The Unrelenting Attack on our Gun Freedoms

Our 2nd Amendment Right under the United States Constitution is clear, and is explicit in its meaning. It is simply written, containing only 27 words; “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The 2nd Amendment is, and has been for over two and a third centuries the stalwart standard bearer, that has kept this country free, thanks to the armed citizen. Unfortunately, there are those in power who through political chicanery, misinformation to the general public by the use of scare tactics, and yes use of the Federal Courts, are trying to disarm the American people.

The advocates of the anti gun crowd have tried to interpret the “well regulated militia” portion of the 2nd Amendment to mean a regular “full time military”. In their view only the full time Military should be armed. Nothing could be further from truth. In the Federalist Papers, The Federalist No. 29, “Concerning the Militia”, written Thursday, January 10th, 1788, by Alexander Hamilton clearly defines what a militia is, and it is the citizens at large. More recently in the case of Heller v. Washington, DC the United States, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Heller and the 2nd Amendment, their decision upholds the Founding Fathers intent of the Second Amendment and is explicit in its meaning, this gives credence to the last 14 words of the 2nd Amendment; “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

In the vernacular of the 18th Century, Hamilton’s writing is sometimes long, and lugubrious, however, his writings do identify the “Civilian Militia” quite well. He writes in the context of a militia at large versus a large standing fulltime Militia. To quote he writes “This will not only lessen the call for military establishments, but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, If at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and best possible security against it, is it should exist.” As you can see it is not easy reading, however, he makes it clear that the armed citizen is an integral part of the militia in times of need. In essence Hamilton was saying that it would not be practical to have a very large standing army, but an army that would be supplemented by the armed citizens if needed.

The anti-Second Amendment crowd will never stop its efforts to disarm the American citizen, by any means at there disposal. Our President has a long anti-gun history and voting record, that on every issue pertinent to gun rights he comes down on the extreme radical left wing. The following list is long but necessary to clearly point out his true stand on the firearm issues. His pro-gun rights rhetoric belies his voting record.

Consider the following facts about President Obama and his true stand on the Second Amendment;
FACT: Barack Obama opposes four of the five Supreme Court Justices who affirmed and individual right to keep and bear arms. (He would not have voted for Clarence Thomas)

FACT: Barack Obama voted for an Illinois State Senate Bill to ban and confiscate “assault weapons,” it would also have banned semi-automatic and double barrel shotguns commonly used by sportsmen.

FACT: Barack Obama voted to allow reckless lawsuits designed to bankrupt the firearms industry.

FACT: Barack Obama wants to re-impose the failed and discredited Clinton Gun Ban.

FACT: Barack Obama voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and sport shooting.

FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a 500% increase in the federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition.

FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a complete ban on handgun ownership.

FACT: Barack Obama supports local gun bans in Chicago, Washington, DC and other cities.

FACT: Barack Obama voted to uphold local gun bans and the criminal prosecution of peoples use of firearms in self-defense.

FACT: Barack Obama supports gun owner licensing and gun registration.

FACT: Barack Obama refused to sign a friend-of-the-court Brief in support of the individual Second Amendment rights in the Heller case.

FACT: Barack Obama opposes Right to Carry laws.

FACT: Barack Obama was a member of the Board of Directors of the Joyce Foundation, the leading source of funds for anti-gun organizations and “research.”

FACT: Barack Obama supported a proposal to ban gun stores within 5 miles of a school or playground, which would eliminate almost every gun store in America.

FACT: Barack Obama voted not to notify gun owners when the state of Illinois did records searches on them.

FACT: Barack Obama voted against a measure to lower the Firearms Owners Identification age minimum from 21 to 18, a measure designed to assist young people in the military.

FACT: Barack Obama favors a ban on standard capacity magazines.

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory micro stamping (ammunition).

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory waiting periods.

FACT: Barack Obama supports repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment; which prohibits informational gun traces collected by the BATEF from being used in reckless lawsuits against firearm dealers.

FACT: Barack Obama supports one-gun-a-month handgun purchase restrictions.

FACT: Barack Obama supports ban on inexpensive handguns.

FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on resale of police issued firearms, even if the money is going to the police departments for replacement equipment.

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory firearm training requirements for all gun owners.

As you can see Barack Obama had an extensive anti gun voting record as an Illinois Senator, and he continued that bent during the Presidential Primaries, however, once he won his party’s nomination he reversed that spin and spent millions of dollars showering key states with flyers promising voters he would never try to take their guns. But after winning the election, those pro-freedom showers and promises dried up over night.

Much to our chagrin, the Anti gun President has a majority in both the house and Senate, and can do pretty much as he pleases. With the twit Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Dirty Harry Reid the Majority Leader in the Senate, the President is ruling almost by fiat, not governing. To add insult to injury his White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Department Homeland Security Janet Napolitano are all on board, complicit, and they will are one hell of a formidable force for we the gun owners, and believers in the Second Amendment are up against. If there is anything to the old adage, “there is strength in numbers” the gun owners in the end may have the winning hand, after all there are approximately 90 million gun owners in the United States. I believe that we are not just going to stand back, and hand over our guns without a fight. Remember an armed person is a citizen, and unarmed person is a subject.

The final, and critical piece to the Statist, Utopian Socialist, and Transnationalist puzzle is a total disarming of the people of this great nation, and the destruction of our country’s sovereignty. If that happens we no longer have the ability to defend ourselves, our families, or the ability to protect our property against an oppressive, intrusive, omnipotent government…………at that point we the people will be nothing more than subjects of the ruling government.

Lets get busy and win the House and Senate back next year.
May God Bless America, and all who love her.

Judge, Jury and................

The United States Constitution identifies three separate branches of government: Article I, establishes the Legislative Branch, Article II, establishes the Executive Branch, , and finally Article III establishes the Judicial Branch. The Constitution sets forth the guidelines for each branch, in terms of what they can, and can't do. The Founding Fathers, in their wisdom wrote the Constitution in this manner to provide a system of checks and balances to insure that no one branch could not possibly dominate either of the other two branches. This was the intent of the Founding Fathers. The Tenth Amendment also comes into play addressing to some extent States Rights as well as the people's rights.

Given the aforementioned, there were problems that evolved over the years as our country grew, that the Founding Fathers could not have possibly fathomed or anticipated. Mark Levin's recently published Book "Liberty and Tyranny" clearly identifies a fourth branch of government that he calls an amorphous branch of government, an enormous administrative branch which oversees and and implements the administration's policies. It is a massive bureaucracy that consists of a workforce of over 2 million employees and administers a budget of over $3 trillion a year. This branch enforces rules that regulate energy, the environment, business, labor, employment, transportation, housing, agriculture, food, drugs, education, etc. As you may imagine, as well as feel the effects, and control this "amorphous" branch of government on a daily basis. It abrogates the individuals rights, and freedoms guaranteed by the United states Constitution, and our Bill of Rights.

On the subject of "Judge, Jury and....", Secretary Of Homeland Security(DHS) Janet Napolitano has deemed it necessary to identify veterans of the military as susceptible to joining local militia groups and become Domestic terrorists. Not to mention the fact that if you are Pro-life, a conservative, or fly the Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flag, have a Ron Paul bumper sticker on your vehicles, or are a gun owner an advocate of the 2nd Amendment, or pray regularly, are not afraid to mention the word"God", and are not afraid to speak out against an administration or its president...............on and on, according to Janet Napolitano you are a "Right Wing Extremist' and even may be a candidate for domestic terrorism. This paragraph defines one segment of the Amorphous branch).

If you are any of the above, then you are a target for The Attorney General of the United States. Stated clearly, if you are identified as one of the above by DHS (part of the amorphous branch of government), you may be punished under one of the Constitutions branches of government the Judicial Branch. (This is the Judge and Jury) I'm not really clear on who the executioner is.

There are tyranny and fascism issues in this administration, but these are a subject for another post.

Enough rambling on for today, more later.

Your New Neighbor May Be.........

Yes, your new neighbor may be a Palestinian loyal to Hamas, a terrorist organization that has vowed the destruction of Israel. How, and why is this unacceptable action happening? I imagine the large Jewish voting block that helped put Mr. Obama in power is thrilled, and can't wait for rational explanation from the President. Actually, every American deserves..........no demands an answer. Why did this happen, and why is $20.3 million of taxpayers money be allocated to relocate Palestinians here in America?

Here is how it happened, but no believable reason why it happened. In the Federal Register, Document E9-2488, DOCID: fr04fe09-106. Presidential Determination No. 2009-15 of January 27, 2009 (yes 9 days after his Inauguration). In part: "Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Gaza: memorandum for the Secretary of State, By authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 ................ (yada, yada) I hereby determine, pursuantto section2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the national interests to furnish assistance under the Act in an amount not exceed $20.3 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund of the purposeof meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs.............."on and on. Anyway, your questions may be the same as mine, and that would be. What the hell is this all about? "it is important to the National interests" what would those be?

This was only 9 days after he took office, he wasn't even in office long enough to find the executive rest room let alone determine that it is in national interests to take this action.
One of his first contacts after assuming the office of the President was a call to Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Fatah party in the Palestinian territory. Why was that so urgent?

I think the President and his administration owe the the American people an explanation why the taxpayers of this great country are paying to relocate terrorists into our neighborhoods. It is an untenable situation. I think DHS's Napaliatano should be more worried about this than the attention she is giving the military veterans.

Tea Party April 15th

To: All Congressmen and women April 15, 2009


Today, April 15th 2009, I had the pleasure of attending a Tea Party in Springfield, IL. It was well attended sans mainstream media coverage. It was an uplifting, spirited gathering of like-minded people that are just plain fed up with a Federal Government that is totally out of control. The issue is not a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or Independent, but an American issue!

Throughout the country today hundreds of thousands, and possibly a million people came together in a common cause………status quo in congress is no longer acceptable to the American people. There is a huge swell of dissatisfaction with the lack of congressional performance.

You seem to forget that you are employees of the citizens of the United States of America, and we are your employers. Your salaries, pension plans, health care packages, and congressional perks are far too generous, and I think significant adjustment should be made to bring them back to the realm of reality. I think we can start with abrogation of your current pension plan, and put you on Social Security like the vast majority of Americans, and an HMO for your health care. As to your salaries, your employer should be the one to determine if your performance has been satisfactory, and if it is we should be the ones to grant a pay raise. Employees should never have the power to vote themselves a pay raise. A Merit pay raise should be performance based.

Then there is the Income tax issue, why do we have an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Code that is 60,000 pages long and is so complex that no one can totally understand it. There is a simple solution to the problem, scrap the IRS, implement a flat tax plan, or better yet a consumption tax.

Since the days of Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D Roosevelt The American people have been fed incrementally small doses of Statism that has slowly but surely eroded our rights as guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and our Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is explicit and unequivocal in its meaning, and that is to protect the people from an intrusive and oppressive government. You know what? You people have not been living up to that guarantee.


We the people (your employer) are sick and tired of the uncontrolled spending and ignoring the guidance provided by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. When you swore on the Holy bible that you “shall be bound by Oath or affirmation, to support the Constitution” it was a sacred oath, and for ethical responsible office holders it should never be breached. Unfortunately you violate that sacred oath on a daily basis. It would seem that the Constitution has been relegated to nothing more than a historic document with no relevance in today’s world. We the American people disagree, and want it reinstated to its proper and intended standing as the blue print for guidance of this great country. The Constitution tells us what the Federal Government can and can’t do for example Article1Section 8 lists the enumerated powers, spells out what the Federal Government can do, and the 10th Amendment states “The powers not delegated to the United states by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or the people.”

For you employees whose approval rating today is uh………33.8% that is hardly a passing grade. The message promulgated here is, if you continue down this road and continue to disregard the dictates of the Founding Fathers (that would be the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence) we the people can guarantee you, there will undoubtedly be a large turn over in the United states Congress this next election.

A college graduate, and a retired veteran of the United States military is writing this letter. I am not some wild-eyed right wing radical that advocates the violent over throw of the United States Government. What I am however is an American citizen, and a patriot that loves his country, and I am disheartened by the actions of a congress that threatens our sovereignty, and the very existence of our country, as we know it. I want our country back, and it is your sworn duty as congressmen and congresswomen to reject the political philosophies of Statism, Transnationalism, and Nationalism that has caused decades of erosion of our sovereignty, eroding of our individual rights, and loss of respect in the eyes of the world, and get back to our Constitution.

Clearly, fascism, and tyranny have already become evident, particularly in this administration. This is like Nazi Germany in the 1930’s, and must be stopped.

Final words change your ways, straighten up and fly right, otherwise you will feel the wrath of millions of voters at the ballot box this next election. The vox populi will be heard!

Transnationalism, Internationalism, and Statism

Transnationalism, Internationalism, and Statism. These philosophies of rule rather than governing are a great danger to our country. We the people are for the most part unaware of what is happening basically because it is being accomplished in incremental small doses. Unless we wake up and let our voices be heard loud and clear that we are a sovereign country, we will succumb. We do have a Declaration of Independence, and a U.S. Constitution that is the blue print for our nation. All too often we hear that the Constitution is irrelevant, or it is a living document with little significance in today's world. Conservatives and Patriots know better. You hear the Secretary of State talk about a "progressive America". Progressive sounds good, but when it is put in the context of losing your freedoms in the process, in a word it sucks. Lets do a bit of defining.

Transnationalism is a social movement promoting a heightened interconnectivity between people and the loosening of boundaries between countries. Transnationalism as an economic process involves the global reorganization of the production process, in which various stages of the production of any product can occur in any country, typically with aim of minimizing costs.

Proponents of transnationalism seek to facilitate the flow of people, ideas, and goods between regions. They believe that it has increasing relevance with the rapid growth of globalization. They contended it does not make sense to link specific Nation-state boundaries with for instance migratory work forces, globalized corporations, global money flow, global information flow, and global scientific cooperation.

Internationalism refers to global co-operation between nation states, and points to the affairs between nation state governments, while transnationalism refers to global co-operation between people, and points of activities, which transcends national boundaries and in which nation-state governments do not play the most important or even a significant role. So there are careful distinctions being made between international or multinational relationships-between and among nation-states or their agents thereof-and transnational relationships between and among individuals and other entities, regardless of nation-state boundaries.

Statist, very briefly, Conservatives must acknowledge the statist does not share his passion for for liberty and all the good that flows from it. The statist does not recognize the tremendous benefits the great benefits to society from the individual efforts and pursuits of tens of millions of others. The statist rejects the Founder's idea of the dignity of the individual , who can flourish through orffered liberty, for one rooted in unpredictability, irrationality and Ultimately tyranny.

I think these three pernicious political forces are currently being implemented by enemies of our country, liberty, and our personal freedoms. If they are successful, the sovereignty of our country will become a thing of the past, and we the people will become subjects rather than citizens.

Transnationalism also calls for a global court system that will supplant power of our countires court system. Now, isn't that special.

In part, this information is extracted from Mark Levin's new book "Liberty and Tyranny". A highly recommended read.

Conspiracy or Coincidence?

Given the fact that I am a cynic, and for the most part pessimistic of our government and the news media, some may call me a conspiracy theorist. However, is it just me or is there something happening here? As you all have noticed there have been a multitude of killings being reported on a daily basis on the network news programs? Most of these cases are multiple victims, many shot to death with the dreaded "Assault Rifle". These are the stories that in many cases are making headline news.

As pernicious as these violent crimes are it seems more than coincidental that these are happening at the same time as numerous anti-gun bills are being introduced in congress. My question; Is the liberal media, the ultra-liberal President, and his administration orchestrating a media attack to get the support of the public, by using these violent crimes to give credence (at least in the liberal mind) to their incessant drive to disarm the American public?

Is it just my suspicious mind? or could this be in fact what is happening?

Gerorge Washington versus Barack Obama on America

Ponder the following:

George Washington quote:
"I want an American character, that the powers of Europe may be convinced we act for ourselves and not for others; this in my judgement, is the only way to be respected abroad and happy at home."

Then we have President Obama making a speech in France, and he says the following:

"In America there is a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union, and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times when America has shown arrogance, and been dismissive, even derisive."

What do you think?

About our Constitution, and Bill of Rights

Given our history, I am having a very difficult time understanding why our government "of the people, by the people, for the people" has evolved into anything but. This President and his administration are running rough shod over the Constitution, and we the people are suffering the consequences. Do we have any immediate recourse for these irresponsible acts that violate our rights? I think not, unless something drastic happens like congress gets some gonads and calls this President out and holds him accountable for his acts of tyranny.

Lets go back to the incipient stages and birth of our country. We won our independence from Great Britain in1781. The document that was instrumental in gaining our independence was the Declaration of Independence. There are powerful brave words in this historic document. in part they say................"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness....That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its power in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable , than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpation's, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce the under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and provide new Guards for their future security............"

Then came an attempt at a first Constitution called the Articles of Confederation, which were short lived and was far from being a " perfect union", in essence it was a "League of Friendship" among States. The Articles of Confederation being an abject failure, a group of citizens called for a Constitutional Convention, and one was formed and meetings began in May 1781 at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, among the leaders were George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison. On September 17th 1781 the Constitution was put into final form and signed by 55 brave Founding Fathers. In 1791 the Bill of Rights was added (the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution). The Bill of Rights was added to protect the people from an intrusive, and oppressive omnipotent government. These guaranteed rights are explicit in their meaning.

Contrary to what most Liberals would have you believe, the United States Constitution is not a "living document" it is the cornerstone of the foundation that this great country was built on. Over the years it has been under attack for the most part by liberals that are driven by their desire for power over the people, and denying us our rights by insinuating themselves into every facet of our lives.

This President sees fit to insinuate the Executive Branch of Government into Auto Industry, the Insurance Industry, and our Financial system. He has the "Audacity" to fire the CEO of General Motors. This pure tyranny. There are numerous instances where he tramples the Constitution.

How sad that Mr. Obama has forgotten these 55 words that he swore too on the Lincoln Bible:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

May God Bless America! Lets get busy and take Congress back next election cycle.