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<span><span>As your State Captain, I have already told many of you in the past, PGR and/or PGRPA gear </span></span><span style="font-weight:bold"><span>IS NOT TO BE WORN</span></span><span><span> at any protest </span></span><span style="font-style:italic"><span>for or against an issue</span></span><span><span>,
 including campaign rallies!  Don't do it and put our organization at 
risk for a myriad of troubles ... lawsuits as well as the media twisting
 our intentions regarding being a shield for mourning families from 
protests groups.  They've done worse. <br>  Contact me DIRECTLY with any questions or concerns, but if you do go VFR
 Direct to our National President ... have the decency and respect 
enough to Courtesy Copy me in your message to him.</span></span>

<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal" dir="ltr">"Members of the Patriot Guard Riders,</p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal" dir="ltr"></p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal" dir="ltr">These are tumultuous times in the United States of America.  That is an understatement.</p><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</span><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">Your National Patriot Guard Riders leadership has received and continues to receive multiple requests to become involved in the upheaval in some way.  I feel that you deserve to hear our response directly from me.</p><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</span><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">This organization, the Patriot Guard Riders, has a defined mission.  We exist to bring Comfort and show Honor that has been earned by this nation’s defenders.  We stand in hot sun and cold rain, not to make a political statement, but to honor our Fallen Warriors, our Veterans, our First Responders.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The Patriot Guard  Riders is a strictly non-political organization.  Since all of the upheaval occurring around the country is, at it’s root, a political issue – we are forbidden by our own Mission Statement and governing by-laws from injecting ourselves into the matter.</p><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</span><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">Additionally, as a 501c3 non-profit organization, IRS rules prohibit our involvement in any political issue.  To do so would jeopardize our tax exempt status.</p><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</span><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">The short answer, Patriot Guard Riders will not become involved in protesting or counter protesting.  We will continue to stand in hot sun and cold rain with our flags.  We will strictly conform to our stated mission.</p><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</span><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">If you decide to become involved on either side of these protests, we respect your right to do so.  We do ask that you not wear any clothing or accessories that carries our name.  Doing so would create the illusion that the PGR is involved.</p><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</span><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,34,40);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal">Thank you for your understanding, your Patriotism and your dedication to those whom we proudly serve.</p></div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><font size="2">With Respect,</font></div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><font size="2" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">David 'Bear' Noble</font></div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif"><div><font size="2" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">President</font></div><div><font size="2" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Patriot Guard Riders, Inc."</font></div></div></div></div></div></div>