in defense of the 2nd amendment

this has taken sometime to write, so while it may seem i'm behind the curve, it is an ongoing and still highly relevant story.

the news media is awash with the story of sandy hook elementary school tragedy, and with good cause.  anyone who can not see the horror in the homicides of 20 young children and 7 adults, at the hands of a depraved individual, needs to have their head examined, and probably be removed from society.

notice how i did not refer to that connecticut piece of shit as either a young man, troubled young man or alleged shooting suspect?  did you also catch how i did not refer to the weapon he used to commit these killings?  in doing those two things i squarely fixed the blame to the offender for those outrageous acts he perpetrated on innocent children, school staff, their families and the community as a whole.  i also did not attack the manufacturer of the device the guilty used  to carry out his attack.

i can clearly see who was responsible for the massacre in newtown, but many among us can not.   the brass had not even finished hitting the floor, and the usual democrats were sprinting to the nearest camera and microphone, to renew the call for a reinstated and stricter assault weapons ban. to wit, dianne feinstein's plan for gun restriction and registration which she would have banned include;

120 specifically-named firearms, certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one military characteristic, semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds.

feinstein's proposed legislation does include a "grandfather clause", but there is a catch, in that weapons must be legally possessed on the date of enactment, (GOOD IDEA), a background check be conducted on the current lawful owner and any transferee, that the type and serial number of the weapon be recorded, that the current lawful owner have positive identification, including photographs and fingerprints, and that a certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate state or local law. feinstein also wants any of these legally owned and currently privately held firearms treated, as NFA regulated firearms.

here are some questions to ask yourself, and anyone you meet, who wants to regulate/steal your freedom.

*why is it that gun owners have to have current identification, while persons who would vote do not?

*what purpose is served by photographing and fingerprinting lawful gun owners?  do liberals really believe that if ATF had Nancy Lanza's pic and prints on file, that none of this would have occurred?

how about this OP-ED piece written by current sitting federal judge larry burns, for the l.a. times, in which he states, in part, "There is just no reason civilians need to own assault weapons and high-capacity magazines", and called for a renewal of the assault weapons ban, "with some teeth this time", by the,  "Ban (upon) the manufacture, importation, sale, transfer and possession of both assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.... I don't care whether it's called gun control or a gun ban. I'm for it."

now i did not go to law school like old larry here, but i'm going to guess that what he is advocating   is a violation of our civil rights, namely the IV amendment.  i also know that larry is seated for life to rule from that bench, but if his vision was to come to fruition, i hope he has the guts to go and confiscate these "assault weapons" and their evil magazines, in stead of just sending common cops to what will probably be a blood bath.

time for a bit of honesty here.  is there anyone out there who truly thinks that if that asshole had broke out the window at sandy hook, and walked in with a hatchet and machete, that he could not have completed this atrocity?   the answer is yes, there really are folks who think it might not have been so bad.  but i'm here to tell you those folks are wrong.

i say this because i know there was NO ONE in position to stop the killer.  i say this while having a great deal of respect for a true hero, DAWN HOCHSPRUNG, who attacked the killer upon his entry to her school, with her bare hands.  now think about the courage and resolve that act took, knowing she probably had ZERO chance of success, but trying anyway.  now think about what she could have done if she had been armed and reasonably trained.

oh, the scorn and derision heaped upon wayne lapierre of the NRA, for just suggesting that idea.  but he is right.  when seconds count, the cops are minutes away.  no disrespect intended toward those on the thin blue line, but it is the truth.

it is time to arm our teachers, not all of them, but certainly those who are willing.  as  LTC. Dave Grossman  points out repeatedly, we have spent lots of money to insure no children die in school fires in the UNITED (divided) STATES, but refuse to harden our schools to these type of attacks.  this is all that lapierre was telling us to do.  have you ever wondered why nuts rarely attack police stations or gun stores, but enjoy shooting  up schools, churches, movie theaters, malls, office complexes and the like?  it's because politicians have not (yet) made it illegal for those who frequent cop and gun shops to carry guns.  that and the fact that those with guns in those places are highly likely to shoot back.

bob costas opined on this while talking out his ass about the aurora theater shooting.  in addition to falsely claiming that that nut job took military grade artillery into the theater, he stated that he felt that the presence of an armed citizen in the theater, would have only added to the carnage.  here i strongly disagree with the little  sports caster from commack, new york.  as any good combat veteran could tell mr. costas, had he bothered to ask, no OPLAN survives initial contact.  that means that when the "joker" entered the century theater and started shooting unarmed people, if a CCW holder had been present, and could have put rounds on target, things would changed for that piece of shit.  now instead of  being the hunter, the "joker" would have become the hunted.  he would have had to deal with whoever was trying to kill him or have had to unass the area of operations. and that means others may have lived.

so what does all this equal.  well the obvious, that the liberals want to control every part of your life, including your potential death.  they proclaim, outsource your personal safety to the government, and the government will, well they will probably fuck it up.  look no further than operation FAST & FURIOUS, and the 2 known U.S. deaths associated with that debacle.  how about the botched F.B.I. "investigation" into ft. hood shooter nidal hussein, before he started killing people?  the Christmas day airliner bombing attempt?  that guy was stopped by a dutch film maker, and not the U.S. counter terrorism center, who had received a tip from british intelligence prior to that attack.

here is an often repeated refrain familiar to regular readers of this blog.   prepare yourself and do not rely on anyone else for your safety.  madison and mason knew this when they included the 2nd amendment to the Constitution in 1789.  we should endeavor to remember that, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, in order to form a well regulated militia, which is necessary for the security of a free state, shall not be infringed.  while i have changed the syntax of the statement, i did not change its meaning, just re-worded it for modern speech patterns.  nowhere in either of those statements can you find any prohibition on the type of arms that citizens may possess.  do your duty as prescribed by the founding fathers or at least support the citizens and organizations who defend that right for you. 

 

Merry Christmas

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this veterans day

at the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month of  the year 1918, the "war to end all wars" was concluded with an armistice, in a rail car near Compiegne, France.  this agreement ended hostilities between the allies and germany, but it was the treaty of Versailles that actually ended WWI.

the first armistice day was commemorated on  November 11, 1919, by presidential proclamation of  commander and chief  woodrow wilson who stated, "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."  this was a way to memorialize those who died during the great war.  a similar resolution was passed at congresses request by calvin coolidge on 4 june 1926.  armistice day became a legal holiday by act of congress on 13 may 1938.

the name of this holiday remained in effect until 1 june 1954, when congress official changed the name from armistice day to veterans day.  this was due to 9 years of work by WWII veteran raymond weeks, and honors all veterans, memorial day being the day we honor our fallen service members.

yesterday our town dedicated it's new veterans memorial, it took only 11 months to be constructed,  from ideas first being floated to the dedication ceremony.  on the black granite panels are the names of over 400 local residents who have died in military service to our country.

there has been a lot of talk this week about how "i'm fed up" and "i'm finished, my vote doesn't count for shit anyway."  really?  we lose an election and you are ready to curl up in a ball in some corner and die?

                            HARDEN THE FUCK UP AMERICA

there are men in the ground and wheel chairs and mental hospitals who willingly gave their best efforts and in many cases their lives, so that you could have a say in how you are governed.  read the stories from the revolution about the continental army, marching over frozen ground with rags on their feet, to fight the best army in the world at that point, so that they could establish our republic. go find a veteran and listen to him tell stories of friends made and lost in far off places.  then come tell me about lines at polling places being too long or your vote being worthless.

the freedoms we enjoy are not due to the "hard" work of journalists, politicians, lobbyists, lawyers or protesters, but rather the lowly grunt, who has been putting his feet in the mud and ass on the line for people he  largely does not even know, since 1775.

if you can read this thank a teacher, if you are reading it in english, thank a vet.

vote for change november 6th

i've been quiet for some time now.  wishing for something better and preparing for something worse.  i have a bit of time, so now that i've gathered my thoughts, i'll share them.

4 years ago barrack obama made history as the first black man to become the president of the UNITED STATES.  at the time i posted on a blog i previously wrote, that i wished him luck, as a rising tide floats all boats.

as i sit and write this tonight, i look around the harbor and see many vessels that have had their hulls holed, and are sitting in the muck of a low tide.  i see a president who has asked AMERICANS to do without and to dig a little deeper, as he golfs and vacations like a trust fund millionaire.  rising food and fuel prices have not kept him from flying a chef from st. louis to the white house to make him pizza.  how many of you have had to decide over pizza OR gas these last 4 years?

the wife and i consider ourselves lucky that we got to see Toby Keith and Brantley Gilbert in concert in CANADA of all places, while on vacation this summer.  over the last 4 years mr. obama has enjoyed performances by; paul mccartney, smokey robinson, joan baez, the marsalis family, (wynton came to town last year, and i'd have liked to gone, but not for $140 a ticket), bob dylan, earth, wind and fire, shelia e., stevie wonder, b.b king, the list is endless, and they all came to him.  how many concerts have you had to pass up since january 2009?

the man that came into office as a uniter and healer wasted no time in accenting the divide between blacks and whites in the country, by telling us how his white grandma, who loved and raised him, was afraid of black men on elevators.  who played up blacks distrust of police with  his 'the cambridge police acted stupidly' blast.  by inserting himself into the george zimmerman case asserting, 'if i had a son he'd look like treyvon.'

a man that swore to'....the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.'  that would be all of the articles of the Constitution, not just the ones he likes.  allowing ATF to smuggle guns into mexico and then attempt to prosecute the gun shop owners who sold those firearms at the ATF's request,  is not preserving, protecting or defending the 2nd amendment. .invoking executive privilege after some of those same guns killed Jaime Zapata and Brian Terry, is not upholding the 5th and 14th amendments.  it is unconstitutional to require citizens to participate in commerce, and to tax or penalize them if they fail to do so. 

is he the commander in chief, campaigner in chief or chief apologist?  taking the bow for green lighting bin ladens death, an order my 6 year old would have given, is simply craven.  and this is  perhaps his strongest  character trait.  this man has blamed a shrinking workforce on everything from ATM machines to the japanese tsunami.  the massacre in libya?  that was caused by a crap movie tied to a coptic christian.  and after those 4 AMERICANS were killed, he went on letterman, again.  and he still does not apparently know the national debt.  if reelected, who's left for him to curtsy to?  we can surmise that he intends to further gut or military based on his conversation with medvedev, and the message he asked medvedev to relay to putin.

nothing matters more to this man than power.  not the death of the grandmother who raised him.  not a supposed financial meltdown as bad as the great depression.  those things barely got him off the campaign trail in 08.  not bengazi and not sandy these last couple of months.  and sure as shit not you, or the difficulties you and your families have had to stare down since january 08.

mr. obama is right about 2 things however.  that we should drive FORWARD to the polls and AVENGE the insults and injuries of the last 4 years.  

pay attention

so i see in the news yesterday that the government wants to purchase a HUGE quantity of  Meals Ready to Eat.  the numbers i have seen fluctuate on the low side at 14 million, to the high end of 420 million. the question begging for an answer is why?  why does the government need so much shitty vittles on hand, and why are they purchasing SO much ammunition?

last week MARK LEVIN reported that the Social Security Administration was trying to buy 175,000 rounds of handgun ammo.  this is on top of  Homeland Security ordering 450 million rounds of 40 cal earlier in the year.

practical guy that  i am,  i know there are NO SMG's chambered for .357 SIG, the Social Security round. KRISS and Heckler and Koch both make sub guns in 40 cal..  that said, 450 million is a shit load of bullets, and DHS already have M4's chambered for 5.56, so i doubt they are buying lots of sub guns.

so why all the beans and bullets?  mr. obama and the liberals are drawing down the military, just like every democrat administration before them.  no really pressing need to feed the troops, when there are no troops. everyone who knows, knows, that pistol caliber ammo is a poor man stopper compared to rifle rounds.

is the government really planning mass subjugation of AMERICAN citizens?  or is it something else, leading to that end?

remember that the libs want to take guns out of the peoples hands.  to that end they have passed; assault weapons bans, magazine capacity bans, monthly firearm purchase limitation, mandatory identification checks upon purchase of ammunition, and want to tax every gun you own, tax the living dog shit (500%) on ammunition sales, and have manufacturers micro stamp all ammunition. 

i think currently that the government is trying to play both ends of the field.  stock up for future problems, and take commodities off  the market so you can't prepare.  previously i have tried to raise situational awareness in my 4 part are you ready series.

whatever is troubling the feds should worry you as well.  go buy your beans, bullets, water, band aids, and shit paper.  use cash for these purchases, and stay vigilant.

a real lion of detroit

the lion has for centuries been used to symbolize strength, courage, and as protector of culture.  this story is about a REAL lion of detroit.

on wednesday  august 8, several males converged on a detroit home, in the 6800 block of rutland, beating a 16 year old male there with a ball bat and gun, as they stole an xbox and wii games from the home.   the boys 12 year old sister was present and began to take pictures of the suspects, who then chased her next door, pointing the gun at her, with the intent of killing her.

her grandfather, a marine corps vietnam vet and 2 time recipient of the Purple Heart, JOHN VILLNEFF, lived next door.  seeing the danger which had confronted his granddaughter, VILLNEFF stood in the gap for the last time, as he was fatally shot in the chest and back.  VILLNEFF was able to call his son michael on the phone telling him that he had been shot and was dying.  michael was so correct in saying that his father died a hero.

warriors have long used the lion as a symbol of their bravery and nobility, on their standards and coat of arms.  on shields, i have seen this expressed as "protector of those around me".  JOHN VILLNEFF was a proven protector of those around him in southeast asia, 40 some years ago, and last week in detroit.  and now he has been borne home on his shield, in true spartan fashion, a real lion of detroit.

it's been awhile since i have done my hero of the month posts.  i'm going to start again.  because of guys like JOHN VILLNEFF.  and i'm going to bestow an award called the ORDER OF THE LION, for those in our communities who protect those around them.

mr. roberts and the democrats

 john roberts explains just how wide taxpayers assholes will become under OBAMACARE.

everyone knows by now the news of the supreme courts decision on health care yesterday.  i think many AMERICANS are probably happy with the decision.  those would be the non productive members of our society.  the rest of us are going to pay a steep price for another one of obama's dreams, and johnnie boy sure looks to have cemented his place in AMERICAN jurisprudence history.

it's all speculation for now, but it certainly seems to me someone was more worried about his and his august predecessors and contemporaries legacy, rather than the people he presides over, to wit; "Members of this Court are vested with the authority to interpret the law; we possess neither the expertise nor the prerogative to make policy judgments. Those decisions are entrusted to our Nation’s elected leaders, who can be thrown out of office if the people disagree with them. It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.” 

maybe so, but if the guy the legislation is named for says it is not a tax, and the guy he sends to you to argue his point for him says it's not a tax, i think you side with them and say it's not a tax and throw it out.  what is too bad here, mr. roberts, is that we can't throw your ass out of office.

on the same day and week mr. roberts shit in our collective mess kits, (health care, arizona immigration law), his friends, the democrats in the house of representatives, continued to show their disdain for AMERICANS by walking out on the contempt of congress vote against eric holder.

 you know, eric holder who dropped the charges against the black panther party,  sued arizona over immigration enforcement and in the end is responsible for the fast and furious operation. 

you, YES YOU! you look like you were born here, give me your guns and let me see your papers.

while for the families it will always be about JAIME ZAPATA and BRIAN TERRY,  trust me when i say this is about all of us.  this is/was a concerted effort by democrats to disarm AMERICA.  and now that the shit is really hitting the fan they are closing ranks.  no other reason to invoke executive privilege, unless you got something to hide.

 i, eric holder, do solemnly swear, to cover barrack's ass in word and deed,

no matter whose blood is shed, to the best of my ability, so help me..!?!  who we swearing to?

i hope everyone remembers congress and the president for the contempt they have shown toward the  AMERICAN people come november.