Posted on 01/02/2016 12:51:40 AM PST by PotatoHeadMick
President Obama has said he will take unilateral action to tackle the problem of gun violence in the US.
In his first weekly address of 2016, Mr Obama said he would meet Attorney General Loretta Lynch to discuss actions he could take.
He said he was using his executive powers as president because the US Congress has failed to address the problem.
Analysts say there will be a backlash from gun activists and Republicans.
But Mr Obama told Americans that he had received too many letters from parents, and teachers, and children, to sit around and do nothing.
"We know that we can't stop every act of violence," the president said. "But what if we tried to stop even one? What if Congress did something - anything - to protect our kids from gun violence?"
He has admitted that his inability to win Congressional backing for what he called "common sense gun laws" was the greatest frustration of his presidency.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Now for a short public service announcement to all on FR:
We need to ensure we don't get another Obama-like America Hater as the next President.
The best way to ensure that is to actively support a candidate as the next President.
I prefer Cruz and my money goes to his campaign, hence the Cruz link. If you like someone else, donate to him/her (find your own link to do it) and if you use FR and don't donate, then please don't complain about the welfare leeches or those who have Obama Phones because, functionally, you are no different than any other who enjoys the fruits of others' work for your own benefit.
PS - If you are one of those who cannot afford even a small donation to FR or a candidate, God Bless and happy FReeping!.....
GO CRUZ!! Keep it up Trump!!
My thoughts in the beginning of this realization, i.e. suspension of the elections, were that the 0 regime would use to his advantage a natural disaster that he would deem so ‘severe’ as to declare suspension of elections and even martial law.
Then, with all the mass murders / acts of terrorism SINCE HIS VERY ENTRANCE INTO OFFICE, which are increasing in frightening intensity and frequency, I thought, “This will be the tipping point—his proxy war using ISIS (or ISIL, which “L” stands for Levant—which includes all the nations and their territories he desires to be the new ‘empire’ of the Middle East, wholly controlled by ISIS, his handlers and then an already worked-out portion of leadership for himself).”
But not to leave out what we are all seeing as basically a massive invasion by illegal Mexican, Middle and South American immigrants who are living on the g’vt dime and thieving our jobs, not to mention causing a serious breakout of murderous and criminal activity, and what I view is the most dangerous event of this mass illegal influx—which are mass chunks of our nation becoming populated by muslims (I don’t believe for a millisecond that they are all “Syrian refugees, and I know you don’t, either). Most of these “family units” are young (terrorist) men and (terrorist) women with children at the ripe age to conduct terrorist activities on their own, or be used to spy out potential targets while their older teenage siblings launch the attacks. In San Bernadino, we saw first-hand the use of a ‘fiancée visa’ to murder as many “infidels” (US!) as they could.
And, on to the firearm issue...the institution of the Second Amendment, which is likely soon to be swept away in order for the 0 regime to have complete control. I caught a Fox News story yesterday that announced that the entire state of California, as of January 1st, 2016, would be under immediate mandate to give up all firearms in their possession, should that household’s name be on a list that deems anyone in that household be unfit to be allowed access to a gun. Of course, what you’ll likely hear is “it’s just to get guns out of the hands of dangerous people”, i.e. the mentally unstable / ill.
You know it actually reads to the enforcing authorities, who are not to ever show such documents to a civilian, as:
“Firearms will be immediately confiscated from any person’s household who is deemed by the U.S. Government and the State of California as being “mentally unstable”, i.e. has ever been diagnosed by a physician as having Depression, but can include a wider variety of [more serious] mental disorders, such as PTSD, Bipolar, Anxiety, Adult Defiant Disorder, Schizophrenia, etc...which includes the treating physician ever prescribing any type of mood-altering medications.”
“Firearms will be immediately confiscated from any person’s household who is deemed by the U.S. Government and the State of California to be a hazard to him/her self and others because of, but not limited to, their military status (ex-military but still active, veteran), affiliation with entities such as, but not limited to: NRA/ILA, Gun Owners Of America, any out-of-home proprietary gun sellers (including online), paramilitary, “preppers”, survivalists, etc.”
“Firearms will be immediately confiscated from any person’s household who is deemed by the U.S. Government and the State of California to be a hazard to him/her self and others due to authorities discovery that the person(s) have been in contact with any of the above-named entities, but not limited to: any known terrorist entity / network, including ISIL, Al Queda, Boko Haram (all 0’s buddies, etc)... (NOTE TO US: that means any God-fearing Patriot who is reaching out to sites of this caliber and content. We have all been marked as Enemies of the State, and first and foremost, and the next ‘edict’...especially if you are a follower of Jesus:
“Firearms will be immediately confiscated from any person’s household who is deemed by the U.S. Government and the State of California to be a threat to him / her self or others, due to “religious fanaticism” (read: Jews, Christians—whose true freedom is through their faith in God and Jesus Christ).”
“In all four instances, should the household’s members refuse to allow entrance by (law?!) enforcement authorities to confiscate firearms, special units will be on standby to counter any act of aggression, should such aggression unfortunately lead to the discharge of firearms that would endanger other persons and households.”
“The citizens of the State of California, and also via the U.S. Government, have been and are in the process of being made aware of the change in law regarding possession of firearms, with all media outlets, including online, being utilized, as social media trends suggest that it is one of the best and fastest ways to saturate a population-at-large with news and instructions. Of course, the new law(s) are in legally-binding print form on file at any government facility, such as local police departments, court houses, post offices, county clerks offices, municipal buildings, and local banks as they deem fit.”
On Fox News they had a picture up at a newsbreak that said “Happy Kwanzaa”, with the usual African fare in it. But in the background-—A FREAKING WOODEN MENORAH!!! I mean it, folks—four candles on each side, with one higher in the middle!
WHAT THE 9-DAY OLD SYRUPY COFFEE YUCK ARE THEY TRYING TO DO, INTEGRATE HANUKKAH WITH kwanzaa...another kick God out of everything by replacing ‘celebration’?!
ERRRHH!!
Righteous indignation this is that I write of!
Rights don't come from the Constitution, nor does the 2nd Amendment "give" you the right to keep and bear arms. It's meant as a restriction and limitation on the government from restricting your inalienable right.
My dad was in the Army Infantry in WWII. It was kill or be
killed. I’m glad he had a gun. - Great-great grandfather was
a lightkeeper on TN River. I’m glad he had a Smith & Wesson
in his holster. Rough bunch on river did not tangle with him. (I have the S&W now.) We live on a river. Thankful
they had guns; thankful we do. Crossbow, too. Amen.
Little bath-house barry bastard boy (L4B) hates having American citizens armed to defend themselves from his ‘if I had a son’ thuggery and the government thuggery he commands in the unJustice dept. Sadly, the Congress of the United States is a collection of owned fools so the treachery of L4B will go unopposed in any significant way, like impeaching the enemy and removing him to prison where he belongs.
Understood
Looking at the names one presumes barky had a nice fat check cut to each of these enemies of America in order to ‘pay for their assistance’.
Yes.
You do not let your country be invaded by South American thugs and islamist in the numbers they have, then lie about all the islamic terrorist actions here on this soil or the crime statistics of the illegals, import diseases that have always been quarantined, go after conservatives with he power of the IRS or refuse to use the justice department when real laws are broken but just as an social advocacy program for blacks and gays while destroying the civil rights of others or stir up a segment of your population to kill whites and cops then take guns away unless you have and unrest plan.
Dems have a plan. These are the actions of leaders who want unrest. People should really be asking the end game plan of democrats because it is not for the good of America probably just the good of their power and control over people.....they are socialist after all. HISTORY, show exactly who and what theses are and their end goals.
Roberts was placed in control at sCOTUS dor a reason. He is owned. Don’t presume he will uphold the Constitution since he is owned and working for someone other than We The People. The pirate Roberts is a treacherous little bastard.
Leftafornians will swallow this gladly because with their magic thinking (the hallmark of liberalism) they believe this protects them from any criminal element and from an out of control government. It will never register in their addled brains that such legislation IS OUT OF CONTROL GOVERNMENT!
Obama and his Family are safe they have Secret Service protection ,but you little people DIE
I don’t see any backlash for anything. The American people are committed to Obama even if they voted for non-Obama candidates in 2014.
I think you are right: people in CA except for small numbers in smaller communities haven’t a clue about anything.
On this one, we agree. As long as the Left does not mess with March Madness, the sheep will remain calm, contentedly chewing their cud until slaughter time.
By Reena Flores CBS News January 2, 2016, 10:24 AM
Trump slams possible Obama executive action on guns
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Not long after President Obama announced that he was considering taking executive action to tighten gun control laws, Donald Trump decried the idea, saying he didn’t like the possibility of altering the Second Amendment.
“I don’t like it,” Trump told “Face the Nation” moderator John Dickerson in an interview to air Sunday on CBS. “I don’t like anything having to do with changing our Second Amendment. We have plenty of rules and regulations.”
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President Obama plans executive action for gun control
The president, who renewed his push for gun control legislation after last month’s deadly attack in San Bernardino, California, plans to meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday to discuss options for strengthening firearm regulations.
One course of action the White House is considering is the expansion of background checks for firearms procured at gun shows — currently not a requirement because such sales often involve individuals that are unlicensed firearm sellers.
But Trump pushed back against that option, saying that there are numerous other routes the administration can take to prevent mass shootings.
“There’s plenty of things that they can do right now that are already there,” the GOP presidential hopeful said. “They don’t do them.”
The billionaire pointed to America’s “tremendous mental health problem” as an example.
“We are closing places all over the world, all over the country they are closing — but they are closing all over the world,” he said. “Tremendous mental health problems — nobody is doing anything about that.”
“All they want to do is blame the guns, and it’s not the gun that pulls the trigger, so I don’t like it,” Trump added. “I don’t like what he is doing.”
You can see more of John Dickerson’s interview with Donald Trump this Sunday on “Face the Nation.” Check your local listings for airtimes.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-obama-executive-action-guns/
If Obummer can by-pass Congress and the law, then, it must be true, all laws are feckless and can be ignored, i.e. power comes from the barrel of a gun.
"Dictators ALWAYS say that they act outside the law at the demand of the people."
And I guess you didn't notice that the asshat started acting outside the law "at the demand of the people" virtually the day he took over back in 2009. So I guess we do indeed agree.
The Second Amendment gives the right to the “people”. In the Constitution “people” is always interpreted to mean INDIVIDUAL rights. The Second Amendment says a well regulated militia is necessary, again it does not mention state or federal government but the “people”. We also know the writers of the Second Amendment debated the need for and it was discussed that the “people” had this right to protect themselves, their family and neighbors and to defend same from an oppressive government. The Tenth Amendment says “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States respectively, or to the people”. The US or State are NOT mentioned in the Second Amendment and as supported by the Tenth Amendment are left to the INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE. No branch of Federal government, State , City County or town has the authority of the Constitution to determine when, where what kind of or type of firearm the PEOPLE bear, concealed or not.
That being said I don’t have the wherewithal to fix this egregious violation of my individual or of our collective rights.
The Won doesn’t need Congress.
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