Yes, Joel.
We would.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Law and Order
Correspondent Robert Lewis is angry over last night's episode of "Law and Order: Criminal Intent." They apparently used the show as a platform to seed the audience with gun control propaganda.
I've heard that L&O has long been a subversive show. I’ve never watched it myself, but I remember channel surfing through it and stopping long enough to hear Jerry Orbach’s character tell the crime scene photographer to “Send the pictures to Charlton Heston.”
That was enough for me.
Richard Belzer and his porn actress wife signed a Violence Policy Center letter urging Congress and the President to enact a “stronger assault weapons ban.”
Face it--the preponderance of TV shows glorifying cops and prosecutors enforcing "law and order" is no accident.
I've heard that L&O has long been a subversive show. I’ve never watched it myself, but I remember channel surfing through it and stopping long enough to hear Jerry Orbach’s character tell the crime scene photographer to “Send the pictures to Charlton Heston.”
That was enough for me.
Richard Belzer and his porn actress wife signed a Violence Policy Center letter urging Congress and the President to enact a “stronger assault weapons ban.”
Face it--the preponderance of TV shows glorifying cops and prosecutors enforcing "law and order" is no accident.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Sure, Sen. McCain, It's Right Here in the Constitution
This guy is pure, megalomaniacal evil.
Yeah, I know he was a "war hero."
So was Benedict Arnold.
Yeah, I know he was a "war hero."
So was Benedict Arnold.
The War on the Bill of Rights
From JPFO:
The FBI is investigating library checkout records in its "War on Terror."
A librarian said "no."
"The Library had consulted their lawyer and done their homework, so they told the FBI that it would have to follow the proper procedures. About a week later, the FBI served a subpoena upon the Library, demanding a list of everyone who had borrowed that book since November 2001...
"After the Library's legal challenge, the FBI withdrew its request. Ms. Airoldi learned, however, that under the Patriot Act, the FBI could go to a secret court to obtain a court order to obtain the borrowing records."
That apparently is not good enough.
From The Washington Post:
"The FBI on Tuesday asked the U.S. Congress for sweeping new powers to seize business or private records, ranging from medical information to book purchases, to investigate terrorism without first securing approval from a judge...
"The proposed new powers, long sought by the FBI, have been added by Republican lawmakers, acting on the wishes of the Bush administration, to the new draft of the USA Patriot Act."
How does the propaganda slogan go, "If you're not with us, you're against us"?
Squarely against over here, guys.
Oh, but wait, here's their rationale:
"Committee chairman, Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, noted that other government agencies already had subpoena power to investigate matters such as child pornography, drug investigations and medical malpractice. He said it made little sense to deny those same powers to the FBI to investigate terrorism or keep track of foreign intelligence agents."
No doubt the same treasonous black robes who rule the Second Amendment is a collective state power have abetted the destruction of the Fourth Amendment as well.
That doesn't make it right. That doesn't make it Constitutional.
Mr. Franklin warned us about trading liberty for security.
The FBI is investigating library checkout records in its "War on Terror."
A librarian said "no."
"The Library had consulted their lawyer and done their homework, so they told the FBI that it would have to follow the proper procedures. About a week later, the FBI served a subpoena upon the Library, demanding a list of everyone who had borrowed that book since November 2001...
"After the Library's legal challenge, the FBI withdrew its request. Ms. Airoldi learned, however, that under the Patriot Act, the FBI could go to a secret court to obtain a court order to obtain the borrowing records."
That apparently is not good enough.
From The Washington Post:
"The FBI on Tuesday asked the U.S. Congress for sweeping new powers to seize business or private records, ranging from medical information to book purchases, to investigate terrorism without first securing approval from a judge...
"The proposed new powers, long sought by the FBI, have been added by Republican lawmakers, acting on the wishes of the Bush administration, to the new draft of the USA Patriot Act."
How does the propaganda slogan go, "If you're not with us, you're against us"?
Squarely against over here, guys.
Oh, but wait, here's their rationale:
"Committee chairman, Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, noted that other government agencies already had subpoena power to investigate matters such as child pornography, drug investigations and medical malpractice. He said it made little sense to deny those same powers to the FBI to investigate terrorism or keep track of foreign intelligence agents."
No doubt the same treasonous black robes who rule the Second Amendment is a collective state power have abetted the destruction of the Fourth Amendment as well.
That doesn't make it right. That doesn't make it Constitutional.
Mr. Franklin warned us about trading liberty for security.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Open Inquiry to the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team
Since I seem to be fixated on numbers this morning, I have a couple simple questions for the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team:
Since your unit was activated in 1983, how much money, total, have your operations cost the American taxpayer?
How many hostages have you rescued?
How much is that per hostage?
Oh, I guess I also need to factor in how many "hostages" you haven't rescued...
By the way, you guys wouldn't happen to know anything about a BIG METAL DOOR, would you...?
Since your unit was activated in 1983, how much money, total, have your operations cost the American taxpayer?
How many hostages have you rescued?
How much is that per hostage?
Oh, I guess I also need to factor in how many "hostages" you haven't rescued...
By the way, you guys wouldn't happen to know anything about a BIG METAL DOOR, would you...?
The "pH" Factor
My Very Own Cultural Degeneracy Indicator
Google hits for “Patrick Henry”
“Results 1 - 10 of about 885,000 for ‘Patrick Henry’.”
Google hits for “Paris Hilton”
“Results 1 - 10 of about 6,060,000 for ‘Paris Hilton’.”
I wonder what the ratio of no return is, where the culture as a collective deserves to be doomed?
Google hits for “Patrick Henry”
“Results 1 - 10 of about 885,000 for ‘Patrick Henry’.”
Google hits for “Paris Hilton”
“Results 1 - 10 of about 6,060,000 for ‘Paris Hilton’.”
I wonder what the ratio of no return is, where the culture as a collective deserves to be doomed?
Monday, May 23, 2005
Josh Horwitz Waves Red Flag
"The standoffs at Ruby Ridge and Waco -- often cited as proof that the government can and does abuse its power -- illustrate why armed resistance is a dead end. Randy Weaver and David Koresh may have had good reasons to distrust the government, but they had no right to use private arsenals to keep the police at bay. Our system includes democratic safeguards, such as juries, that do not rely on the private force of arms."
Hey Josh--why don't you have "our system" find the damned steel front door from Mt. Carmel that somehow mysteriously disappeared from evidence custody--to help determine who actually shot first? And I'm sure Sammy and Vicki Weaver appreciate the jury trials they got.
Damned police state apologist. I suppose the Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighters "had no right to keep the [Nazis] at bay," either.
[Thanks to SaMaeL for the tip.]
Hey Josh--why don't you have "our system" find the damned steel front door from Mt. Carmel that somehow mysteriously disappeared from evidence custody--to help determine who actually shot first? And I'm sure Sammy and Vicki Weaver appreciate the jury trials they got.
Damned police state apologist. I suppose the Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighters "had no right to keep the [Nazis] at bay," either.
[Thanks to SaMaeL for the tip.]
The Clock is Ticking
Triggerfinger tells us "time is running out to comment on the FEC's rules for bloggers."
Giving Gun Owners the Finger
Say Uncle directs us to the loopy tale of former Bridgeport City Councilman Joel Gonzales, who cut off his finger in 1994 to protest private gun ownership.
The ridiculously over-dramatic Mr. Gonzales seems to think someone on eBay will give him $50,000 or more for the contraption he used to self-amputate. He plans to give half the money to a zoo, plus fund the insane fixations he deems "activism," including "strengthening gun control laws."
He apparently did it because he thinks the NRA controls the speaker lists at public hearings, and wanted to make his proposal to eliminate "gun crime" heard--that is, "amputating the trigger fingers (index) of anyone who use a firearm to commit a premeditaded [sic] crime."
"When I did it, people said I was crazy. I wonder what they are saying now," speculates Gonzales.
I think "crazy" about covers it, Joel.
But you might want to get a second opinion.
The ridiculously over-dramatic Mr. Gonzales seems to think someone on eBay will give him $50,000 or more for the contraption he used to self-amputate. He plans to give half the money to a zoo, plus fund the insane fixations he deems "activism," including "strengthening gun control laws."
He apparently did it because he thinks the NRA controls the speaker lists at public hearings, and wanted to make his proposal to eliminate "gun crime" heard--that is, "amputating the trigger fingers (index) of anyone who use a firearm to commit a premeditaded [sic] crime."
"When I did it, people said I was crazy. I wonder what they are saying now," speculates Gonzales.
I think "crazy" about covers it, Joel.
But you might want to get a second opinion.
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Despite All My Belly-Aching, I Couldn't Resist...
...and just devoured the first 3 chapters of "Out of the Gray Zone."
This is good stuff. I see Bill St. Clair is passionate in his praise:
"Wow! Claire and Aaron have hit the ball out of the park, hit it out of the city, hit it out of orbit, hit the moon, and put a hole clean through. And that's an understatement. Tears dripped from my face. Tears of joy. Tears of anger sated. Tears of hope for our world. May it never get as bad as they envisioned. May we, each contributing as he or she can, prevent that future, and listen to that inner voice of what is right, what is decent, what is necessary, what must be. And make it so."
Now I need to go work for a few hours so I can be back in time for my 10-year-old son's electric guitar recital.
No rest for the wicked, or some such...
This is good stuff. I see Bill St. Clair is passionate in his praise:
"Wow! Claire and Aaron have hit the ball out of the park, hit it out of the city, hit it out of orbit, hit the moon, and put a hole clean through. And that's an understatement. Tears dripped from my face. Tears of joy. Tears of anger sated. Tears of hope for our world. May it never get as bad as they envisioned. May we, each contributing as he or she can, prevent that future, and listen to that inner voice of what is right, what is decent, what is necessary, what must be. And make it so."
Now I need to go work for a few hours so I can be back in time for my 10-year-old son's electric guitar recital.
No rest for the wicked, or some such...
"Out of the Gray Zone" Arrived...
...in yesterday's mail, along with a very nice t-shirt. I got my order in early and got an autographed copy.
Can't wait to get to it--right now, in addition to working 7 days a week (plus many evenings) on my "real" job (which is typical for April through August), maintaining this blog, researching and writing my monthly GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column, giving the wife and kids the time of day, and keeping my house and yard chores from getting to the point where it would be easier just to torch the place, my time to read and then write reviews is a tad limited.
On that front, "Failing the Test," about JPFO's BATFU expose video, will appear in the next issue of GUNS, in stores around May 30--I'll do an announcement when it hits the shelves.
The editor gave me the green light to put something together on "The Black Arrow" in addition to my regular column, so that's another project in waiting. And I'm smack-dab in the middle of "Enemies Foreign and Domestic," which I want to read in one sitting, but which I'm finding difficulty getting to until bedtime--which means I generally make it about a page-and-a-half before exhaustion takes over.
But I'll get to "Out of the Gray Zone." It's just a question of when.
Oh, look--a package from the PO box--why, it looks like another book...
Can't wait to get to it--right now, in addition to working 7 days a week (plus many evenings) on my "real" job (which is typical for April through August), maintaining this blog, researching and writing my monthly GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column, giving the wife and kids the time of day, and keeping my house and yard chores from getting to the point where it would be easier just to torch the place, my time to read and then write reviews is a tad limited.
On that front, "Failing the Test," about JPFO's BATFU expose video, will appear in the next issue of GUNS, in stores around May 30--I'll do an announcement when it hits the shelves.
The editor gave me the green light to put something together on "The Black Arrow" in addition to my regular column, so that's another project in waiting. And I'm smack-dab in the middle of "Enemies Foreign and Domestic," which I want to read in one sitting, but which I'm finding difficulty getting to until bedtime--which means I generally make it about a page-and-a-half before exhaustion takes over.
But I'll get to "Out of the Gray Zone." It's just a question of when.
Oh, look--a package from the PO box--why, it looks like another book...
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Crime Gun Solutions--Who These Guys ARE
The names of the chief operators are: Joseph J. Vince Jr., Partner, Gerald A. Nunziato, Partner, Ronald Schuman, Partner, and Robert A. Ricker, Senior Executive Consultant.
"Crime Gun Solutions LLC (CGS) partners include the former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (BATF) Special Agent In Charge of the National Tracing Center, the former Chief of the BATF Headquarters Firearm Enforcement Division and the Crime Gun Analysis Branch, and the former BATF Criminal Enforcement Information Systems Development Program Manager."
Yep. BATFU careerists.
"CGS has worked with city law departments, State Attorney Generals’ Offices, major police departments, and private law firms in an effort to assist them in acquiring, analyzing, and utilizing crime-gun information."
So they're paid either by anti-gun politicians using money taxed from We the People, or by law firms suing gun makers?
"CGS has been praised for their work in educating judges and juries on the various aspects of using crime-gun information."
Yeah, "praised" by enemies of the Second Amendment. And ain't it ironic--no one is "educating judges and juries on various aspects of" the Constitution, the intent of the Framers, the Second Amendment, jury nullification...
I question the use of the photo of what looks like a dead guy on their home page--this looks like a real crime scene photo. Is it, and if so, who authorized its use in a for-profit venture?
I also find it very interesting that our old pal Robert Ricker is entrenched in the core of this cabal.
He was named CCRKBA's "Gun Rights Defender of the Month" back in February of 1999 [they have since removed this from their site, but it is preserved via The Wayback Machine. Bad move deleting it, Alan--our side shouldn't be the ones erasing history; you could have explained it by just admitting you were betrayed along with everyone else.]
"Just last month, for instance, in a major article on the growing number of lawsuits filed against firearms companies by big-city anti-gun politicians, The Washington Post reported that 'Bob Ricker of the American Shooting Sports Council, a trade association for gunmakers, vowed that his members won’t be intimidated into an out-of-court settlement, regardless of how many cities line up against them.
"Ricker also said the swarm of tobacco plaintiffs’ lawyers suggests that the suits against the industry are frivolous, the work of an opportunistic gang of legal predators.
"‘We’ll be able to show that what these lawyers are actually after is money,’ he said, a contention certain to become part of the gun manufacturers’ defense."
Now Robert Ricker is a leading voice FOR suing gun makers:
"Robert A. Ricker, former Assistant General Counsel for the National Rifle Association and former Executive Director of the American Shooting Sports Council, was scheduled to testify today in the NAACP's landmark lawsuit against the gun industry.
"Ricker recently revealed that the gun industry has long known its practices aid criminal access to guns yet has done nothing about it. According to a declaration he filed in another case, 'many manufacturers and distributors consistently refuse to address the problem of the 'felons among us.' They instead hide behind the fiction that as long as a retail dealer has a valid federal firearms license to sell guns, no attention to the dealer's business practices is required by its suppliers.'"
So was Robert Ricker lying then or is he lying now? How can we tell? And why would anyone give testimony from this Judas any credibility at all?
[Thanks to correspondent Bob Lewis for tracking down the CGS website!]
"Crime Gun Solutions LLC (CGS) partners include the former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (BATF) Special Agent In Charge of the National Tracing Center, the former Chief of the BATF Headquarters Firearm Enforcement Division and the Crime Gun Analysis Branch, and the former BATF Criminal Enforcement Information Systems Development Program Manager."
Yep. BATFU careerists.
"CGS has worked with city law departments, State Attorney Generals’ Offices, major police departments, and private law firms in an effort to assist them in acquiring, analyzing, and utilizing crime-gun information."
So they're paid either by anti-gun politicians using money taxed from We the People, or by law firms suing gun makers?
"CGS has been praised for their work in educating judges and juries on the various aspects of using crime-gun information."
Yeah, "praised" by enemies of the Second Amendment. And ain't it ironic--no one is "educating judges and juries on various aspects of" the Constitution, the intent of the Framers, the Second Amendment, jury nullification...
I question the use of the photo of what looks like a dead guy on their home page--this looks like a real crime scene photo. Is it, and if so, who authorized its use in a for-profit venture?
I also find it very interesting that our old pal Robert Ricker is entrenched in the core of this cabal.
He was named CCRKBA's "Gun Rights Defender of the Month" back in February of 1999 [they have since removed this from their site, but it is preserved via The Wayback Machine. Bad move deleting it, Alan--our side shouldn't be the ones erasing history; you could have explained it by just admitting you were betrayed along with everyone else.]
"Just last month, for instance, in a major article on the growing number of lawsuits filed against firearms companies by big-city anti-gun politicians, The Washington Post reported that 'Bob Ricker of the American Shooting Sports Council, a trade association for gunmakers, vowed that his members won’t be intimidated into an out-of-court settlement, regardless of how many cities line up against them.
"Ricker also said the swarm of tobacco plaintiffs’ lawyers suggests that the suits against the industry are frivolous, the work of an opportunistic gang of legal predators.
"‘We’ll be able to show that what these lawyers are actually after is money,’ he said, a contention certain to become part of the gun manufacturers’ defense."
Now Robert Ricker is a leading voice FOR suing gun makers:
"Robert A. Ricker, former Assistant General Counsel for the National Rifle Association and former Executive Director of the American Shooting Sports Council, was scheduled to testify today in the NAACP's landmark lawsuit against the gun industry.
"Ricker recently revealed that the gun industry has long known its practices aid criminal access to guns yet has done nothing about it. According to a declaration he filed in another case, 'many manufacturers and distributors consistently refuse to address the problem of the 'felons among us.' They instead hide behind the fiction that as long as a retail dealer has a valid federal firearms license to sell guns, no attention to the dealer's business practices is required by its suppliers.'"
So was Robert Ricker lying then or is he lying now? How can we tell? And why would anyone give testimony from this Judas any credibility at all?
[Thanks to correspondent Bob Lewis for tracking down the CGS website!]
Friday, May 20, 2005
Crime Gun Solutions--Who ARE These Guys?
Research led me to a post on The Freeholder from a month ago about Gerald Nunziato, a former BATFU careerist now a partner in a venture called "Crime Gun Solutions."
Per the Houston Chronicle: "'If it wasn't for criminals, there wouldn't be a gun industry in this country,' Nunziato said, adding that the claims of the NRA and other gun-rights groups that they are protecting law-abiding citizens with their policies are false.
"'The only people it's protecting are criminals.'"
So who is behind "Crime Gun Solutions"? Seems to be a bunch of ex-BATFUers and pals.
They’re at the forefront of trying to take militia suitable firearms away from We the People, throwing meaningless statistics into the mix just to sound authoritative: “Since the law’s enactment, the number of assault weapons at crime scenes has dropped 45% according to Crime Gun Solutions LLC, a consulting firm.”
If you read the fine print over at the Brady Center, you'll discover "firearms listed in this data are considered by BATFU to be 'crime guns,' which means they have been...[among other things--DC] suspected of having been used in a crime.[emphasis added--DC "
"Former ATF experts at Crime Gun Solutions, LLC, including the former Special Agent in Charge of ATF's National Tracing Center [that would be Nunziato--DC], analyzed the data for the Brady Center and support the study's conclusions."
CEO Joe Vince received special acknowledgement at the IACP Conference IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police) Crime Gun Interdiction Strategies for the 21st Century Summit.
The report introduces itself with quotes from Bill Clinton and Janet Reno. It provides a blueprint for achieving self-fulfilling gun control goals. This summit” was supported through a grant from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance,” that is, We the People were coerced into paying for this plot against our rights.
The Constitution and legitimate delegated authority and individual rights are not considerations. Nowhere in the summit report is the Second Amendment even mentioned.
Crime Gun Solutions is emerging as a leading subversive threat to the right to keep and bear arms. We'd all do well to keep a watchful eye on this group.
Of immediate concern: Where do they get their funding from? Do anti-gun groups like Brady Center pay for "research"? Does CGS receive money from any taxpayer-funded agency at any level of government? Who are the major investors who own it?
Be nice to track the ninja down and pull his mask off...
In the mean time, don't let the media get away with referring to them as "a consulting group" without acknowledging that they are agenda-driven. Ditto for any "authoritative" claims citing them as a credible reference. Write editors to correct the record whenever you see this occur.
These guys didn't succeed in disarming us when they were in jackboots. Now that they've discovered a more lucrative gig (and any bets that they also have healthy retirement benefits and pensions courtesy of the people they wish to disarm?), they may actually be more of a threat.
Treat them that way.
Per the Houston Chronicle: "'If it wasn't for criminals, there wouldn't be a gun industry in this country,' Nunziato said, adding that the claims of the NRA and other gun-rights groups that they are protecting law-abiding citizens with their policies are false.
"'The only people it's protecting are criminals.'"
So who is behind "Crime Gun Solutions"? Seems to be a bunch of ex-BATFUers and pals.
They’re at the forefront of trying to take militia suitable firearms away from We the People, throwing meaningless statistics into the mix just to sound authoritative: “Since the law’s enactment, the number of assault weapons at crime scenes has dropped 45% according to Crime Gun Solutions LLC, a consulting firm.”
If you read the fine print over at the Brady Center, you'll discover "firearms listed in this data are considered by BATFU to be 'crime guns,' which means they have been...[among other things--DC] suspected of having been used in a crime.[emphasis added--DC "
"Former ATF experts at Crime Gun Solutions, LLC, including the former Special Agent in Charge of ATF's National Tracing Center [that would be Nunziato--DC], analyzed the data for the Brady Center and support the study's conclusions."
CEO Joe Vince received special acknowledgement at the IACP Conference IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police) Crime Gun Interdiction Strategies for the 21st Century Summit.
The report introduces itself with quotes from Bill Clinton and Janet Reno. It provides a blueprint for achieving self-fulfilling gun control goals. This summit” was supported through a grant from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance,” that is, We the People were coerced into paying for this plot against our rights.
The Constitution and legitimate delegated authority and individual rights are not considerations. Nowhere in the summit report is the Second Amendment even mentioned.
Crime Gun Solutions is emerging as a leading subversive threat to the right to keep and bear arms. We'd all do well to keep a watchful eye on this group.
Of immediate concern: Where do they get their funding from? Do anti-gun groups like Brady Center pay for "research"? Does CGS receive money from any taxpayer-funded agency at any level of government? Who are the major investors who own it?
Be nice to track the ninja down and pull his mask off...
In the mean time, don't let the media get away with referring to them as "a consulting group" without acknowledging that they are agenda-driven. Ditto for any "authoritative" claims citing them as a credible reference. Write editors to correct the record whenever you see this occur.
These guys didn't succeed in disarming us when they were in jackboots. Now that they've discovered a more lucrative gig (and any bets that they also have healthy retirement benefits and pensions courtesy of the people they wish to disarm?), they may actually be more of a threat.
Treat them that way.
About Part One...
There seems to be some confusion that I wrote the Open Letter to NRA.
Nah, I don't writ that gud. I just did the brief intro.
It's by MicroBalrog, which I can see now was not made as clear as it could have been. He is a 20-year-old Israeli who cares more about the Second Amemdment than most Americans.
Anyway, just to make sure there's no confusion, I inserted "By Boris Karpa" (his real name) into that piece.
I hope this clears things up. I haven't had this much trouble since I wrote "Gone With the Wind."
Nah, I don't writ that gud. I just did the brief intro.
It's by MicroBalrog, which I can see now was not made as clear as it could have been. He is a 20-year-old Israeli who cares more about the Second Amemdment than most Americans.
Anyway, just to make sure there's no confusion, I inserted "By Boris Karpa" (his real name) into that piece.
I hope this clears things up. I haven't had this much trouble since I wrote "Gone With the Wind."
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Oh, My! What a Surprise!
"But the measure being written by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., would give the FBI new power to issue administrative subpoenas, which are not reviewed by a judge or grand jury, for quickly obtaining records, electronic data or other evidence in terrorism investigations, according to aides for the GOP majority on the committee who briefed reporters Wednesday."
Well, Hell--it's not like there's a Second Amendment in this country to protect other supposed unalienable rights. Or a second political party, for that matter...
Squeeze, baby!
Well, Hell--it's not like there's a Second Amendment in this country to protect other supposed unalienable rights. Or a second political party, for that matter...
Squeeze, baby!
NRA AWOL on Second Amendment Protection Act--Part Two
First, go to NRA-ILA's site search.
Type in "HR 1703" or "H.R. 1703".
Make sure the boxes to search ALL sections are checked.
Click either "Boolean Expression" or "All Words".
Select "All Issues" from the "Display Information" pulldown menu.
Click the "Search" button.
Or don't. All that will happen is you'll get the message "No documents were found."
MicroBalrog wrote an impassioned plea in Part One.
Here's a response he managed to track down from "the most powerful lobbying group in Washington":
Though the NRA-ILA has limited resources, we are doing our best to have the biggest impact. Right now that means we must pass HR 800, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. If that doesn't pass, our manufacturers and dealers will be sued out of business and we'll all be in a world of hurt. We are focusing our lobbying efforts on attainable and necessary legislation and then we'll move on to our second tier of legislation. While HR 1703 is a good bill, it will not come out of committee no matter how hard we lobby on the bill. There are other politics in play regarding the bill sponsor in which the NRA plays no role at all. Unfortunately, that means Congressman Paul is at the mercy of the committee and it's chairman. Someday we'll be able to pass similar legislation, but right now we have to make sure the firearm industry is not destroyed.
Sincerely,
Joel Brewer
NRA-ILA
Did you get that? Poor NRA, with its 4 million members, can't do two things at once at the federal level. Informing gun owners about this bill would simply put too much of a strain on the system, and distract ILA from its primary effort.
Besides, the bill has no chance of passing--why, it will never get out of committee. By not lifting a finger, NRA makes this a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Would it make it out of committee if some political leadership was displayed?
I mean, it's not like gun owners and $20 Million from NRA had anything to do with the reelection of George Bush...
Type in "HR 1703" or "H.R. 1703".
Make sure the boxes to search ALL sections are checked.
Click either "Boolean Expression" or "All Words".
Select "All Issues" from the "Display Information" pulldown menu.
Click the "Search" button.
Or don't. All that will happen is you'll get the message "No documents were found."
MicroBalrog wrote an impassioned plea in Part One.
Here's a response he managed to track down from "the most powerful lobbying group in Washington":
Though the NRA-ILA has limited resources, we are doing our best to have the biggest impact. Right now that means we must pass HR 800, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. If that doesn't pass, our manufacturers and dealers will be sued out of business and we'll all be in a world of hurt. We are focusing our lobbying efforts on attainable and necessary legislation and then we'll move on to our second tier of legislation. While HR 1703 is a good bill, it will not come out of committee no matter how hard we lobby on the bill. There are other politics in play regarding the bill sponsor in which the NRA plays no role at all. Unfortunately, that means Congressman Paul is at the mercy of the committee and it's chairman. Someday we'll be able to pass similar legislation, but right now we have to make sure the firearm industry is not destroyed.
Sincerely,
Joel Brewer
NRA-ILA
Did you get that? Poor NRA, with its 4 million members, can't do two things at once at the federal level. Informing gun owners about this bill would simply put too much of a strain on the system, and distract ILA from its primary effort.
Besides, the bill has no chance of passing--why, it will never get out of committee. By not lifting a finger, NRA makes this a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Would it make it out of committee if some political leadership was displayed?
I mean, it's not like gun owners and $20 Million from NRA had anything to do with the reelection of George Bush...
NRA AWOL on Second Amendment Protection Act--Part One
MicroBalrog doesn't understand why NRA is mum on HR 1703, the Second Amendment Protection Act:
An Open Letter to the National Rifle Association
By Boris Karpa
Honorable and estimable Directors of the National Rifle Association!
For years, members of the Association were reading - both in the newspapers and in your Grassroots Alerts - about the National Rifle Association. About how the National Rifle Association is the most powerful lobby in Washington. About how the NRA donates millions to campaigns of candidates it supports. About how the NRA never compromises unless it absolutely, totally has to [well, okay, we ended up coming to grips with reality, there].
You gave fiery speeches about how we should become extremists and demand the right to self-defense. You said that our guns are the guarantee of freedom. You waved rifles in the air, screaming that the enemies of that freedom will be able to get those rifles - when they pry them for your cold, dead hands.
You might have never in this - or maybe you didn’t. What matters is that, after you repeated those things often enough, we started believing them too - maybe because they are really true. We came to believe - like Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, like the Minutemen at Concord and the New-Orleans Greys at the Alamo - that freedom is worth fighting for.
You promised us something truly wonderful - a world where we will all be free like the Founding Fathers intended us to be. You promised you’ll be here for us, fighting for freedom all the way, rain or shine.
Honorable and estimable Directors! Today, you lobby for a lawsuit protection bill - claiming that without it the gun industry would be ruined. Seeing as how the lawsuit strategy of te anti-gun crowd has so far had few if any results, this might or might not be true - but you totally ignore the Second Amendment Protection Act, lingering away in committee - headed by a Congressman that is rated A by both the Association and your "extremist" competitors at the GOA. Yet you tell us that there is no way that the NRA - with all the power you boasted and the promises you made - can dislodge that bill one inch.
I want you to think of all the promises you made. All the times you spoke about responsibility. About honesty. About freedom. And tell me, will you be able to look in the mirror tomorrow morning, knowing all you said was just a sick, twisted lie? Or maybe it really was what it sounded like - a promise?
Keep your promise. Support HR-1703.
[The NRA can be contacted by phone: 800-392-8683
or via this page: https://secure.nraila.org/Contact.aspx]
An Open Letter to the National Rifle Association
By Boris Karpa
Honorable and estimable Directors of the National Rifle Association!
For years, members of the Association were reading - both in the newspapers and in your Grassroots Alerts - about the National Rifle Association. About how the National Rifle Association is the most powerful lobby in Washington. About how the NRA donates millions to campaigns of candidates it supports. About how the NRA never compromises unless it absolutely, totally has to [well, okay, we ended up coming to grips with reality, there].
You gave fiery speeches about how we should become extremists and demand the right to self-defense. You said that our guns are the guarantee of freedom. You waved rifles in the air, screaming that the enemies of that freedom will be able to get those rifles - when they pry them for your cold, dead hands.
You might have never in this - or maybe you didn’t. What matters is that, after you repeated those things often enough, we started believing them too - maybe because they are really true. We came to believe - like Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, like the Minutemen at Concord and the New-Orleans Greys at the Alamo - that freedom is worth fighting for.
You promised us something truly wonderful - a world where we will all be free like the Founding Fathers intended us to be. You promised you’ll be here for us, fighting for freedom all the way, rain or shine.
Honorable and estimable Directors! Today, you lobby for a lawsuit protection bill - claiming that without it the gun industry would be ruined. Seeing as how the lawsuit strategy of te anti-gun crowd has so far had few if any results, this might or might not be true - but you totally ignore the Second Amendment Protection Act, lingering away in committee - headed by a Congressman that is rated A by both the Association and your "extremist" competitors at the GOA. Yet you tell us that there is no way that the NRA - with all the power you boasted and the promises you made - can dislodge that bill one inch.
I want you to think of all the promises you made. All the times you spoke about responsibility. About honesty. About freedom. And tell me, will you be able to look in the mirror tomorrow morning, knowing all you said was just a sick, twisted lie? Or maybe it really was what it sounded like - a promise?
Keep your promise. Support HR-1703.
[The NRA can be contacted by phone: 800-392-8683
or via this page: https://secure.nraila.org/Contact.aspx]
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
The Heirs of Liberty
"With nearly all the votes counted tonight, Philadelphians endorsed by a ratio of 4-1 a charter change that asks the state legislature and governor to let the city draft its own laws 'to prevent and reduce gun violence.'"
The Philadelphia electorate collectively merits a WarOnGuns "Eloi Award."
Welcome to the "City of Brotherly Love," home of Independence Hall: A UN World Heritage Site.
The Philadelphia electorate collectively merits a WarOnGuns "Eloi Award."
Welcome to the "City of Brotherly Love," home of Independence Hall: A UN World Heritage Site.
Remembering Norman
[From "Firearms Coalition"--click on "Latest Alerts" in left-hand frame, then select "Gun Rights Alert - 2nd Not Individual Right"]
Remember the Name "Norman Mordue."
I can't decide if I'd rather see it live in infamy or perish in obscurity.
I guess I'd want future generations to know who the traitors of early 21st Century America were--especially the ones who made peaceful redress by those earnestly seeking Constitutional adherance impossible.
You can't take it back, Norman. Your place in history is secure.
Remember the Name "Norman Mordue."
I can't decide if I'd rather see it live in infamy or perish in obscurity.
I guess I'd want future generations to know who the traitors of early 21st Century America were--especially the ones who made peaceful redress by those earnestly seeking Constitutional adherance impossible.
You can't take it back, Norman. Your place in history is secure.
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