Army Captain Demands DHS Give Up Their Weapons Of War

Freedom Outpost ^ | Mar. 25, 2013 | Tim Brown

[EXCH54FE]

Hestilow encouraged readers to “copy and properly amend this letter to send to your own senators and members of the U.S. House.”

The following is his letter in its entirety.

The Honorable Senator John Cornyn, State of Texas

United States Senate

517 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510

Re: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and that agencies preparation for war against citizens of the United States of America.

Dear Senator Cornyn,

It is with gravest concern that I write to you today concerning the recent appropriation of weapons by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that can only be understood as a bold threat of war by that agency, and the Obama administration, against the citizens of the United States of America. To date, DHS has been unwilling to provide to you, the elected representatives of the People, justification for recent purchases of almost 3,000 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) armored personnel carriers, 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition (with associated weapons), and other weapons systems, when, in fact, the DHS has no war mission or war making authority within the limits of the United States of America.

Significant is the fact that at the same time the Obama administration is arming his DHS for war within the limits of the United States against the People of the United States in accordance with his 2008 campaign speech claiming,

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve gotta (sic) have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded [as the United States military]“–Candidate Barack Obama, 2008.

The Obama administration is deliberately defunding, overextending, and hollowing the Department of Defense; the only legitimate agency of the U.S. government with a war mission.

This act of the Obama administration stands as a glaring threat of war against our nation’s citizens! This act of the Obama administration can only be understood as a tyrannical threat against the Constitution of the United States of America! If left unresolved, the peace loving citizens who have sworn to defend the United States Constitution “against all enemies, both foreign and domestic” are left no option except to prepare to defend themselves, and the U.S. Constitution, against this Administration’s “coup” against the People and the foundations of liberty fought for and defended for the past 238 years. We have no choice if we honor our oaths.

The only proper response to this threat against the American people is for the representatives of the People, the members of the U.S. House and Senate, to demand in clear terms that the Administration cannot ignore, that the Department of Homeland Security immediately surrender their newly appropriated weapons of war to the Department of Defense (DoD). Further, since the DHS has assumed a position in the Administration to enforce the tyrannical acts of this president against the People of the United States against the limits of the United States Constitution, it remains for the United States Congress to exercise its limiting power in the balancing of powers established by our founding fathers, to disestablish and dissolve the DHS as soon as possible. One needs only to look to the rise of Adolf Hitler, and his associated DHS organizations, the SA and the SS, of 1932-1934, to see the outcome of allowing an agency of government this kind of control over the free citizens of a nation. The people of Germany could not have imagined, until it was too late, the danger of allowing a tyrant this kind of power. We must not be so naïve as to think it will not happen to us as well if we remain passive toward this power grab by the Marxist Obama administration!

Finally, for more than two centuries the nation has lived in peace at home because of the protections of our legitimate military and the many appropriate state and federal law enforcement agencies, supported by Constitutional courts. We stand today at a cross-road. Will we allow this present Administration to overthrow our United States Constitution and its legal processes to amend injustices, or, will we honor our obligations to defend the Constitution against a “domestic” enemy? Our Constitution lays out the proper methods of resolving our differences; and it does not include its overthrow by a rogue agency of a Marxist leadership at home. You, sir, are our constitutionally elected agent to defend our Constitution at home. We are counting upon you. We remain aware, however, of this present threat and will not expose ourselves as an easy prey to the authors of the destruction of our nation.

I know that this letter demands much of you. We elected you because we, the citizens of the State of Texas, believe that you are up to the task at hand and will, against all threats, honor your oath and office. We are also writing to your fellow members of the House and Senate to stand in integrity with the Constitution and against this present threat by the Obama administration and his DHS.

We refuse to surrender our Constitution or our nation!

Resolved,

Captain Terry M. Hestilow

United States Army, Retired

Fort Worth, Texas

March 23, 2013

[EXCH54FE]

Remember:

"The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed and that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of press." Thomas Jefferson

[AlmaKing]

Libs will think he’s just a crazy loon. Dr. Strangelove.

[ZULU]

Somebody should send this to that little weasel Senator Tom Coburn who was on FOX over the weekend bleating these ammo purchases are nothing out of the ordinary.

[Carbonsteel]

I have never feared my own country........until now.

[rarestia]

Then you now live under tyranny and not freedom.

"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."

-Jefferson

[yobid]

I see a visit and audit from the IRS in his future.

[taxcontrol]

I am rapidly becoming of the opinion that while LEOs should be allowed a personal firearm, that only the local County Sheriff (elected official) should be allowed to organize, deputize and equip a SWAT or SRT team. That only that Sheriff’s office be allowed to have more than side arms and that the equipment be limited to standard military issue.

I am also of the opinion that much of the Federal LEOs do need a SWAT team on staff and can request from the local Sheriff the use of his SWAT team. The Sheriff would then bill the requesting agency for the use of his team.

Time to return the power to elected officials at the local level.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Janet Napolitano needs to be called to the floor of Congress and under Oath be held accountable for every purchase order involving weapons, vehicles, armor and ammo made which are beyond the scope of her agency.

STAT! Janet is playing dumb just like she and Holder played dumb over 'Fast & Furious'. Accountability must be restored to our government.

[noinfringers2]

We have to keep in mind that all this equipment/hardware is for people who have signed on to use it. The division of government loyalties to the Constitution is actually going on now by virtue of the fact there are persons today that are willing to sell their allegiance to the Constitution for a bowl of the Federal or Government dollars. Look around your neighborhood to see who could/might be given authority over you for any purpose by anyone. I’ll bet there are many more than you thought there could be.

[EXCH54FE]

“I have never feared my own country........until now”

I am with you on that, Brother!

[demshateGod]

Tom Coburn is worthless as a sentor. Both of our senators in Oklahoma need to be replaced

[Mouton]

I have never feared my own country........until now.

Welcome to the gulag.

[Mr. K]

When Odumbass was elected he SPECIFICALLY CALLED FOR a civilain force, equal in strength to our military, and NOT ONE whorenalist in the media asked why?

[SkyPilot]

Good luck to anyone trying to reason with Sen Cornyn. He thinks the current fiscal rape of the military budget to just wonderful.

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[Texas Fossil]

Thanks for the post.

Lets see if it is responded to publicly.

[USNBandit]

So you think Border Patrol should go out in the desert with handguns and then call county SWAT every time they encounter a group of armed drug smugglers?

[Nip]

From 1962 until 1982 I was able to travel very widely as both a private citizen and as a commissioned officer within the DOD. During those foreign travels I noted multiple nations where the police, under a wide variety of names, traveled in small groups carrying military weapons with armored vehicles at their immediate call.

It was a great relief to return to the CONUS where the heavy militarization of the military wasn't that obvious. I no longer have that feeling of relief.

[taxcontrol]

I’m of the opinion that the majority of Border Patrol agents already are armed with side arms. If there is a stretch of the boarder that requires more than side arms, the National Guard should be called in by the Governor (if it is a large area) to secure the area or (if it is a smaller area that needs to be secured) the Sheriff can create a posse and deputize as necessary.

[HiJinx]

1200 miles of desert scrub, mountains, canyons, and rivers. “If” it is a large area? You need to swap your opinion for fact, sir.

[taxcontrol]

1200 miles is more than one state and no Governor has the authority to “call out the Guard” in another state. Thus the area is reduced as no state has to protect the whole length of the southern border.

Further, not all of the 1200 miles is passable to foot or vehicle traffic. Some is impassable due to natural terrain features, others have had sections “blocked” by man-made barriers.

Further, of the counties that border with Mexico, not all of them have vast tracts of land that need the attention of the local law enforcement.

This creates “Corridors” that are most often used for trafficking. A Border officer patrolling one of the areas outside of these corridors will rarely encounter a situation that might require a gun fight of such significance as to require more fire power than his side arm. Within those corridors, there is an increased chance of a fire fight type of situation. It is not up to the law enforcement community to protect our nation from invasion and acts of war. That duty falls to the military.

So once again, if there are stretches ... not the whole border, that is likely to have a fire fight, deploy the military to seal off those areas.