There sure is...
Posted on 01/30/2009 10:17:04 AM PST by o_zarkman44
Friday Digest Vol. 09 No. 04 30 January 2009
THE FOUNDATION "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." --Second Amendment, United States Constitution
PATRIOT PERSPECTIVE Sixty million armed Patriots ... and counting By Mark Alexander
By now, you've probably heard that large sectors of the U.S. economy have collapsed, consumer confidence is at a historic low, Democrats control the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, and they're poised to print "bailout and infrastructure" money on the theory of "trickle up poverty" -- risking a prolonged recession followed by hyperinflation.
If there is an economic recovery any time soon, it will be the result of private sector initiatives and a consumer confidence recovery, not the redistribution of a few trillion dollars among friends. Never fear, there is a "community organizer" at the helm.
And that's the good news.
The bad news is that Barack Hussein Obama and his congressional cadre may well use the current crisis as cover to further undermine our constitutional rule of law.
Yes, Obama and his Demo colleagues in the Senate and House have taken a sacred oath to "support and defend" our Constitution, but they have no history of honoring their oaths.
So where does that leave "The People"? Well, if the politicians don't honor their oath, why should we honor their office? That is a question for another day.
At no time in our history has the future of American liberty been secure without a vigorous defense of the plain language of our Constitution, opposed to the adulterated interpretation of the so-called "Living Constitution" promoted by Barack Obama and his gang of judicial activists.
And there is no more important place to start at this moment in our history than with the Second Amendment to our Constitution.
In 1833, Justice Joseph Story, appointed to the Supreme Court by our Constitution's principal author, James Madison, wrote the following in his "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States": "The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of the republic; since it offers a strong moral check against usurpation and arbitrary power of the rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them."
That was never more true than today.
Obama claims: "I believe in the Second Amendment. Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear. I said that throughout the campaign. I haven't indicated anything different during the transition. ... We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measures that I think respect the Second Amendment and people's traditions. I think there's a lot of room before bumping against a constitutional barrier."
However, Obama's nominee for attorney general, Eric Holder (formerly Janet Reno's Deputy Attorney General), who faces Senate confirmation next week, reaffirmed in the recent DC v. Heller Supreme Court case his long-held position that the Second Amendment affirms no right of individual gun possession by private citizens.
Holder insists that the Second Amendment "does not protect firearms possession or use that is unrelated to participation in a well-regulated militia," which he interprets as a military unit. Of course, our Founders understood "militia" to be synonymous with "the people," but Holder must have skipped his law school's elective on "original intent."
Holder's remarks seem to conflict with his boss's statements about gun ownership, but Obama is not referring to the rights assured by the Second Amendment: "I'm a strong believer in the rights of hunters and sportsmen to have firearms." That's the same subterfuge his mentor John Kerry propagated back in '04.
Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso understands what's at stake: "Given Holder's career of attacks on the Second Amendment, his nomination continues to be of great concern to me. ... Our nation's highest law enforcement officer must be committed to protecting and defending our individual rights to keep and bear arms."
Other conservatives also get it, like Louisiana Sen. David Vitter: "[Holder has] clearly advocated near-universal licensing and registration, and he joined and filed an amicus brief in the District of Columbia v. Heller U.S. Supreme Court case arguing that the Second Amendment was not an individual right. That's deeply disturbing."
Statistically, those who are not "deeply disturbed" by the implications of Holder's appointment are likely residing in one of those blue urban centers which typically elect liberals to national office.
I came across an essay from one such misguided urbanite this week -- Fred Lebrun, who writes for the Albany (NY) Times-Union.
Fred wrote of the unprecedented number of gun sales since Obama's election: "Otherwise sensible people seem to completely lose their marbles when it comes to the loaded question of handgun ownership, and what rules ought to apply. I'm not sure why that is. The latest example of mass paranoia at work for no discernable reason is a rush to gun shops across the country to buy sidearms. The rationale, or vague impetus, is that with the election of Barack Obama as president, we're heading for the confiscation of our guns, for sure. ... Well, if it's true, why in the world would you go out and buy something the government is going to take away from you anyway?"
Fred, those of us who still uphold our Constitution and honor our oaths, as have generations of Patriots before, understand that, in the words of James Madison, "The ultimate authority ... resides in the people alone. ... The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation ... forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition."
Madison's words are truer today than when he wrote them in 1787. (Our adversaries at the time of that writing, the British, are learning that gun confiscation leaves one defenseless against tyranny -- and they are now protesting ... with cardboard placards.)
As for why some folks "go out and buy something the government is going to take away from you anyway," well, the only guns that will ever be taken from my hands, or those of tens of millions of like-minded gun owners, will be seized posthumously, and with empty magazines -- which is the only reason Obama and his congressional Leftists have not completely discarded that venerable old Constitution.
Fred concludes: "For the first time since 1935, with an all-Democratic national government, we are in a position to finally institute some meaningful and sensible gun control measures that will help mightily in regaining our cities from gun terror, street by street. Gun control doesn't have to be a dirty word."
What Fred doesn't seem to understand is that there are already some 20,000 -- TWENTY THOUSAND -- gun laws on the books. The argument that more laws will make America safer is ludicrous at every level, and to suggest that somehow such laws justify undermining the Second Amendment's clear intent is to undermine the strongest pillar of our Constitution.
Y'know, Fred, old Ben Franklin had a word of advice for folks like you: "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
And to those for whom such a struggle proves too much an encroachment on their comfort zone, Sam Adams said, "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!"
Currently, some 80 million Americans are gun owners, and it is estimated that 60 million of them own guns for purposes other than hunting. If you are not among them, you might thank God for the ranks of us who are, because as our Founders knew, we are the vanguard between liberty and tyranny.
(Visit PatriotShop.US for 2A products, and take a stand.)
Quote of the week "No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms." --Thomas Jefferson
On cross-examination "It ought to be a law that people must have a gun in their homes. I know many fine police officers. But we can't depend on the police to protect us anymore. The value of human life means nothing to [criminals]. If it had been my house [this thug] came in on, he would have wound up at Coulter Funeral Home." --General Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon (Chattanooga, TN) advising a female victim of a home invasion to buy a gun
When seconds count, the police are only minutes away...
Open query "What is a left-wing socialist but a Marxist without a gun?"â?¨--Don Feder
The BIG lie "I am not in favor of concealed weapons. There has not been any evidence that allowing people to carry a concealed weapon is going to make anybody safer." --Barack Obama
The smell of maggots in Washington D.C. is getting ripe..
The democrats are seething too, as a ball of maggots..
Tipping over the apple barrel will be a big nasty job..
All will get the "stink" on them..
60 million armed patriots, 10 million veterans....Who do you think the military will side with ?
Didn't we have an all-Democrat national government during the entirety of the FDR/Truman administrations, the Kennedy/Johnson administrations, Carter, and the first two years of Clinton?
What am I missing?
Aside from a stronger sense of gullibility?
The silent majority is still alive and well. Biding their time. Leftists are very scared, but won’t show their insecurity publicly until they come up with a midnight gun ban. I predict the sun will shine differently the next morning. And it won’t be the commies smiling.
Where is the line in the sand, and how will we all know. This is what worries me most.
My next worry is the current military, at what point will they choose to disobey orders, and if/when they do, will the equipment go with them?
There sure is...
There was a table I viewed earlier today at JPFO which chronicled the regulatory path of 20th century genocides. What was striking was how the would-be tyrants always used some form of universal licensing and registry as a first step which then always concluded with confiscation or the illegality of private gun ownership.
The ruse the grabbers will use always has to do with hunters and sportsmen which of course has nothing to do with the intent 2A. I especially liked the following quote from Madison:
“The ultimate authority ... resides in the people alone. ... The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation ... forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition.”
3V—the picture you posted reminded me of my tagline.
Why, golly gosh, Fred. How stupid of me!! You are absolutely right. I'll go run right now to box them up and ship them to the ATF to save them the trouble.
((and some folks wonder why people don't buy newspapers))
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/914970,CST-NWS-obama25.article
BY ABDON M. PALLASCH, Political Reporter / apallasch@suntimes.com
Interview on April 24, 2008.
B.O.: There's a bunch of things we can do. I've already said as president I want to ...
We've got to tighten up our gun laws. I've said before we should have a much tougher background check system, one that's much more effective and make sure there aren't loopholes out there like the gun show loophole. [Or] The Tiahart Amendment [requiring destruction of gun-purchase records.]
My view continues to be that the constitution, I believe, does provide a right to bear arms
Idiot. Perhaps worse. Perhaps Øbama Hussein The Magnificent is deliberately lying? Just how did the Holy Kenyan actually teach Constitutional law? The Second Amendment to the Constitution clearly states the u.S. Government does not have any power to restrict, infringe, bar, etc the God-given right to freely posses arms. The Constitution does not "provide" it. That perspective is typical "government is all-powerful" communist CRAP.
Then the full quote...
B.O.: I felt that [the first one] was a precedent for conceal-and-carry laws. There has not been any evidence that allowing people to carry a concealed weapon is going to make anybody safer. [The second one] is relevant to the D.C. handgun issue. I wanted to preserve the right of local communities to enforce local ordinances and this would have overturned municipalities being able to enforce their own ordinances. We can argue about whether the ordinances work or not. But I wanted to make sure that local communities were recognized as having a right to regulate firearms.
local communities were recognized as having a right to regulate firearms.
? ? ?
Over individuals unalienable rights? A "community" wields such power over Constitutional Rights of American Citizens?
S-T: But you don't want to take a stand on the D.C. gun-ban law?
B.O.: I don't like taking a stand on pending cases.
Still voting "Present" I see. What a total fag.
Coincidence?
Text of H.R. 645: Creation of "National Emergency Centers" (to be located on military sites)
a) In General- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall designate not fewer than 6 military installations as sites for the establishment of national emergency centers.
(b) Minimum Requirements- A site designated as a national emergency center shall be--
(1) capable of meeting for an extended period of time the housing, health, transportation, education, public works, humanitarian and other transition needs of a large number of individuals affected by an emergency or major disaster;
(2) environmentally safe and shall not pose a health risk to individuals who may use the center;
(3) capable of being scaled up or down to accommodate major disaster preparedness and response drills, operations, and procedures; (4) capable of housing existing permanent structures necessary to meet training and first responders coordination requirements during nondisaster periods;
It starts with the stimulus bill. ACORN is funded to the tune of 4 or 5 billion dollars.
ACORN agents are hired and various buildings around the country are staffed and equipped with powerful mega super computers. And, the ACORN agents are given police powers and can legally access all information put into the mega super computers.
At some point, a huge data base is set up for the ACORN agents to access. Into this data base is dumped: All E-Mail accounts with full information on the holders, all drivers licenses, all social security numbers and the identities of their owners, all gun registration information, all citizens health information, all citizens bank accounts, all credit cards information, all mortgage holders and their address on all citizens, all political affiliation information, and voter registrations.
A couple of years hence, Mr. Jones gets an E-Mail from a local ACORN agent. The agent informs Mr. Jones that reliable information has been received indicating that he has had harsh words about the Messiah. Mr. Jones is cordially requested to swear that he will never again speak, write, or think anything negative about the Messiah, and he is given a deadline to respond. He is provided with the address of the local ACORN office of peace and justice to go to if he has any future problems.
The deadline passes, and Mr. Jones has not responded. Shortly thereafter, all his credit and debit cards are canceled. His bank accounts are emptied. His drivers license is voided. He goes to the local ACORN office to try to resolve the problems and is never seen again.
A Mr. Smith receives a friendly E-Mail from an ACORN agent. The agent assures Mr. Smith that there is no need to possess firearms and he is invited to turn in all of his firearms and to provide thorough documentation on any firearms that he no longer owns. He is requested to respond by the deadline.
Mr. Smith does not respond by the deadline, and shortly thereafter, all the things that have happened to Mr. Jones happen to Mrs. Smith also. Mr. Smith turns to a friend for help and the friend gets Mr. Smith some food and gas and helps him pay a bill. An ACORN agent contacts the friend of Mr. Smith informing him that ACORN has information that he has assisted someone who has not complied with an official Government investigation and the friend gets the same treatment as Mr. Jones and Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith and his friend go to the local ACORN office to try to get the problems solved and they are never seen again.
Sometime during the night a no-knock search warrant is executed at the home of Mr. Smith and his friend and any firearms that are located are removed. No receipt is left.
All this is just like the late show Jerico. Create a national emergency and herd the people into small groups to control them, like a military base, where there are no prying eyes.
I really wish people would watch "V for Vendetta" this crap is just to damn similar.
That’ll work for a while; eventually word will get around that those who go into the ACORN buildings don’t come back out.
Then, the structural integrity of those buildings will start to decline.
Then local ACORN agents start disappearing.. and local ACORN offices start burning down.. And many local residents start becoming invisible.. Short wave radios and transmission becomes wide spread again.. many learn morse code.. and cypher coding techniques..
The end result would Not be pretty.. Freedom always costs blood.. Guerrilla or even Gorilla warfare begins..
Are you? I often wonder. When I read these threads, these molon labe's carefully pecked out at the keyboard, I wonder how many of us have ever seen a swat team close up, and how many of us are willing to die in their homes under the assault of American law enforcement officers.
I do know how many pay their taxes and offer their children's minds up to government indoctrination, and will continue to do so, like lambs.
Shorn gently in impalpable increments, of tax money, of bullets, of taxes on bullets, of surcharges on licenses on registrations on transfers on bullets...
Mouton lambe.
you said “I wonder how many of us have ever seen a swat team close up, and how many of us are willing to die in their homes under the assault of American law enforcement officers.”
If we are willing to send our sons and daughters overseas to protect and defend our liberty, then we citizens on the home front should be equally willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in support of our soldiers.
Tyranny is intimidating to the weak of conviction. Sorry for your loss.
Sounds like a possible scenario. But if someone takes out acorn first their plan will be in shambles.
Why? Because they will be unarmed. The left will be the first to turn in their firearms in the name of co-operation.
They can’t hide.
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