The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave?

I had a dream the other night that...well, I didn't understand
A figure walked in thru the mist with a flintlock in his hand
His clothes were torn and dirty as he stood there by my bed
He took off his three cornered hat and speaking low to me he said

"We fought a revolution to secure our liberty,
We wrote the constitution as a shield from tyranny
For future generations this legacy we gave
In this the home of the free and the land of the brave?

"The freedoms we secured for you we hoped you'd always keep
But tyrannts labored endlessly while your parents were asleep
Your freedoms gone your courage lost your no more than a slave
In this the land of the free and the home of the brave

"You buy permits to travel and permits to own a gun
Permits to start a business or build a place for one
On land you believe you own you pay a yearly rent
Although you have no voice in how the money is spent

"Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate
And Christian values can't be taught according to the state
You read about the current news in a regulated press
And you pay a tax you do not owe to please the IRS

"Your money is no longer made of silver nor of gold
You trade your wealth for paper so your life can be controlled
You pay for crimes that make our nation turn from god in shame
You've taken Satan's number and you've traded in your name

"You've given government control to those that do you harm
So they can burn down churches and seize the family farm
And keep our country deep in debt put men of god in jail
Harass your fellow countrymen while corrupted courts prevail

"Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oaths they've sworn
And your daughters visit doctors so their children wont be born
Your leaders send artillery and guns to foreign shores
And send your sons to slaughter fighting other peoples wars

"Can you regain the freedoms for which we fought and died
Or don't you have the courage or the faith to stand with pride
And are there no more values for which you'll fight to save
Or do you wish your children to live in fear and be a slave

"Oh Sons of the republic arise and take a stand
Defend the constitution the supreme law of the land
Preserve our great republic and each God-given right
And pray to God to keep the torch of freedom burning bright!"

As I awoke he vanished in the mist from whence he came,
His words were true; we are not free, but we have ourselves to blame
For even now as tyrants trample every God-given right
We only watch and tremble, too afraid to fight.

If he stood by your bedside in a dream while you were asleep
And wondered what remains of the freedoms he'd fought to keep
What would be your answer if he called out from the grave
"Is this still the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave?"

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I took the liberty of posting this poem which LowAndSlowPony left as a comment on the previous post.

There is nothing to add...except the answer.

The Gunslinger