Conservative Principles per Bill Whiittle

Bill Whittle sums up the conservative view of life quite nicely in this short video:  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjGsLmAXTYs

Bill as the Virtual President on Gun Control: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ELyG9V1SY

Fast & Furious: Another FNDD on Nov 18

FNDD = Friday Night Document Dump

Judicial Watch has finally received the documents referenced in the Vaughn Index from early in November -  see my post on November 5.

Judicial Watch Statement on Release of Enormous Trove of DOJ Fast and Furious Documents

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it received from the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) on November 18, 2014, a large production of documents pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious. The documents were forced out of the Obama administration through a June 2012 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and subsequent September 2012 FOIA lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. Department of Justice (No. 1:12-cv-01510)).

A total of 10,112 documents, comprised of approximately 42,000 pages, were disclosed to Judicial Watch in the new production.  The documents are being posted and most are now available on the Judicial Watch Internet site at http://www.judicialwatch.org/fast-furious-documents-released/.

Judicial Watch is asking people, in a crowdsourcing manner, to search for interesting things (read illegal) in these documents.

Also note that many of these documents just released by the "most transparent administration in history" are completely or almost completely redacted.

Also note that no one has yet seen any of these documents display a desire to get to the bottom of what happened in F&F.  It is all about CYA, attacks on Sharyl Atkisson, and attempts to justify the assertion of executive privilege, etc.

Fast & Furious: Finally Proof that Eric Holder and White House Covered Up

Judicial Watch last week finally received the thousands of document they have been fighting for in Court for two years.

Oops, sorry, not the documents themselves!  But they have received the Vaughn Index.  This is the index of all the documents that the Government did not release because President Obama claimed Executive Privilege.

From this index it is obvious that many of the documents and emails are actually not covered by executive privilege.  Such as, emails between Eric Holder and his wife where they discuss how they are working on keeping the documents from becoming public. 

This process began when Eric Holder was about to be held in Contempt of Congress and Obama declared executive privilege in an attempt to protect the Attorney General for stonewalling Congress.  Holder resigned in August, two days after a judge agreed that the Vaughn Index (1307 pages) and the documents (15662) must be released.

Listen to the interviews with Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch on the NRA News Cam & Company on October 24.  Also listen to the Cam & Company interview with John Hinderaker on Oct 27.  See www.nranews.com

Also go to the Judicial Watch web site at www.judicialwatch.org   and see a summary:  http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-key-fast-furious-information/

"Based on a preliminary review of the massive document, Judicial Watch can disclose that the Vaughn index reveals:

• Numerous emails that detail Attorney General Holder’s direct involvement in crafting talking points, the timing of public disclosures, and handling Congressional inquiries in the Fast and Furious matter.

• President Obama has asserted executive privilege over nearly 20 email communications between Holder and his spouse Sharon Malone.  The administration also claims that the records are also subject to withholding under the “deliberative process” exemption. This exemption ordinarily exempts from public disclosure records that could chill internal government deliberations.

• Numerous entries detail DOJ’s communications (including those of Eric Holder) concerning the White House about Fast and Furious.

• The scandal required the attention of virtually every top official of the DOJ and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).  Communications to and from the United States Ambassador to Mexico about the Fast and Furious matter are also described.

• Many of the records are already publicly available such as letters from Congress, press clips, and typical agency communications.  Ordinarily, these records would, in whole or part, be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.  Few of the records seem to even implicate presidential decision-making and advice that might be subject to President Obama’s broad and unprecedented executive privilege claim.

UPDATE Nov 5:  On this day after the mid-term elections, where the referendum on President Obama's policies disclosed the depth of America's dislike for them, we learn of a Fast & Furious document dump on the eve of the election.

Yes, AG Eric Holder has finally released 64,280 pages of documents to the House Oversight Committee.  These are the ones mentioned in the Vaughn Index above.  Now we will really learn the  truth of Holder's malfeasance, of DOJ's obstructionism, and of the White House's part in this scandal.

See:  http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/391919/election-eve-dump-eric-holder-releases-fast-and-furious-documents-got-him-cited

See:  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/4/justice-dept-submits-64k-pages-fast-furious-docs/


Also from JW, news of a previous weapons trafficking operation carried out by a DOJ prosecutor in Arizona and how Holder slowed down exposure of its existence:  http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2014/10/dojs-fast-furious-prequel-failed-grenade-running-operation/ 

Executive Orders: Obama bans AK Imports

Obama Bans AK-47s with Executive Order 13662

July 17, 2014

From Freedom Outpost by Dean Garrison: obama-bans-ak-47s-executive-order-13662/

On Wednesday, Barack Obama used his powerful pen to effectively ban AK-47s, and other Kalashnikov Russian-made imports, indefinitely. This will include the import of parts and accessories so it affects current owners as well as those looking to make a new purchase. If you like your gun, you can keep it. Just don't expect to be getting parts for it without paying a small fortune.

The Executive Order was issued under the guise of punishing Russia with more sanctions. Considering AK-47s are one of the weapons that this administration, and certain members of congress, have been looking to ban, that excuse doesn't seem to hold much credibility. As John Galt said, "The good news is Obama has not banned Vodka imports from Russia yet, probably because he is the biggest homolush in Amerika."
Don't be fooled. There is always an agenda.
The ban is effectively against all AK-line Kalashnikov imports, which obviously covers much more than just AK-47s.
Kurt Nimmo reports:

Obama exploited the conflict in Ukraine to target the importation of the popular AK line of firearms manufactured by Kalashnikov Concern in Izhmash, Russia. The unconstitutional ban includes the Saiga line of rifles and shotguns.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) attempted to soften the blow by stating the executive order does not outlaw Kalashnikov firearms legally purchased in the United States prior to the ban.

The OFAC, according to its website, "administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States."

The criminalization of an entire line of foreign manufactured firearms is possible under "national emergency powers" and there is no appeal process.

No appeal process? I thought I was living in America.
Is this the "Hope and Change" that people voted for?
You can read the details of the sanctions here or you can simply stick a fork in your left eye if you are looking for something more pleasant.
Obama can play games all he wants but MSNBC viewers better not find out about this. In a recent poll, 88% of MSNBC viewers supported constitutional carry.
Wake up America. You are being lied to and the man in the Oval Office cares not what you think. He only cares about what he wants you to think.

Obama Above the Law: Operation Choke Point

This post starts a new list of offenses by the President and the Obama Administration, in which they ignore existing law, or bypass Congress by means of executive orders, or simply just proceed with their ideology by means of administrative fiat.

First up is Operation Choke Point, in which the Administration and DOJ attempt to choke off (read: destroy) third party payment processors, payday lenders, and online lenders.  Also frightening, there is intimidation of banks to make it difficult for small vendors in businesses that the DOJ sees as "not socially acceptable" to use credit card services.  Such businesses include firearms and ammunition sellers, 

"The operation is headed by political operatives and career bureaucrats at the Department of Justice, the FDIC, and the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"). It appears to be the latest example of the Obama administration's successful efforts to weaponize the apparatus of the federal government against people and industries it opposes ideologically."

See here Breitbart's breaking story from yesterday:  Obama-Administration-s-Operation-Choke-Point-On-Mission-to-Destroy-Key-Sectors-of-Private-Lending-Industry

See here where Darrel Issa questions Eric Holder about Choke Point:  Congressman-Issa-Demands-Answers-from-Attorney-General-Holder-on-Operation-Choke-Point

And here see the full text of an article from which the following scary quote emanates:  Obamas-operation-choke-point-plan-create-more-federal-dependency

"As we see it, “Operation Choke Point” is part of Obama’s long term plan to remake American society by killing-off any inclination to be self-sufficient among America’s working poor, who are the primary users and beneficiaries of short-term lending."

Washington, DC -Still Treating Gun Owners Like Criminals

Treating gun owners like criminals

By Emily Miller, Washington Times (DC) November 22, 2013 6:50 am

The 1,800 or so criminals who have killed, robbed or assaulted innocent people in the District of Columbia so far this year were hauled into the police station to be fingerprinted, photographed and forced to undergo a criminal-background check. Now legal gun owners who have committed no crime are getting the exact same treatment. It's not fair.
The latest gun-control scheme that starts on Jan. 1 will force every legal firearm owner in the nation's capital to go in person to police headquarter to renew their registration certificates.
The Metropolitan Police Department filed proposed rules last week, and citizens have until Dec. 15 for comment. To avoid becoming a felon, anyone with a gun registered before 2011 will have to go to police headquarters to be fingerprinted, photographed, provide proof of address, pay a fee and confirm they may still legally possess the firearm. The Firearms Registration Section will then create a new registration certificate - now in the form of an ID card - for each gun.
This operation could end up making the rollout of Obamacare look smooth and easy. The police propose scheduling everyone in three- month windows based on their birthday. The eight windows start on Jan. 1 and go through 2015. They intend to set up an online system to make an appointment.
The department is trying to set up a system to accept credit cards for the $13-per-gun fee, but that has not been finalized. George Lyon, who was a plaintiff in the original Heller case, pointed out that it will cost him $104 to re-register his eight guns. "I don't see that they need a re-registration system at all," the Washington lawyer told me. "But if they do, this whole thing ought really to be done online, automated and without adding more fees."
The registration-renewal requirement is already being challenged in court. Heller v. District of Columbia - commonly known as "Heller II" - takes on the entire registration law that was enacted in 2009 after the Supreme Court overturned the District's 30-year-old handgun ban in the original Heller decision.
Dick Heller, the lead plaintiff, told me of the requirement, "What's the point? Will that make the bad guys come down and register? Nope, just the law-abiding."
Heller II is pending in federal district court with each side filing motions for summary judgment this month and next. "Re- registration is onerous and completely unnecessary and is a trap for the unwary," said Stephen P. Halbrook, the lead attorney for Heller II. "Fail to re-register for whatever reason, and you're committing a crime - possession of an unregistered firearm. This is plain harassment for exercise of a constitutional right."
The renewal process was supposed to be done online and by mail and start in 2012, but the police were not able to create a system to do it in time. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier testified before the D.C. Council's Judiciary Committee in January 2012 against keeping the three-year limit on certificates because her department did not have the resources, and so it "may cost more than the potential benefit." City Council Chairman Phil Mendelson refused to let it drop, but passed a law to give D.C. police a two- year extension. In an interview late Wednesday, Mr. Mendelson said that, "The reason for renewals is to make sure people don't become disqualified to own a firearm."
The whole convoluted scheme will not do a single thing to make the city safer. Fingerprints don't change. The only reason for forcing a resident register all over again is the police didn't use a system that was able to retain the fingerprints until March of this year.
It is unnecessary to prove your home address or ownership because the law already dictates that a gun owner must notify the registry office with a change of address or gun sale, so the registration does not change otherwise.
Most importantly, the police can easily check if a registrant is still legally able to possess a gun by running his name and Social Security number through the FBI's background-check system.
A police spokesman estimates there are approximately 30,000 firearms registered to private citizens in D.C. This number is remarkably low for a city of 600,000 because most law-abiding people won't go through the 11 steps necessary to register. As Mr. Heller pointed out, the criminals aren't showing up at police headquarters to offer up their fingerprints or take a written test before buying guns.
Gun registration is a clear violation of the Founding Fathers' intent that the Second Amendment would prevent government tyranny. Once the government knows about every single gun owned by each citizen, then an armed populace is no longer a deterrent.
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Emily Miller is a senior editor of opinion for The Washington Times and author of "Emily Gets Her Gun" (Regnery, 2013).

More People Want Guns than Obamacare

Another good data bit from Bob Livingston's Personal Liberty Digest:  
Original link:  bar-graph-people-want-guns-a-lot-more-than-they-want-obamacare/

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Three takeaways here: One – the Federal government can build a complex networked database that handles high volumes if it wants to; Two – Healthcare.gov isn’t experiencing high volumes of traffic by any applicable standard; and Three – people are a hell of a lot more interested in buying guns than they are in buying Obamacare.

The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) system processed 1.68 million applications for background checks for would-be gun buyers throughout the Nation in October. During the same month, Healthcare.gov managed to enroll 49,100 people in Obamacare.
Here’s how that looks in a bar graph (H/T: ZeroHedge):

Grimes 2nd Law - The News Formula

Kyle Wintersteen at Guns & Ammo on October 28, 2013 has a interesting article about why the media covers some violent crimes (13 Navy Yard killings vs. 13 Chicago school yard woundings) and not others.  Is it because they are biased, lazy, or affected by other factors.  In the article he refers to media Prof. Charlotte Grimes, Knight Chair in Political Reporting at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She has developed a formula that relates many factors common to news items and provides "a common sense explanation of what the media considers newsworthy, as well as a sobering look at today’s fragmented information world."

Read more: http://www.gunsandammo.com/2013/10/28/shooting-national-tragedy/#ixzz2jKMmUpYO

See Prof. Grimes here:  charlotte-grimes

Grimes' Second Law:  The News Formula

N / Di(prx) x I x Du x T x R x P x Cf/Cr x Ch x Hypcrsy x U x Factor X = News Value

Variables:

N = number of people affected by event, issue, policy

Di = the physical distance those people are from the news organization's home community—Baghdad and Syracuse, for example. Also considered the PRX or PROXIMITY to the news organization’s home community.  Or the emotional or psychological distance between the subject and the reader, say, a welfare mother and an affluent suburbanite. The closer the event or person is, geographically or emotionally, the higher the news value. 

I = the intensity of the effect, such as death being a more intense effect than injury, or injury more intense than damage to property

Du = the duration of the effect, such as the longer-lasting effect of an atomic bomb or tsunami, compared to a temporarily closed bridge

T = the timeliness of the event–today, yesterday, last year

R= the rarity of the event, issue, policy. An atomic bombing is rarer than a hurricane; a hurricane is rarer than a thunderstorm; a "First" – as in "first Hispanic as U. S. Attorney General" or "first woman

or African American as Secretary of State" – has high rarity value

P = the prominence of the people involved, as a plane crash in which one of the passengers is the president compared to a senator

Cf/ Cr = the conflict or controversy surrounding the event

Ch = the change, and its degree, from the usual or normal

Hypcrsy = hypocrisy – people saying one thing/doing another or contradicting their public images – always has high new value, especially for politicians

U = the usefulness to the audience of the information

Factor X = such variables as sex, money, children, pets, human interest, a slow news day when nothing else is going on, or an editor's whim

ATI Moving to South Carolina

Elections have consequences.  We hear that a lot.  One consequence of electing Governor Ed Cuomo in New York State, plus of lot of liberal legislators, is the SAFE Act which imposes draconian limits on firearms.  The cost is hundreds of jobs.  From the blog Albany Watch:  Firearms-maker-leaves-rochester

Firearms maker leaves Rochester to “a state that is friendly to the Second Amendment rights of the people”

29 October 2013, 10:15 am by Joseph Spector in Other - No Comments

American Tactical Imports is leaving Rochester for South Carolina, blaming the move in part on the state’s gun-control law passed in January.
“As one of the gun industry’s top importers and manufactures of firearms and firearm related accessories, ATI’s decision to relocate is two-fold,” the company said in a news release yesterday. “ATI believes it is imperative that a firearms importer and manufacturer do business within a state that is friendly to the Second Amendment rights of the people.
“It is also important that ATI be close to the port-of-entry into the country for several of their imported products. The relocation to South Carolina ensures that both of these factors are met.”
It was unclear how many jobs will be lost in Rochester because of the move, but the company said the relocation will have a $2.7 million impact on the Summerville, S.C., community and create an estimated 117 new jobs in the area. Summerville is near Charleston, thus providing port access.
The move is slated for next month. The company is receiving tax incentives to leave, as well.
“This move to South Carolina will help ensure a solid foundation for our company,” said Tony DiChario, the company’s president, in a statement. “The relocation process will be smooth and we have ensured that the process will not affect customer service, product distribution or any other segment of our business. The people of South Carolina have welcomed ATI with open arms and we are excited about making our new corporate home there.”
Rockland County-based Kahr Arms announced in July it was leaving New York for Pennsylvania, blaming the move on New York’s gun-control law.
Remington Arms, based in the Mohawk Valley, has also dealt with questions about whether it would move out of the state and has been wooed by other states. But the company hasn’t said it would leave.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is quoted in the press release touting the ATI move.
“Today’s announcement is another testament that South Carolina is a destination for job-creating investments,” Haley said in a statement. “We celebrate American Tactical’s decision to invest in Dorchester County.”
ATI says it is one of the nation’s top importers and manufactures of firearm-related products.

Police State Alive and Well in Our Nation's Capital

Do we live in a police state?  Judge for yourself.  From the Washington Time's Emily Miller:

D.C. businessman faces two years in jail for unregistered ammunition, brass casing

Mark Witaschek

By Emily Miller

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The Washington Times, Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Mark Witaschek, a successful financial adviser with no criminal record, is facing two years in prison for possession of unregistered ammunition after D.C. police raided his house looking for guns. Mr. Witaschek has never had a firearm in the city, but he is being prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The trial starts on Nov. 4.
The police banged on the front door of Mr. Witaschek’s Georgetown home at 8:20 p.m. on July 7, 2012, to execute a search warrant for “firearms and ammunition … gun cleaning equipment, holsters, bullet holders and ammunition receipts.”

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SEE RELATED: MILLER: Justice delayed is justice denied - Appeal for decision on D.C.’s gun carry-rights ban

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Mr. Witaschek’s 14-year-old daughter let inside some 30 armed officers in full tactical gear.
D.C. law requires residents to register every firearm with the police, and only registered gun owners can possess ammunition, which includes spent shells and casings. The maximum penalty for violating these laws is a $1,000 fine and a year in jail.
Police based their search on a charge made by Mr. Witaschek’s estranged wife, who had earlier convinced a court clerk to issue a temporary restraining order against her husband for threatening her with a gun, although a judge later found the charge to be without merit.
After entering the house, the police immediately went upstairs, pointed guns at the heads of Mr. Witaschek and his girlfriend, Bonnie Harris, and demanded they surrender, facedown and be handcuffed.
In recalling what followed, Mr. Witaschek became visibly emotional in describing how the police treated him, Ms. Harris and the four children in the house.
His 16-year-old son was in the shower when the police arrived. “They used a battering ram to bash down the bathroom door and pull him out of the shower, naked,” said his father. “The police put all the children together in a room, while we were handcuffed upstairs. I could hear them crying, not knowing what was happening.”

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SEE RELATED: MILLER: D.C. police help get firearms to National Cathedral for event to promote gun control

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Police spokesman Gwendolyn Crump would not provide further information on the events in this case.
The police shut down the streets for blocks and spent more than two hours going over every inch of his house. “They tossed the place,” said Mr. Witaschek. He provided photos that he took of his home after the raid to document the damage, which he estimated at $10,000.
The police found no guns in the house, but did write on the warrant that four items were discovered: “One live round of 12-gauge shotgun ammunition,” which was an inoperable shell that misfired during a hunt years earlier. Mr. Witaschek had kept it as a souvenir. “One handgun holster” was found, which is perfectly legal.
“One expended round of .270 caliber ammunition,” which was a spent brass casing. The police uncovered “one box of Knight bullets for reloading.” These are actually not for reloading, but are used in antique-replica, single-shot, muzzle-loading rifles.
This was the second police search of his home. Exactly one month earlier, Mr. Witaschek allowed members of the “Gun Recovery Unit” access to search without a warrant because he thought he had nothing to hide.
After about an hour and a half, the police found one box of Winchester .40 caliber ammunition, one gun-cleaning kit (fully legal) and a Civil War-era Colt antique revolver that Mr. Witaschek kept on his office desk. The police seized the Colt even though antique firearms are legal and do not have to be registered.
Mr. Witaschek is a gun owner and an avid hunter. However, he stores his firearms at the home of his sister, Sylvia Witaschek, in suburban Arlington, Va.
Two weeks after the June raid, D.C. police investigators went to his sister’s house — unaccompanied by Virginia police and without a warrant — and asked to “view” the firearms, according to a police report. She refused. The next day, the D.C. police returned to her house with the Arlington County police and served her with a criminal subpoena.
The Office of Attorney General of the District of Columbia Irvin Nathan signed an affidavit on Aug. 21, 2012, in support of a warrant to arrest Mr. Witaschek. A spokesman for Mr. Nathan would not comment on a pending case.
Mr. Witaschek went to the police station on Aug. 24 at 5:30 a.m. to turn himself in, but was not transferred to central booking until 11:30 a.m., at which time he was told it was too late to be arraigned that day. He spent the night in jail and was released the next day at 10 a.m.
Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier reserves such harsh tactics for ordinary citizens. When NBC News anchor David Gregory violated the gun-registration law last year by wielding an illegal 30-round magazine on live television, he was not arrested.
Mr. Nathan also gave Mr. Gregory a pass, writing that prosecuting him “would not promote public safety.”
Mr. Nathan, who is unelected, showed no such leniency to Mr. Witaschek. In September 2012, the attorney general offered Mr. Witaschek a deal to plead guilty to one charge of unlawful possession of ammunition with a penalty of a year of probation, a $500 fine and a contribution to a victims’ fund.
Mr. Witaschek turned down the offer. “It’s the principle,” he told me.
To increase the pressure a year later, Mr. Nathan tacked on an additional charge in August of illegal ammunition from the first, warrantless search. Mr. Witaschek chose to accept the risk of prison time by going to trial instead of pleading guilty.
The firearms laws in places such as the District of Columbia, Chicago, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey do nothing to reduce violence, but merely infringe on the Second Amendment rights of the law-abiding.
However, if these laws are going to be enforced, the police and government must treat everyone equally.
The charges against Mr. Witaschek should be dropped.
Emily Miller is a senior editor of opinion for The Washington Times and author of “Emily Gets Her Gun” (Regnery, 2013).

Dave Ramsey on Obamacare: It's the Math, Stupid

See here:  dave-ramsey-destroys-obamacare

Slippery Slope 2 - Rewriting History on 2nd Amendment

History is changing before our eyes.  And in many cases it is for the cause of progressivism and secularism and against religion and classical social morals.

Here is an example of how to cheat children out of their heritage, as sent to me by a friend:

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The propaganda press really hopes to secure itself from harm ..... However, he who gives up a little freedom for a little security soon has neither.

http://godfatherpolitics.com/12555/ap-history-textbook-rewrites-second-amendment/

"An AP (advanced placement) history textbook has rewritten the Second Amendment. 

"Here’s the Constitution’s wording: “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.” 

"Here’s the AP history textbook’s reworking of the text:  “Second Amendment: The people have a right to keep and bear arms in a state militia” 

"The revision interprets the Second Amendment in a way that concludes that the only way it’s constitutional to “keep and bear arms” is for a person to be part of a “state militia.” 

United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination gets it backwards as the following article points out: “The 2nd Amendment says that a militia is necessary to protect a free State, so in order to be able to have a militia, the citizens have a natural right to keep and bear arms and the government cannot infringe on that right."
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Note also, looking at the picture of the textbook page on the link above, you can see that the 1st Amendment has been paraphrased also, to the detriment of its original meaning. 

Added Sept 18:  More revisionist history involving this book:  Publisher-of-ap-history-book-containing-questionable-second-amendment-summary-has-direct-ties-to-common-core-and-theres-more

Added Sept 18:  The sad state of teaching revisionist history continues:  sc-school-teacher-tells-students-constitutional-cops-confiscate-guns 

Have Fun - Leading by Example

Teachers and school boards just can't seem to get the message:  America-has-become-the-no-fun-nation
Is the President leading the way? 

UN Arms Trade Treaty Will Destroy 2nd Amendment

President Obama is getting ready to sign the UN's ATT, on which his administration changed allegiance in April and joined the rest of the tyranny loving countries on the latest crusade to destroy the civil right of self defense worldwide, not to mention freedom of ownership of private property. This is a summary article from NRA and Washington times:

August 19th, 2013

The U.N. Comes After America's Guns - The White House readies to sign the Arms Trade Treaty.

The Washington Times | Bob Barr

Click here to view original article

The true scope of the anti-firearm crusade of the United Nations, which began more than a dozen years ago, finally is coming into clear focus, as the White House readies to sign the Arms Trade Treaty adopted with U.S. support this past April by the U.N. General Assembly. The reach of this long-term, carefully crafted agenda is truly breathtaking, going far beyond the publicly articulated goals of even the most radical of homegrown gun-control groups.

Since the first major U.N. meeting in July 2001, officially launching the so-called “Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects,” this bureaucratic behemoth on the banks of the East River in New York City has been attempting to stretch its tentacles into the domestic regulation of firearms. If the administration of President Obama signs the Arms Trade Treaty, the U.N. will have taken a major step toward its ultimate goal — regardless of whether the treaty is ever submitted to the Senate for ratification.

According to experts familiar with this process, the mere act of signing the treaty — a responsibility that would fall to Secretary of State John Kerry — would “obligate” the U.S. government as a signatory not to act “contrary to” its terms. Those “terms” are, to quote Ross Perot, the “devil in the detail” — found not only within the four corners of the document itself, but in companion, foundational documents on which it is based.
For example, a 2006 U.N. report (authored by an American academic, Barbara Frey) lays out with frightening clarity where advocates of the approach reflected in the Arms Trade Treaty are coming from.

According to this Eurocentric worldview, there is no “right” to self-defense, and the national government is obligated to restrict civilian ownership of firearms, including determining which citizens properly “understand” firearms and might, therefore, be permitted to possess them.

Another important but little-known set of documents that reveal the true purposes of the treaty were crafted by the U.N. Coordinating Action on Small Arms. These include the International Small Arms Control Standard, which is developing “modules” on gun control to serve as “model legislation” for countries that sign on to the treaty. The most relevant of these is the one titled, “National controls over the access of civilians to small arms and light weapons.”

One need read no further than the introduction to this missive to understand its goal. The operative focus is strict regulation of civilian possession of firearms by the “central” or national government. This is necessary because “some civilians misuse small arms” by using them illegally or “improperly stor[ing]” them. The document bases this notion of government control of firearms and ammunition on “international law” — an inaccurate interpretation of such body of laws, but one that fits conveniently the U.N.’s agenda.

From this global perspective, the International Small Arms Control Standard module then directs, in excruciating detail, the manner in which national governments should restrict access to firearms and ammunition:

• Restricting civilian possession of firearms only to those “at the lowest risk of misusing them.”
• Limiting sales and other transfers of firearms only to commercial transactions at licensed “sales premises” (in other words, no transfers at gun shows).
• Only persons licensed and periodically re-licensed by the national government could possess firearms.
• All firearms must be registered with the national government.
• All persons wishing to possess a firearm must pass a rigorous exam administered by the national government.
• All firearms must be stored in locked containers separate from ammunition, and “bolted to a heavy or immovable object.”
• Only a predetermined number of firearms and rounds of ammunition may be possessed by a properly licensed civilian.
• Magazine capacity is limited to 10 rounds.
• Possession of a firearm may only occur after a seven-day waiting period.
• No civilian could own or possess a firearm for self-defense unless he first demonstrates a clear and convincing need.
• Individuals licensed to own firearms are subject to periodic and random inspections of their homes or businesses.
• In order to be granted a license to possess a firearm, an individual must secure recommendations from “responsible members of society,” attesting to their “suitability to possess a small arm.”

The above list is by no means exhaustive of the restrictions in the U.N. model legislation, which is designed to limit the possession of firearms and ammunition to the smallest possible number of civilians, and it provides clear insight into where this process is going. If Congress fails to take swift action to prohibit the administration from implementing any part of the Arms Trade Treaty or taking any action pursuant to it, we now know exactly where we are headed.

Bloomberg Fails in Nevada: The People Defeat his Lobby

New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg hates guns.  Simple as that.  He runs the anti-gun organization Mayors Against Illegal Guns, MAIG, and he spends a lot of his own and his City's money on campaigningagainst 2nd Amendment rights.

Recently, he sent 10 of his lobbyists to Nevada to convince the Legislature to pass an anti-gun bill that limits private party transfers.  Many of these lobbyists had New York City ".gov" email addresses when they registered in Nevada.  Imagine the hubris:  A NY mayor uses public money to campaign in another state. 

The bill was vetoed by Governor Brian Sandoval yesterday, after an overwhelming negative response by Nevadans.  The volume of calls was so large they had to set up a separate vote phone line to handle it.

Scandals: Oh My! Eric Holder Lied Again

The IBD (Investors Business Daily) editorial for May 31, 2013 opines that AG Holder has been materially lying about lots of things for a long time.

See IDB here:  Eric-holder-repeatedly-lied-to-congress

Interesting commentary by J. Christian Adams, a former prosecutor at DOJ who quit because of conflict with his conscience, discusses this with Cam Edwards on Cam & Company - See June 3 show, 1st interview.

Holder is systematically packing the DOJ with radical racism lawyers.  He has hired 160 so far and has another 60 on tap.   The initial and prime example is the non-prosecution of the Black Panthers who wielded clubs at a polling station in Philadelphia in 2008.  See here:  New_Black_Panther_Party_voter_intimidation_case

United Nations: Arms Trade Treaty Signing

This week, John Kerry, US Ambassador to the United Nations, and eventually President Obama will sign the UN Arms Trade Treaty. 

This posting discusses how that will be an act that eventually will destroy the 2nd Amendment.  See here:  What-if-obama-signs-the-un-arms-trade-treaty?

I personally consider that signing this Treaty is tantamount to treason, for both Kerry and the President.

Russia, India, China, and even Canada may not sign this treaty.

Update:  What game is Obama playing?  He is making sure no one notices.  See here:  UN-small-arms-treaty-may-be-signed-under-cover-of-darkness

Update for June 7:  Kerry and Obama still on track to sign the UN Arms Trade Treaty despite a majority of the Senate saying, "Don't do it."  See here:    Obama-to-ignore-senate-sign-2nd-amendment-violating-u-n-gun-treaty

Control

This post is about control. The control mechanism is gun control, but it will be knife control soon, and then baseball bats and golf clubs and who knows what else. It is about the vilification of a whole class of citizens (you and me) who will have done nothing illegal, but who will become criminals because of a long list of new anti-gun laws now being passed in Sacramento. These laws will do nothing to stop crime - they don't even pretend to. They are aimed squarely at the 45% of Californians who believe in the 2nd Amendment and self-defense as a human right. The majority politicians in Sacramento don't believe in those things. Thus they are attempting to control you and me with laws that will create new criminals. Because, it is true that innocent people cannot be controlled, thus you must create criminals.

Do you own a simple 60 year old Marlin Model 60 semi-auto .22 LR? If you do, soon that will be an "assault weapon" and you will be a criminal if you don't register it. After you register it, you can't loan it, or sell it, and it must be destroyed when you die.

Call your representatives and tell them to stop destroying your rights and confiscating your property. Call the Governor and tell him to veto all of these laws.

CA Ammo Tax - One More Insult

Once again the law-abiding are insulted.  We get to pay for the criminals.   This is a 10% tax.   There is another bill to tax each round or each component at 5 cents each.  Thus a 500 round box of .22 LR that is now $20 will cost $45.

See here:  california-approves-92m-ammo-tax-combat-gun-violence

Of course, none of this will stop any violence.

Are All Handguns Now Outlawed in California?

Not quite yet, but they may all be sold pretty soon and not very replaceable. 

AG Kamala Harris and her DOJ have done a new study and now determine that micro-stamping is available from more than one vendor.

(My opinion is that Kamala Harris is a freedom hating socialist and loves big government tyranny.)

The press release says micro-stamping is in immediate effect.  Handguns currently on the "safe" list are grandfathered.

I predict much confusion will result because of this.  It could mean no new guns are approved for sale in CA.  It could mean no imports of used handguns from other states via FFL transfers.  It will certainly mean many manufacturers will not be able to comply or wish to comply. 

Consider:  Micro-stamping puts small print on cartridge cases or primers by imprinting from the chamber wall or the firing pin.  The obvious flaw is that anyone can easily polish the tip of a firing pin or a chamber wall to remove the impressions.  Criminals will also go to ranges to pick up spent brass that they can scatter at their crime scenes and thus implicate innocent people.

THE GUN HATERS ARE WINNING!