Gun bans and anti-gun laws have always lead to one thing – more gun violence.
We owe it to innocent people to make this country as safe as possible. Sadly, in President Obama’s announcement every tragedy he mentioned was either in a state that aggressively restricts the right to keep and bear arms or was in a location that banned guns completely.
The White House has indicated they are willing to use Executive Orders to infringe upon the God-given right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment from government intrusion.
President Obama announced the specifics of his anti-gun sneak attack today, though he refuses to answer questions regarding his own illegal transfer of weapons to Mexican drug lords.
Among the Executive Orders issued are tracking of your firearms, which creates a de facto national gun registry, and a White House demand for laws regulating the private transfer of firearms.
In other words, if you give your son his first hunting rifle, you may face a prison sentence if you fail to get approval from the government.
Those proposals, along with others floated by the White House as presidential decrees, are cutting attacks on your right as a peaceable person to keep and bear arms for your defense. The ability to defend one from aggressors is a basic human right.
My staff is reviewing the Executive Orders. Should President Obama issue Orders infringing upon your basic human right, I am prepared to fight back with peaceable legislative force.
>> I will lead the fight to defeat the President’s dangerous legislative proposals.
>> I will seek legislation overturning the Orders.
>> I will seek legislation barring funds to enforce the Orders.
>> I will seek legislation to cut White House funding should the President issue and enforce such Orders.
>> I will support legal efforts to overturn the Orders in court.
I ask you to contact your representatives in the House and Senate at House.gov and Senate.gov and politely urge them to support efforts to overturn or defund any proposed executive actions and to defeat the President’s dangerous legislative proposals.
Now, I would hope those measures are enough to either deter President Obama or thwart his efforts.
However, if they do not or are unsuccessful I will consider speaking with my colleagues and filing articles of impeachment.
Impeachment is not something to be taken lightly. It is a grave and serious undertaking that should only be initiated in a sober and serious manner. It should be reserved only for most egregious of trespasses by the President.
I would consider using Executive Orders to engage in attacks on a constitutionally-protected right and violating his sworn oath of office to be such a trespass. The President cannot issue executive orders depriving the people of full access to an enumerated constitutional right.
I do not think it will come to that. The President is not an absolute ruler, and his actions and orders can be checked and balanced by the Congress and the courts – if the Congress is willing.
That is why I ask you to please contact your elected representatives at House.gov and Senate.gov and politely urge them to support legislative efforts to overturn and defund the president’s Orders, and to defeat his legislative proposals.
The right to keep and bear arms is a basic human right that has kept us free for over two centuries. With a vigilant citizenry eager to contact their elected officials and make their voice heard, it will continue to be that way.
“Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.” – Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas
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U.S. Representative Steve Stockman (TX-36)
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Impeach Obama and his whole crew already.
Feinstein, Schumer, Obama, Holder, Bloomberg, Cuomo, and their whole gang of progressive/Marxist/socialists are tyrant wannabes. To them, anyone who does, or might, oppose their control over every aspect of our lives, is “a criminal” because they said so.
To quote a few of their heroes, with explanatory comments in ( ):
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” – Mao
(They revere Mao and the way he ruthlessly grabbed power in China. The fact that he murdered about 100 million Chinese to do it is, to them, a “feature,” not a “bug.”)
“If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. … The only real power comes out of a long rifle. … Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach. … We don’t let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns? … The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.” — Joseph Stalin
“The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed the To quote a few of their heroes, with explanatory comments in ( ):
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” – Mao
(They revere Mao and the way he ruthlessly grabbed power in China. The fact that he murdered about 100 million Chinese to do it is, to them, a “feature,” not a “bug.”)
“If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. … The only real power comes out of a long rifle. … Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach. … We don’t let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns? … The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.” — Joseph Stalin
“The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed the subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the supply of arms to the underdogs is a sine qua non for the overthrow of any sovereignty.” — Adolf Hitler
(These psychopathic sociopaths in our government – and THEY ARE PRECISELY THAT, never make the mistake of doubting it – believe that they are anointed to be our rulers and that we are the equivalent of Hitler’s “subject races.”)
THOSE are the reasons why, and the sort of people who want to, disarm us.
These same people through DHS and other alphabet agencies have recently purchased over 1.8 BILLION rounds of ammo – enough to shoot every man, woman, and child in the country more than 4 times – ammo that’s illegal for military use under international law. Considering that you and I and all of the other US taxpayers are paying for all of this ammo, it’s frighteningly reminiscent of the story of political prisoners’ families being forced to pay for the bullets used to execute them … isn’t it?
If we allow these leftist control freaks to ignore and ultimately gut the 2nd Amendment, history will inevitably repeat itself. These “gun control” proposals have NOTHING to do with preventing crime, but EVERYTHING to do with CONTROL.
Hitler disarmed the Jews and others, then murdered about 15 million.
Stalin disarmed the Russians, them murdered about 40 million.
Mao disarmed the Chinese peasants, then murdered nearly 100 million.
The Turks disarmed the Armenians, then murdered 1.5-2 million.
Pol Pot disarmed the Cambodians and murdered millions.
Rwanda disarmed its ethnic groups, then murdered millions.
The list goes on … over 170 million people murdered BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS in the 20th century – AFTER they allowed those governments disarmed them.
They ALL thought “It can’t happen here” – until they were disarmed and it started, then it was too late. Don’t make the same mistake. Don’t EVER let your government disarm you.
The Founders knew that government, if not constrained at every step, will continue to accumulate power and control until it becomes tyranny. That’s why they feared standing armies and insisted that the “right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
“Never forget, even for an instant, that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away is to make you weaker than he is, so he can do something to you that you wouldn’t let him do if you were equipped to prevent it. This goes for burglars, muggers, and rapists, and even more so for policemen, bureaucrats, and politicians.” – Aaron Zelmanm
You are right. Obozo and his gun-freaks friends only want to take our self-defense/guns away to make us weaker than them so they can do to us what we wouldn’t let them do if we were armed. In other words, they have plans to assault us or kill us if we don’t cooperate.
Aaron,
This is Reuven Akiva ben Avraham…….To you Sir, I say mazel tov & Zei Gezunt……..I could not have
stated it better myself!!! However, in regards to the number of deaths attributed to the Communist Party,
between Trotsky, Lenin & Stalin, the actual record is close to 100 mil but who’s counting?? If you happen
to be a Russian Jew, who lived in what was once called “White Russia”, you certainly would be counting,
My Father – in law’s Father, who somehow escaped and no one in the family knows how. You are most
correct in the remainder of your commentary. According to “The Framers” of the Constitution, the specific reason for the creation and ratification of the 2nd Amendment was to place the ability of the citizenry to take immediate armed action against a tyrannical government, referring directly to our own!!! The ability for the citizenry to protect themselves from vandals, thieves, marauders and the like was only a positive byproduct of the Amendment. Again, Aaron, l’chaim veh shalom aleichem to you and yours, always,
Your Jewish brother, Reuven Akiva
Gun Crime at a all time low in 20 years.
I think it is shameful of this Administration using the Sandy Hooks Incident and children to push their Agenda.
This reminds me of the history of the Crusades where the so called “True Cross” and yelling “God Wills It!” to justify horrid acts of violence in the holy lands.
Here are some facts about Gun Crime and I hope people use these facts to obliterate the presidents course of action.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/06/11/12170947-fbi-violent-crime-rates-in-the-us-drop-approach-historic-lows?lite
http://www.examiner.com/article/censored-news-violent-crime-decreases-over-50-percent-last-15-years
http://www.oriontalkradio.com/images/US_murder_rates_20_yrs.gif
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8
http://www.oriontalkradio.com/gun_stats.htm
Obama has already committed more than enough impeachable acts involving his violation of his oath of office, Fast & Furious, Benghazi lies and coverup, refusal to enforce the laws of the land including DOMA and immigration law, violation of the war powers act in Libya, abuse of recess appointments, creation of a shadow cabinet of czars, misuse of executive orders, misuse of executive privilege (Fast & Furious), attacking the First Ammendment and now attacking the Second Amendment. You panty-waste prettily dressed, overpaid cowards in Congress have done nothing but let the tyrant dictator in the making get away with everything thus far. Why should we think you might do anything differently now?
“Executive Orders”: realize that the President is the honcho over the Executive branch….he’s sort of a CEO over the departments and bureaus established by the Constitution or legally formed by Congress.
The Constitution says that the President “….shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed…”
(which Obama has violated by instructing those beneath him to NOT enforce certain laws Congress passed pertaining to illegal aliens)
So ‘Executive Orders’ are merely instructions to those in the (surprise, surprise) Executive branch!
I should say “were”.
Because for decades Presidents have been using “Executive Orders” to LEGISLATE! (and, as usual, the Congress looks the other way)
Needless to say, the President is NOT authorized to legislate.
Which is exactly what Barack has done, amid raucous applause from the cretins who support him, regarding guns, among other things.
So if you really want to impeach, pal….you can start right now. (what he’s done fits nicely under ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’).
HIGH CAPACITY: when slaughtering defenseless people it matters not whether you have a 30-round magazine or three 10′s. Or a magazined bolt gun, for that matter.
Hi-cap weapons are very often used to send a hail of bullets towards the other guy in order to keep their head down while you walk up to them and around whatever they’re hiding behind….and shoot them.
Might be ideal if you’re out to stop a loonie in a school.
Assault weapons: are they not mere semi-auto’s dressed up with plastic parts to look like an AK-47 or an M-16? Or am I missing something here?
So what the hell is the big deal about how a weapon LOOKS?
But, as anyone who is educated in the least on the topic of guns and crimes, it is immensely evident that these federal edicts (unConstitutional as they may be) have nothing to do with protecting children in schools and EVERYTHNG to do with liberals dictating rules to others.
Liberals detest rules made by others [Constitution] but love to create their own (while often excluding themselves).
EVERY figure, statistic and fact belies their delusional rhetoric regarding firearms.
EX: Piers is promoting the fact that only 39 people died from gunshot last year in merry, olde England..
But that’s deceitful (deceit is ALWAYS evident in ALL liberal rhetoric!).
In 1996, the year before the English lost their right to self defense, there were 677 homicides.
In 2010, 12 years later, the number of homicides in England had dropped but 6% to 636; half a percent a year.
Which proves the old adage: Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.
In England, they were merely forced to switch weapons.
If banning guns really works….shouldn’t there have been ZERO, Piers? HUH?
“The President is not an absolute ruler, and his actions and orders can be checked and balanced by the Congress and the courts – if the Congress is willing.” Therein lies the problem. If the Congress was willing we would have all the facts about Fast & Furious and the miscreants would have been held accountable. If Congress was willing then the accessories to murder of 4 Americans in Benghazi, Libya would have been identifies and prosecuted. Thus far the Congress, even after Republicans got the majority in the House in the 2010 elections, has not been ‘willing’ to confront and openly oppose this tyrant. The Congress has no backbone unless the American people besiege it with phone calls, petitions, faxes, protests, etc. We elected the Congress to stand for the Constitution, our rights, our welfare, our happiness, our founding principles, our free enterprise system, our laws, our values and traditions. Progressivism is destructive and produces poverty, misery and antagonism. It must be fought with all our commitment and strength by our Congress. We are already on the road to tyranny and at some point there will be no turning back without severe consequences.
Ellman:
“…absolute ruler…” ?
The President is not a ruler in any sense of the word!
He presides over the Executive branch….the branch that carries out legislations from the congress!
He’s the commander-in-chief of the military in times of war.
Otherwise he’s a figurehead (signing treaties Congress authorizes/representing the USA to other countries/assuring that departments in his control exactly adhere to legislations they are entrutsted to put into action, etc.).
That’s pretty much it!
Over time, especially the last 12 years, and most especially the last 4, persons in that office have
completely disregarded the gutless Congress and the, at times wayward, courts and set off on the path to tyranny; authorizing usurping actions by their own hand (Executive Orders).
If one takes the perspective that EVERYTHING that has happened since Sept. 10, 2001 has been purposefully orchestrated….a hideous plan unfolds.
We are now witnessing the end game.
Better get pissed….real pissed….real fast.
[[ A 2007 special report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, reveals that approximately 8,000 — and, in certain years, as many as 9,000 African Americans are murdered annually in the United States. This chilling figure is accompanied by another equally sobering fact, that 93% of these murders are in fact perpetrated by other blacks. The analysis, supported by FBI records, finds that in 2005 alone, for example, African Americans accounted for 49% of all homicide victims in the US — again, almost exclusively at the hands of other African Americans.]]
He needs to pick up their guns, it looks like… and stop blaming the whites for all the murders.
“OMG!!! A racist!!!”
Nope.
If 93% of the fatal accidents on the road are caused by wheels falling off Chevy Impalas….would they recall ALL cars?
Or would they concentrate on Impalas….worry about the rest later?
Would they be discrimminating against Impalas….or merely responding to statistics?
I’m just asking…..
And asking people with open, balanced, logical minds (sorry, liberals: this leaves you out)
I have an idea that is not intended to be racist in any way but it would end most gun violence in large portions of this country, if that is what politicians are actually after. Pass a gun ban that only applies to blacks and browns as that is who is committing most of the crime.