helpless, and angry at the absurdity of the arguments and the immorality of the situation.

A similar scenario is happening in the United States thousands of times each week, except instead of breaking into your homes, illegal immigrants are breaking our borders and violating our laws with their very presence.

Illegal immigration is an epidemic that has gone untreated for far too long, and it is one that drains billions of taxpayer dollars as we are forced to provide unearned government services to those who do not pay a dime of taxes back into the system.

Allowing a subculture of an estimated 12.5 million illegal immigrants to live off the grid and under the radar hurts our nation’s economy, drains our jobs, increases our crime rates, and threatens our homeland security.  

It also insults those honorable immigrants who have taken the time, effort, and financial commitment to follow our laws and move here legally.

An estimated 65,000 illegal immigrants currently reside in Alabama, which is down from a previous approximation of 80,000 thanks in large part to the toughest-in-the-nation immigration law that the Republican Legislature approved in 2010.  

Unfortunately, liberal judges and activist federal courts have neutered and rejected the most effective portions of the state law that protected our sovereign borders, so the number of illegals in Alabama is likely to rise again.

During my one term in the Alabama House, I have strongly supported every measure before the body that seeks to seal our porous borders, enforce the immigration laws on the books, and discourage illegal immigrants from planting their roots in our communities.

Among those measures was a resolution that urges Congress to fund and expedite the construction of a secure wall across the border between the United States and Mexico, which continues to be a cornerstone priority of President Donald Trump’s administration.

Statistics show that nearly 1,000 aliens are caught and captured each day while trying to illegally cross the Mexican border, but it a significant number of aliens successfully avoid detection and capture.  

An impenetrable border wall is an absolute necessity, and I am proud that an Alabama-based  construction company is among a handful that is under consideration to build the edifice for the Customs and Border Protection Agency.
 
I also stood tall for proposed legislation that would withhold state funding from any cities, counties, or public colleges and universities that defy immigration laws and declare themselves “sanctuary” areas that harbor illegal aliens.  The bill was a proactive step to protect Alabamians before any city or campus in our state takes action that would help harbor illegal aliens and block the enforcement of immigration laws.

The Legislature adjourned before the measure could be enacted, but I plan to use the bully pulpit of the lieutenant governor’s office to push for its reintroduction and rally the public to insist upon its passage.

If the federal bureaucracy, the liberal Democrat opposition in Congress, and the career politicians who sell their votes to special interests refuse to properly protect our nation’s borders, I believe the responsibility to protect Alabama’s borders must fall upon the shoulders of state leaders.

It is a responsibility that I, for one, am not only willing to shoulder, I am eager to shoulder it.

State Rep. Will Ainsworth (R - Guntersville) is a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor.  Elected to the Legislature in 2014, Ainsworth currently represents Alabama’s House District 27, which includes portions of Marshall, DeKalb, and Blount counties.