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Ever Wonder If Obama (and other Dems) Want to Tell People In His Administration “Shut Up!”

February 28, 2010

Attorney General Eric Holder states that the administration will seek a permanent “assault weapons” ban and other gon control measures.

The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.

“As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons,” Holder told reporters.

I will pick apart some of the things that he is attributed as saying in the article:

  1. The AR15 is now one of the most common rifles in the USA. Part of the Heller decision was that firearms in common use can not be banned. Thus, this would fail the test. The same can probably said for other firearms they seek to ban.
  2. The infamous “cop killer” bullets – This usually refers to ammunition designed to pierce body armor, which is already illegal to sale to civilians. The only other thing I can think they are referring to is rifle ammunition. Except for SWAT teams, police officers generally don’t wear body armor that can stop rifle ammunition. The reason is simple, it is extremely unlikely that a street cop will face rifle fire. The only other round I can think they would be wanting to ban is 5.7x28mm round. This round is often called a “cop killer” round because it was originally offered in an armor piercing configuration. Before the law changed, they stopped selling the armor piercing version of the round.
  3. The gun smuggling to Mexico – This has repeatedly been proven to be a red herring. The vast majority of weapons in the drug cartels’ hands are stolen from the Mexican military (these were sold to them legally and with US government support). So, of course they show up as coming from the USA. Their is weapon smuggling. But, it is not the major source of cartel weaponry.
  4. The “gun show loophole” – There is no loophole for gunshows. This is the right of every day citizens to transfer property between each other without government interference. These transactions are still illegal if the seller knows, or even has reason to suspect, that the buyer can not legally possess the weapon. Any firearms dealer at a gunshow has to still perform background checks on any buyers. Just because they are not in their normal storefront location does not change the law.
  5. Right now many Second Amendment rights supporters are willing to give Democrats the benefit of the doubt right now. If the administration and/or party leadership manages to strongarm the Democrats in congress into passing this legislation. The next elections will make the Republican take over of Congress in 1994 look mild by comparison. Most likely, unless the Republicans completely screw up their choice for President, the next Presidential election would also go to them. The fact is, the majority of people in this country do now see gun control measures as being useless and strongly object to them. The Democrats who have been elected to Congress recently have largely been put there with understanding that they will not pass gun control. If it passes, it might destro the Democratic party for a long time.

A not inconsequential side note. The companies that produce the assault weapons (and all of the side gear), employ a good number of Americans in well paying jobs. In the current economy, passing a new AWB will hurt the economy.

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8 Year Old Cub Scout On Terrorist Watch List

January 14, 2010

The TSA says there are no children on the the ‘no-fly’ and ‘selectee’ lists. Yet, little Mikey Hicks (a frequent flyer), has been getting patted and searched since he was 2. Is it any wonder that I find these lists and their proposed expanded usage troublesome.

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This is why I had reservations about these laws

June 30, 2009

They now want to take away more of the rights of those on the “terrorist watch list.” (CNN)

When people on the government’s terrorist watch list have tried to buy guns or explosives in recent years, the government has let them the vast majority of the time.

That’s the finding of a new report by the Government Accountability Office, sent to lawmakers last month and released publicly Monday.

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The GAO provided the report in response to a request from Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey. The GAO said Lautenberg had requested an update to a 2005 report.

In a statement Monday, Lautenberg said, “this new report is proof positive that known and suspected terrorists are exploiting a major loophole in our law, threatening our families and our communities. This ‘terror gap’ has been open too long, and our national security demands that we shut it down.”

The statement said Lautenberg is introducing legislation that would give the U.S. attorney general “authority to stop the sale of guns or explosives to terrorists.”

There is a huge problem with this, nobody on the terrorist watch list has been found guilty of anything. At one time, Senator Edward Kennedy was on the list. The list just has names. And, if your name is similar to someone’s name on the list, you are hit with the same restrictions (this has happened to two-year-old). If we allow the government to arbitrarily restrict this Constitutionally protected right, what is to stop them from restricting others? What is to prevent them from putting all of the current (or future) administrations’ opponents, on this list? What will prevent them from adding you, your friends, and/or your family to this list? This very list is the problem. Unless it is modified such that being put on the list is the result of a court action, where the accused is allowed to defend him/herself, the terrorist watch list needs to go away.

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This Sounds Like A Great Program

June 25, 2009

Can teaching rebellious teenage girls how to become old-school “ladies” save them from a cycle of teen pregnancy and poverty?

This is a program that teaches at risk teen females self-respect and decision making through manners and deportment. I think this is a great idea, and it should also be implemented for young men. Good manners and self discipline are required to be successful in the USA. As to the scholars who say that teaching these behaviors emphasizes one culture over another, I have a few things to say. One, good manners used to be a part of the African American culture in the USA. But, some people started calling that degrading names. Also, not looking people in the eye was expected of minorities and the poor before the civil rights movement. When people try to denigrate teaching the disadvantaged the social and cultural skills to successful, I want to ask them why they are trying to hold these people back. I am little tired of people trying to pass him self-destructive behaviors as cultural behaviors that need to be maintained. If it is a behavior that harms people (whther themselves or others), it should not be protected or encouraged.  In some cultures slavery and mutilation of women is acceptable behavior, but it is not right.

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A few things to report on today

April 22, 2009
  1. Report: Illegal Immigrants Face Abuse In the South
    I have news for these people, it’s not just the South. It is all across the country. It is the reason I believe we need to go after the employers of illegal immigrants, and set up a good guest worker program. This would practically eliminate the the problems these people face.
  2. The Obama administration is considering prosecution of former Bush administration officials for giving legal advice on torture. This is a very bad thing. It sets up the scenario of the party in power being afraid to relinquish it when they are voted out of office. Part of what has made the government of the USA stable is the fact that government officials do not face imprisonment or death with a change in power. By going after these officials, they will be adding destabilizing factors to future changes of power. I will admit that the Republicans started this by going after Clinton for what was, in wider and long term view, a trivial matter. But, it doesn’t make doing this right.
  3. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has incorporated the Second Amendment.
    This is a good thing. It means that they have ruled that the Second Amendment applies to the federal, state, and local levels of government. Now, we need to get it to the Supreme Court so it will apply nationwide.
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They Just Don’t Get It

April 9, 2009

Apparently, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was on Good Morning America (I can not find a direct link to the transcript, this is the video) saying that they needed to get a compromise on a new assault weapons ban that includes registration and prohibit the transportation of weapons across state lines. First of all, those who believe in the Second Amendment as an individual right compromised from 1934 to 1994. We are sick of compromising. Here is a novel approach. How about going after those who intentionally break the law and punish them to the fullest extent of the law.

As to registration, why? Registration will not solve or prevent any crimes. Will the money from firearms registration be used to pay for free public ranges the way the money from vehicle registration does? The only reason I can see to register firearms is to take them away at a later date. If they want compromise, are they willing to accept the registration of printers, printing presses, and other means of using your First Amendment rights?

Also, why do they want to ban the interstate transportation of firearms? Are firearms that are legally transported across state lines that big of a problem?

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Boy Scouts Suing Philadelphia

May 27, 2008

Boy Scouts sue Phila. to stay in headquarters

Summary: The City of Philadelphia has been letting the local Boy Scouts Council to use a publicly owned building as headquarters for 88 years rent-free. Last October, the city gave them an ultimatum to allow atheists and gays to join, start paying a fair market rent, or get out by May 31. Now, the local council is suing to remain indefinetely.

Opinion: The BSA does have the right to say who can and can not join. However, other organizations and people have the right (in some cases the legal obligation) to withdraw their support when the BSA enforces discriminatory practices. I hope the judge laughs this case right out of the court room.

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