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Washington State Representative Matt Shea believes that paper money printed by the Federal Reserve amounts to confiscation of property without compensation. And, the bill that he is co-sponsoring would authorize gold and silver use as legal tender in his state says as much. He believes that the Fed’s printing of paper money is unconstitutional. The Bill’s basis is under Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution which gives the states the power to enact gold and silver based legal tender laws, "no state shall . . .; make any thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in...

Son of the Gyrojet of the 1960’s? New Mexico has great hunting. Combine that with the skills and creativity of two Sandia National Laboratories engineers, and there’s now a patent for a self guiding bullet that the military could use. Two engineers, Brian Kast and Red Jones have come up with a dart like, self guiding bullet for smoothbore small caliber firearms. It would use laser guidance to hit targets at more than a mile. They describe their invention as a promising technology that guides small projectiles that is inexpensive and can be produced fast. This Government affiliated company is...

Firearms will be sold to Korean War veterans By Lee Tae-hoon Washington has agreed to allow the importation of M1 Garand rifles from Seoul, reversing its earlier decision to ban the shipping of the weapon used by South Korean and U.S. soldiers during the 1950-53 Korean War, a senior defense official said Wednesday. “The U.S. government approved the imports of some 86,000 of the rifles,” said Lee Sun-chul, deputy defense minister for force and resources management. “The historic firearms are expected to be sold to American Korean War veterans and their families in time for the 62nd anniversary of the...

Why are the Rules always different for Democrats? It doesn't matter if its Charlie Rangle not paying his taxes and just getting a slap on the wrist reprimand in the House, and not prison time. Or, IRS Chief ,Tim Geitner, forgetting to pay his income taxes, and being appointed Treasury Secretary. Maybe even Barney Frank's boyfriend running a prostitution ring from the apartment they shared, and it not reflecting negatively on him because, "He was unaware of it?" Or, Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne, and Chappaquiddick. No one complained about Ted's and the Kennedy family's huge fortune. Nor, were they...

Starbucks was targeted by a well known anti gun rights group recently because they took “No position” on firearms in their stores. They couldn’t coerce Starbucks into banning guns in Starbucks for everyone except criminals who don't care about "No guns" policies. Again, Starbucks is the target of a boycott beginning on Valentine’s Day by The National Gun Victims Action Council. Starbucks has the right to run their business as they see fit. They call themselves “A force for sane gun laws.” They cite England’s gun laws as a model to follow. But, English criminals are stealing guns, converting starter...

There is an ongoing assault on our liberties being foisted on us now by the House, Senate, and the President. Without a doubt, there’s a relentless all out attack on the free internet that the Communist Chinese, Syria, Egypt, and North Korea would be proud of. Reminiscent of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, many who are vigilant on maintaining our rights believe this massive assault is just part of something that began with the just passed and signed National Defense Authorization Act. But, now there’s the Enemy Expatriation Act. And, we the United States Citizens, are the Enemy....

1. Your health care will be free. We have modeled our free health care after the efficient systems in Canada and England. Health care is for the healthy and the young. Valuable resources won't be squandered in treating the elderly because they have lived their lives. They just drain our money for Social Security and Medicare anyway. There are big benefits for the sick and elderly in the new healthcare plan. The government will give every elderly person a Yugo. The Healthcare Act Plan says, "Here are some pain pills for you to relax with. Now, “Yugo” take them." So,...

“Global Action to Prevent War,” is an allied organization recognized by the United Nations in their continuing effort to strip Americans of their right to Keep and Bear arms. The UN gives support to organizations such as the GAPW, which, according to their website, is putting forth a radical plan of Global Governance. They join with groups like the “International Action Network on Small Arms,” (IANSA) both of which are trying to foist upon us the UN’s “Arms Trade Treaty” and “Programme of Action on Small Arms.” Groups like the these have a history of trying to destroy our sovereignty...

Something has become very apparent in this country. The rules are always different if you are a Democrat. That’s whether its a Congressman whose boyfriend runs a prostitution ring from their shared apartment, which doesn't reflect negatively for the Congressman, or a Treasury Secretary who won't pay his own taxes, or an Attorney General who funnels firearms to Mexican drug traffickers, and can't get fired for that. The list is endless. A recent article on a very liberal web site several days ago bashed Mitt Romney after he gave a campaign worker what it called a “Handful of cash,” when...

An anti-gun rights organization released their spin on a study regarding murder rates of 10 to 24 year olds in California. But, there is a disproportionate number of gang members included. What their spin omitted was the fact that the ten top counties for youth homicides in California are the hottest areas of the state's gang activity. And, even more relevant, how does any anti-gun rights group propose to disarm gang-bangers? There is no answer to that. But, there's plenty of propaganda. They listed the ten top California counties by homicide rate in the 10 to 24 year old group....

Anti- gun rights Sheriffs in Washington and Jackson County, Oregon, in their infinite wisdom, denied Concealed Handgun Permits to their county residents who possessed state medical marijuana cards. And the ensuing losing Court battle by these County bureaucrats over this decision cost Oregon taxpayers a ton of money. These residents had complied with all of the legal requirements for a permit, but admitted to being regular users of medical marijuana. When the people who were denied permits sued the Sheriffs, the determined Sheriffs answered that the state’s concealed permit laws were preempted by federal law against possession of firearms by...

A Broward County, Florida man should have gone for a day at Hollywood Beach instead of trying to break into a car. Instead of getting stolen property, alleged burglar, 21 year old Antonio Santana (pictured below), got the attention of its owner. Santana was rifling through the car when the owner, armed with a handgun, went outside of the house to where the car was parked to see what was happening. The owner told police that he feared for his life because it appeared to him that Santana was going for a weapon. He then shot Santana twice in the...

This list is not exhaustive. It's only January, 2012 1. He can heal the sick. "Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya. Oh, God love ya," Biden said, after realizing his mistake. "What am I talking about?" Joe Biden, to Missouri state Senator Chuck Graham, who is in a wheelchair, Columbia, Missouri, Sept. 12, 2008 2. "You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent, I'm not joking." In a private remark to an Indian-American man caught on C-SPAN, June, 2006 3. On John Edwards: "Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing...

The Democratic National Committee is touting their latest internet video that spotlights the Top Ten Greatest GOP Moments of 2011. They counted down moments such as Cain’s brain freeze when he was asked if he agreed with Obama’s Lybia position. And, there’s Romney’s comment that Corporations are people too. (Albeit artificial people for legal purposes, but apparently the DNC doesn’t know that) But, what about Omama’s continuing gaffes that the Media ignores? Here are some of the best Obama gaffes the DNC hopes will go away: 1. At his first St. Patrick’s Day White House celebration party on March 17,...

There’s several well known anti-firearms rights groups that highlight the number of children shot by guns in its anti-gun rights messages. But, there’s the fact that many of that number of those "children" use guns to commit crimes and got themselves shot or killed. Its undeniable that lumped into that group of “children” in a misleading way are those criminal teenagers who are counted as “children," age 13 to 19, in their statistics when they are shot. Many of those “children” are gangbangers or other assorted teenage criminals who do their criminal business with guns just as their adult criminal...

Obama's administration has a few more things on the agenda for you and me. Just like Eric Holder promised some action on gun control. Whatever happened to the community organizing of the Civilian National Security Force that Obama touted as a Presidential candidate Obama in 2008? We Believe some things are better left undone. Perhaps work on this is really going on "under the radar" as you read this. Plans on destroying American's firearms freedoms were being done "under the radar" as Obama explained to the Brady Coalition's Sarah Brady when she gave the White House an "F" on gun...

Nathaniel James Clay and a couple of friends allegedly thought it would be easy to steal some stuff from a house and make some quick cash. But what he got was a couple of bullets from one of his friends instead as they tried to burglarize a home in Melbourne, Florida. The homeowner forcefully tried to protect his property as he caught the men stealing from him. He started pounding Nathaniel James Clay (pictured below) with a baseball bat. One of his armed accomplices came to his rescue and tried to shoot the burglary victim. The accomplice fired but hit...

A major foe of anti gun rights efforts, and Tea Party favorite, Illinois Congressman, Joe Walsh, and 20 other co-sponsors have introduced a bill that would strip the United Nations of all United States funding if the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty is adopted. Obama's State Department reversed its position against anti Second Amendment Treaties in 2009 after Obama put the United States under his heavy hand. Stripping American taxpayer's funding would be a good step toward sending the UN to Europe and on into oblivion, where it belongs. The Bill blasts any treaty that would pose a threat to national...

Carl Wooley, a Pittsburgh area man, shot and killed his wife’s alleged boyfriend yesterday with his bow and arrow. Police determined that Tony Bittinger came at him carrying a weapon as he climbed a staircase toward him. Bitttinger reportedly came after Wooley with a 32 inch long club. Wooley had continually told the man to leave his house when he got there. The man who was killed had called the home earlier and threatened his intended victim. Alcohol was involved on Bittner’s part. Police called the shooting self defense. IN MADISON, WISCONSIN: Lamar Crump. Jr. allegedly broke into a man’s...

IN CLEVELAND Christmas wasn’t merry for two teenage thugs in the early afternoon, December 25th, in Cleveland. The two burglars were trying to steal property from a house when the owner heard his burglar alarm going off. He investigated while armed and shot the two teens in the legs. Two other teenagers were acting as lookouts, but they escaped. IN KENTUCKY Jeff Hooker was watching his brother’s place in Laurel, Kentucky, when he saw a man open the screen door of the house. It looked like the man was going to kick the entry door open. Mr. Hooker confronted the...