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My prior post explained how in a older, but now removed web page of the Soros group discussed using felons to vote to increase chances of Obama winning the Presidential election. Well, here is a story which broke after my post.
Here you go. Someone is pushing this agenda. I hope they fail.
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Washington Post
Groups Push to Restore Va. Felons' Voting Rights
By Tim Craig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 17, 2008; B01
RICHMOND -- Civic and social organizations are teaming with Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to try to add thousands of nonviolent offenders to the voting rolls in time for the November election, a move that has angered Republicans who say the effort is designed to help Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Under Virginia's constitution, people convicted of a felony automatically lose their right to vote for life, which has resulted in an estimated 300,000 residents being disenfranchised, even though they are not in prison.
But a Virginia governor can restore a felon's voting rights. Under a process set up by former governor Mark R. Warner (D) , felons convicted of nonviolent crimes can apply to have their voting rights restored if they have a clean record for three years after their sentence has been completed. People convicted of violent felonies, which in Virginia includes selling drugs, have to wait five years.
Earlier this year, Kaine (D) promised that his administration would expedite a review of applications from nonviolent felons who submit their papers by Aug. 1.
The former inmates would be able to register in time to vote in the November presidential contest between Obama (Ill.) and Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the presumptive GOP nominee. The felons also would get their rights back to sit on a jury and hold public office.
"The whole name of the game is once they get out and once they serve their time and they have demonstrated they want to get into mainstream society and be good citizens, it's just fundamental to that, they have their civil rights restored," said Bernard Henderson, deputy secretary of the commonwealth, whose office is charged with processing the applications.
Only Virginia and Kentucky require an act of the governor to restore voting rights to felons. The vast majority of states, including Maryland, automatically restore voting rights after a sentence is completed. The District allows felons to vote upon release from prison. Maine and Vermont even allow felons to vote from jail.
The Kaine administration's efforts come as a coalition of groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, have launched an ambitious drive to get convicted felons information on how they can apply to have their voting rights restored.
The groups have taken out newspaper ads, spread the word through churches and gone door to door, urging felons to apply to Kaine.
"A lot of felons operate under the miscomprehension that loss of their voting rights is permanent, so what we are doing, is saying, 'No, no, no, there is a way,' " said Gwinnett Hagens, executive director of Democracy South, a Virginia Beach social justice organization that is reaching out to tens of thousands of unregistered voters in Hampton Roads.
Henderson isn't sure how many applications to expect but said, "It is going to be a challenge for us if we get absolutely swamped, but we will divert staff to do this."
Kent Willis, executive director of the Virginia branch of the ACLU, and other activists say the campaign to register more felons is a civil rights issue, not a political one.
"Virginia's situation is extremely punitive, and we are working within the system to get as many folks as possible their rights restored," said Adisa Muse, director of the Virginia Voter Restoration Project.
Although they don't dispute Kaine's authority to grant pardons and clemency to criminals, some GOP legislators are skeptical of the efforts this year to get felons onto the voting rolls.
"I don' t know a lot of young Republicans who end up being felons," said Del. C. Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah). "Clearly the groups that are soliciting these felons to get their rights restored are predisposed to be in support of Obama, and I am sure this registration effort is designed to help their candidate."
The effort comes as Obama, who views Virginia as a key battleground state this fall, is trying to register tens of thousands of new voters in the state this summer.
Some political strategists say former inmates are the largest block of unregistered voters over age 18 in Virginia. The Sentencing Project, a Washington-based group that supports criminal justice reform, estimates that 20 percent of Virginia's black population is ineligible to vote because they are in prison or have a past felony conviction.
Amy Brundage, an Obama spokeswoman, said there is "no organized effort to target ex-offenders" in Virginia. But some Obama workers are providing information to felons about how they can get their rights restored.
"If you are in areas where there are large numbers of unregistered voters, one of the reasons you see that is they are ineligible because of felony convictions," said Kristin Szakos, co-chairman of Charlottesville Area Obama Volunteers, adding that canvassers carry "restoration of rights" forms.
Kaine, one of Obama's national co-chairmen, maintains that his decision to quickly process the applications this year has nothing to do with the presidential election.
"We follow the same basic protocol for nonviolent individuals who have been finished with whatever their sentence," said Kaine, noting that Warner restored voting rights for about 3,500 nonviolent offenders when he was governor.
Del. William R. Janis (R-Goochland) said he thinks the "election is clouding every decision the governor is making."
"There shouldn't be a wholesale, automatic restoration of voting rights to a class of felons for the sole purpose of swelling the voting rolls prior to the November elections," Janis said.
But Henderson, who said he is so far receiving only about 35 applications each week, notes that many of the applications come from felons seeking to have their gun rights restored. A court, not the governor, has to restore that right, but many judges want felons to first get their voting rights back.
Gun owners are considered a vital part of the GOP base in Virginia.
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So, if you thought I was mining for BS to post, here is proof I was just reporting what I had found.
Be afraid people, be very afraid.
Showing posts with label Freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freedom. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Glenn Beck at the NRA Annual Meeting 2008
I can say that I agree with Glenn Beck 90%.
I honestly can say in my own opinion that if we end up with either Obama or Clinton in office, we will see our Rights, Freedoms, and Liberties attacked, removed, stolen, and given a Nanny Police State in their place.
Here is Glenn Beck. Check him out!
I honestly can say in my own opinion that if we end up with either Obama or Clinton in office, we will see our Rights, Freedoms, and Liberties attacked, removed, stolen, and given a Nanny Police State in their place.
Here is Glenn Beck. Check him out!
Monday, November 26, 2007
The Democrats want you to forget the past and truth...
“You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.” - Charles Austin Beard
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If this is true, I suggest that everyone needs to go out and read as much of our Founding Fathers words which started this awesome experiment of self government.
Do you know why someone would be afraid of our founding fathers? Because they supported the rule of the People for the People, not the Government for the Elite. I truly do not care which party someone belongs to, if they violate what was intended for us and created for us by the Founding Fathers, it is our duty and right to TEAR them down. It is something described and explained to us in the Declaration of Independence.
Did you know that? We are told to destroy our Government if it becomes something other than what was created. Check this out.
The Declaration of Independence
The Want, Will, and Hopes of the People
(This is the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Why would someone not want you to know these things? I can find quotes like these all over the writings of our Founding Fathers, and in truth, more of them were afraid of creating something which would become despotic therefore spoke at length of how We The People should and must hold our government to account in all forms and practices.
This is quite honestly the intent of the 2nd Amendment of our Constitution. If you doubt this, please research Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, and Mao Tse Tung and how before killing millions disarmed the populace.
Lets look as some of the quotes of our Founding Fathers to see if I am right or wrong:
Thomas Jefferson, letter to Abigail Adams, February 22, 1787
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, Query 12, 1782
John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776
John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776
Samuel Adams, 1779
Man, I love that last quote. Apply that one to our country and culture today. I do not believe that I am wrong that our government has decided to know set laws in place which determine the Virtues we must follow and carry out in our daily lives, even if it is counter to your religion and beliefs.
I thought laws were originally set below the accepted moral and ethical levels of The People? Oh, they were, but now we have interesting events happening which have changed that.
What am I talking about? How about the removal and banning of the Christian Bible from Schools and Government. Heck, you can be sued for speaking about your faith now a days. But what is the Bible? Rules of living and behavior as set forth by God himself? I believe as much. Do you not find it interesting that these are the same rules set forth for all of us in the basis of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity?
Our original laws set forth for us were based upon Judao-Christian values. Notice how as that value is lost in our nation that we suffer from more crime and wrong doing?
Do you own research, study our true history, and learn the truthes that our nation was built upon. After doing such, examine the intent of those running for office or already in office.
Turn off your TV. Go and read up on our past and history. You will be amazed at what you find. I warn you however. You will find things which our media and polititions have bent so much it will make you want to go out and beat them.
Where to begin? I suggest reading our entire Declaration of Indepenence followed by our Constitution. After that, read the words written by the signers. I also suggest the Federalist Papers.
Do Not Take Anything At Face Value! You are being played by confidence games daily. Go find the truth. Make your own choices and do not base them on anything but what you take from it, not even me.
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If this is true, I suggest that everyone needs to go out and read as much of our Founding Fathers words which started this awesome experiment of self government.
Do you know why someone would be afraid of our founding fathers? Because they supported the rule of the People for the People, not the Government for the Elite. I truly do not care which party someone belongs to, if they violate what was intended for us and created for us by the Founding Fathers, it is our duty and right to TEAR them down. It is something described and explained to us in the Declaration of Independence.
Did you know that? We are told to destroy our Government if it becomes something other than what was created. Check this out.
The Declaration of Independence
The Want, Will, and Hopes of the People
(This is the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Why would someone not want you to know these things? I can find quotes like these all over the writings of our Founding Fathers, and in truth, more of them were afraid of creating something which would become despotic therefore spoke at length of how We The People should and must hold our government to account in all forms and practices.
This is quite honestly the intent of the 2nd Amendment of our Constitution. If you doubt this, please research Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, and Mao Tse Tung and how before killing millions disarmed the populace.
Lets look as some of the quotes of our Founding Fathers to see if I am right or wrong:
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions,
that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong,
but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and
then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to Abigail Adams, February 22, 1787
On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the
people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of that
power to them? If so, how many rebellions should we have had already?
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, Query 12, 1782
Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a
passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and
miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political
institution which is founded on it.
John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776
Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety,
prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private
interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone
have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute
government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their
protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.
John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776
"A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the
liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people
are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then
will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal
invader."
Samuel Adams, 1779
Man, I love that last quote. Apply that one to our country and culture today. I do not believe that I am wrong that our government has decided to know set laws in place which determine the Virtues we must follow and carry out in our daily lives, even if it is counter to your religion and beliefs.
I thought laws were originally set below the accepted moral and ethical levels of The People? Oh, they were, but now we have interesting events happening which have changed that.
What am I talking about? How about the removal and banning of the Christian Bible from Schools and Government. Heck, you can be sued for speaking about your faith now a days. But what is the Bible? Rules of living and behavior as set forth by God himself? I believe as much. Do you not find it interesting that these are the same rules set forth for all of us in the basis of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity?
Our original laws set forth for us were based upon Judao-Christian values. Notice how as that value is lost in our nation that we suffer from more crime and wrong doing?
Do you own research, study our true history, and learn the truthes that our nation was built upon. After doing such, examine the intent of those running for office or already in office.
Turn off your TV. Go and read up on our past and history. You will be amazed at what you find. I warn you however. You will find things which our media and polititions have bent so much it will make you want to go out and beat them.
Where to begin? I suggest reading our entire Declaration of Indepenence followed by our Constitution. After that, read the words written by the signers. I also suggest the Federalist Papers.
Do Not Take Anything At Face Value! You are being played by confidence games daily. Go find the truth. Make your own choices and do not base them on anything but what you take from it, not even me.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Will they be deported, again?
I copied this from Fox News.
So, what is going on here? Lets take a look at what was said, and what it really means. If you have read any of my prior posts, you will recognize many of the gang names here. So, that isn't anything new. Here is something I have stressed, but have a credible source to prove my points made earlier.
Many of these illegal immigrants are actually criminal immigrants. Criminal immigrants are those who come here illegally and do so for the only purpose of committing crimes. These are some of our biggest risks to our national security. Their crimes are carried out on our streets, in our neighborhoods, our schools, and even in our prisons. They have no care for anyone in our country, and as explained in government documents released, they would smuggle, and possible support, other terrorist groups into our country.
There was a time when being deported was a harsh penalty. Now, it isn't unusual to find these criminals returning to our country after having been deported multiple times before. Why should they worry? Our own Border Patrol is so under-funded, ill equipped, and under-manned that they cannot present a formidable defensive line along our border. And even if all of the aforementioned changed, our policies limit them so much that they can barely do their jobs. None of this is any of our Border Patrol Agents faults. The finger here can be pointed directly to Washington D.C. where our elected officials are fighting over amnesty programs.
The issue here can be related to a hockey game. The government is basically not letting the defense move in addition to keeping the goalie on the bench. If the Americans practised these policies on D-Day, all of our men would have been sent to the beaches with flowers in place of rifles.
Please watch this. Lou Dobbs at Hazelton PA.
Listen to the things being said in support of illegal immigrants. They believe they have a right to be here! How is it Americans died to give us our sovereignty and people who do not even live here or ever have believe that this means they can come here and infringe on our liberties and freedoms?
I also think it is very interesting that race constantly gets brought into this issue. I do not care what color you are, what religion you are, or what country you come from. If you are here LEGALLY than you can stay. If you are not here LEGALLY, you need to leave now. We have an immigration system, and a very fair one at that. Why cannot local governments take actions to protect their citizens?
If this was about race, than why is there a black man standing up and upset that illegals are coming here? This man was even wearing medals he earned while serving in our military.
Making a law which establishes English as the official language is not unconstitutional. Go read the constitution and bill of rights and point out where is says this. Mexico has Spanish as its official language, and many other countries have official languages, so why not the United States?
In response to the speaker who says it is unseemly that criminals moved out in the middle of the night is not a bad thing. If suddenly even citizen drug dealers moved away, this isn't a bad thing. He says illegals give to the local tax revenue. How do they do that if they do not have official Social Security Numbers? The Hazelton mayor even mentioned that even with the population growth, the tax income has not changed.
I really ask that you really pay attention at the question asked at the 40 minute mark, and the answer which is given.
So, after this video, or any other, can someone show me and make me believe that illegal immigration is benefiting the common people of the United States? We are being hurt, and even more so, our kids are being hurt.
Please go to http://www.deportthemnow.com/ or anywhere else that you can make your voice heard.
Texas Gang Raids Yield 121 Arrests
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
DALLAS — Federal agents and local police have rounded up more
than 100 members of street gangs in raids in North Texas cities, immigration
officials announced Monday.
More than half of the 121 suspects were arrested
on criminal charges, said ICE spokesman Carl Rusnok. The others were taken into
custody on administrative, or immigration, violations.
Some gang members who
were in the country illegally have been deported or are being processed for
deportation. Others are being prosecuted for re-entering the United States after
deportation, said ICE agent John Chakwin Jr.
Those arrested during the
seven-day operation were members of 27 gangs, including the Asian Boyz, Latin
Kings, Mexican Mafia and MS-13, officials said. They included 45 U.S. citizens
with pending charges.
"Working in close partnership with federal and local
law enforcement agencies, we removed from our communities many fugitive
criminals and violent street gang members," Chakwin said.
Arrests were made
in Arlington, Irving, Fort Worth, Dallas, Gainesville and Wichita Falls with the
help of police in each city. Also participating were other federal and state
agencies, as well as the police in Farmers Branch, a Dallas suburb that has
drawn attention for passing a law prohibiting apartment rentals to illegal
immigrants.
The arrests came as part of Operation Community Shield, a
national initiative targeting gangs that was launched more than two years ago
after federal officials identified the MS-13 gang, or Mara Salvatrucha, as one
of the nation's largest and most violent.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material
may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
So, what is going on here? Lets take a look at what was said, and what it really means. If you have read any of my prior posts, you will recognize many of the gang names here. So, that isn't anything new. Here is something I have stressed, but have a credible source to prove my points made earlier.
Many of these illegal immigrants are actually criminal immigrants. Criminal immigrants are those who come here illegally and do so for the only purpose of committing crimes. These are some of our biggest risks to our national security. Their crimes are carried out on our streets, in our neighborhoods, our schools, and even in our prisons. They have no care for anyone in our country, and as explained in government documents released, they would smuggle, and possible support, other terrorist groups into our country.
There was a time when being deported was a harsh penalty. Now, it isn't unusual to find these criminals returning to our country after having been deported multiple times before. Why should they worry? Our own Border Patrol is so under-funded, ill equipped, and under-manned that they cannot present a formidable defensive line along our border. And even if all of the aforementioned changed, our policies limit them so much that they can barely do their jobs. None of this is any of our Border Patrol Agents faults. The finger here can be pointed directly to Washington D.C. where our elected officials are fighting over amnesty programs.
The issue here can be related to a hockey game. The government is basically not letting the defense move in addition to keeping the goalie on the bench. If the Americans practised these policies on D-Day, all of our men would have been sent to the beaches with flowers in place of rifles.
Please watch this. Lou Dobbs at Hazelton PA.
Listen to the things being said in support of illegal immigrants. They believe they have a right to be here! How is it Americans died to give us our sovereignty and people who do not even live here or ever have believe that this means they can come here and infringe on our liberties and freedoms?
I also think it is very interesting that race constantly gets brought into this issue. I do not care what color you are, what religion you are, or what country you come from. If you are here LEGALLY than you can stay. If you are not here LEGALLY, you need to leave now. We have an immigration system, and a very fair one at that. Why cannot local governments take actions to protect their citizens?
If this was about race, than why is there a black man standing up and upset that illegals are coming here? This man was even wearing medals he earned while serving in our military.
Making a law which establishes English as the official language is not unconstitutional. Go read the constitution and bill of rights and point out where is says this. Mexico has Spanish as its official language, and many other countries have official languages, so why not the United States?
In response to the speaker who says it is unseemly that criminals moved out in the middle of the night is not a bad thing. If suddenly even citizen drug dealers moved away, this isn't a bad thing. He says illegals give to the local tax revenue. How do they do that if they do not have official Social Security Numbers? The Hazelton mayor even mentioned that even with the population growth, the tax income has not changed.
I really ask that you really pay attention at the question asked at the 40 minute mark, and the answer which is given.
So, after this video, or any other, can someone show me and make me believe that illegal immigration is benefiting the common people of the United States? We are being hurt, and even more so, our kids are being hurt.
Please go to http://www.deportthemnow.com/ or anywhere else that you can make your voice heard.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
A letter wrote to a Police Chief
I just read an article called "Gun buff wins round; cop fears 'Old West' " from the Chicago Tribune. It is written by Jeff Long.
After reading this article, I wrote a letter to the Cherry Valley Chief of Police. I have posted it here for you to read.
After reading this article, I wrote a letter to the Cherry Valley Chief of Police. I have posted it here for you to read.
Gary,
I believe you are over reacting about people who carry firearms. Personally
I have never had "Bad Things" happen during my many years of concealed carry. I
can actually give examples of "Bad Things" I stopped because I had my pistol
with me.
First: A woman in my apartment building was being beaten by her estranged
boyfriend. The whole building could hear it happening. I called 911 as did many
other units. I heard her escape him into the hallway, and I went out there with
my pistol. She ran past me and he was a ways behind. He looked at me as said
"What the **** do you want?" and then saw the pistol in my hand. He stopped
and made his way directly to the stairs. The woman was then let into my
apartment until police and ems arrived. She was taken to a local hospital for
treatment. I gave my statement to the police, to wit one officer thanked me for
helping.
Second: A friend and I were driving down one of the main roads of my
hometown. We were both amazed to see a fight break out in the middle of traffic
in which one of the parties was trying to beat a black man with a chain. It was
apparent that he was trying to do more than hurt him. We stopped our vehicle and
drew arms as both of us were licensed to carry. I called 911 at the same time.
With in moments we had police arrive and take over the scene. Again, I was
thanked for our involvement.
(Please note that in both of these I never even had to fire my
pistol.)
Sir, are you ignorant of the facts that having licensed, trained citizens
would actually help your efforts in controlling crime? I didn't just get one
permit, but I have three and am getting a forth. In addition to this I have
taken classes beyond what was needed to get my permits. I have even been invited
to shoot with some officers, and have out shot quite a few on a regular basis,
however not all. My point is that nationally many states have Concealed Weapons
Permits, and the feared blood shed and wild west antics have never happened.
Actually as a result, many state have experienced very noticeable drops in their
crime rates.
I will support your standing that citizens should not be allowed to carry
guns for self defense when you can promise me that all police departments can
respond in under a minute to ALL situations regardless of their ability to call
911 or not. You and I know this will NEVER happen.
Why not instead help in developing a program which involves background
checks, training, and testing which when someone passes the aforementioned,
receives a permit? Did Minnesota explode into mad gunfights once the permits
became "Shall Issue"? We both know the answer was a resounding NO. Neither did
this happen in any other state that allows "Shall Issue" permits.
In addition to this, I saw you said "But I'm not aware of any police
officer who would advocate more handguns on the street." I am curious of this,
because every officer I have ever met so far but one have supported concealed
weapons when it involved permitted citizens. Maybe your officers are quite
different.
Sir, even though I am not a citizen of your state, I ask you to please
examine the facts which are evident in many other states that permitted citizens
help reduce crime, and save lives. Allow your people to defend themselves and
others from crime. Allow your people the ability to decide for themselves. I too
do not want ALL people armed, but make it that the few who decide to take up
this right and great responsibility to help keep all of us safer that they have
a way to do it, and not be criminals for doing such.
In closing, I have to thank you and all of your officers who put your lives
on the line daily to defend and protect us, the citizens of this great country.
Please keep yourself and your officers safe so you all can go home to your
families at night, and I hope in time, give that ability to the law abiding
citizens of your area.
God Bless,
Thursday, July 19, 2007
I think I just figured something out.
As I have been writing here, I have been asking myself why do so many illegal immigrants want to move to the United States and while discussing this with my wife, she said something in relation with the fall of Rome which really got me thinking.
It isn't about money is it? Everyone knows there is other ways to make a lot of money, especially made easier in our southern neighbors where the rule of law is weaker.
It is about the rights you have here. Even an illegal immigrant is protected and covered under our laws of freedom and liberty. The saddest part about that is that our legal system has become warped and twisted, far from what our founding fathers had intended.
Everyone wanted to be Roman citizens because Roman Citizens had rights. So, apply that to today, and why are so many people running to the Democratic countries of the world? For the protections and rights of our countries. What do they not have in the lands they left? The protections and rights we enjoy on a daily basis.
So, how do we solve the problem of mass immigration? Would the best answer be to assist these people in making their countries more like what ours used to be when originally founded? Perhaps.
What would happen if we were able to help people create a better form of government than ours based on ours and the other free countries of the world? Quite simply, they could remove the current powers that be, and replace them with true believers. Heck, our country is a perfect example of things not to do, or mistakes already made to avoid.
I do not begrudge people wanting a better life, or seeking the rights and protections we enjoy on a daily basis, sometimes even in ignorance. However I do believe the whole world would be better if they stayed home and fixed their problems at the source.
I will admit I have sympathy for those being oppressed. I am glad for those who find freedom, but breaking the laws of the country that protects you to get these freedoms is wrong. Americans earned their rights with blood and hard work. We didn't always get it right, but we learn. I suggest that illegal immigrants learn from our ways and bring them home and make all their people aware of how they too could help themselves.
Honestly, I ask these illegals to do this before they anger the American people to a level thats causes unrest which will lead to hate.
It isn't about money is it? Everyone knows there is other ways to make a lot of money, especially made easier in our southern neighbors where the rule of law is weaker.
It is about the rights you have here. Even an illegal immigrant is protected and covered under our laws of freedom and liberty. The saddest part about that is that our legal system has become warped and twisted, far from what our founding fathers had intended.
Everyone wanted to be Roman citizens because Roman Citizens had rights. So, apply that to today, and why are so many people running to the Democratic countries of the world? For the protections and rights of our countries. What do they not have in the lands they left? The protections and rights we enjoy on a daily basis.
So, how do we solve the problem of mass immigration? Would the best answer be to assist these people in making their countries more like what ours used to be when originally founded? Perhaps.
What would happen if we were able to help people create a better form of government than ours based on ours and the other free countries of the world? Quite simply, they could remove the current powers that be, and replace them with true believers. Heck, our country is a perfect example of things not to do, or mistakes already made to avoid.
I do not begrudge people wanting a better life, or seeking the rights and protections we enjoy on a daily basis, sometimes even in ignorance. However I do believe the whole world would be better if they stayed home and fixed their problems at the source.
I will admit I have sympathy for those being oppressed. I am glad for those who find freedom, but breaking the laws of the country that protects you to get these freedoms is wrong. Americans earned their rights with blood and hard work. We didn't always get it right, but we learn. I suggest that illegal immigrants learn from our ways and bring them home and make all their people aware of how they too could help themselves.
Honestly, I ask these illegals to do this before they anger the American people to a level thats causes unrest which will lead to hate.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Bounty Hunters for Concealed Carry
OK, maybe I do not represent all bounty hunters here, but everyone I have worked with supports this.
Now I am not saying all persons should be armed in the least, nor am I saying certain persons should be required to bear arms. I am saying that some changes in laws should take place, and here I mainly target GUN FREE ZONES.
Perhaps all gun free zone laws should be revisited and add a couple of lines to this effect. All persons not currently holding a valid concealed weapons permit are not allowed to carry firearms in this area. Lets go farther with this. Lets select and train certain school personnel who volunteer to be armed get screened and trained. If this person passes a pychological background check, criminal background check, a lengthy training program by a professional and certified instructor, and pass tests of skill, let them carry to defend our kids. Apply this to all schools. Keep the identity confidental except to police and administation, but notify the public that our GUN FREE ZONES are defended on site by highly trained persons. Think that might scare away the people looking for easy kills if they do not know which person on campus is armed and prepared to kill them to save others? I bet it would.
If you didn't see the news, before Cho went nuts on Virginia Tech's campus, there were students requesting to be allowed to carry under their permits on campus. They were even willing to allow the school to know who they were if allowed. Now, I want to know, what would the outcome have possibly been if they weren't stopped from having a pistol on them that day? What would have happened if we had our selected staff trained and in place? What would a combination of these two, have they been in place? No realist would ever say it would have stopped it, but no one can answer what would have happened if these steps were put in place. Lets get rid of these Murder Freely Zones.
I felt strongly enough about this that I wrote up a letter suggesting that a bill be entered during the next session of the Colorado House and Senate making it law that we select, screen, train, and arm our teachers in our state. I also asked that vaild concealed weapon permit holders be allowed to carry on school grounds. I received emails back from a few supporters, and this even included the Speaker of the House. Now I can only hope they carry through with this.
Certain things are evident and with little doubt. A home with an angry and large dog in the yard will scare away people meaning to do you harm. A dog, just like a firearm requires you make sure that you keep it in a safe manner. Security lights will make a thief pick a different location because they do not want to be seen. Keeping your garage closed and valueables locked up prevents easy crimes. Add an alarm to your dog, security lights, locked up goods, and a trained person with a firearm, only an idiot of a criminal would attempt to rob you. Now all these things only ring true if you turn on the alarm and lights, train the dog to defend your home, lock your doors and windows, and carry your gun. If you do not do these things, a high school freshman can rob you blind.
Now I have heard people say that it is the job of the police to protect and defend us. Hmmm, are you sure of that? Can you show me a law proving that? It isn't what I learned in my Criminal Justice classes. Heck, it isn't even what certain courts have decided. Here is an example of what I am saying.
Police aren’t required to protect you. In Warren v. District of Columbia (1981), the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled, “official police personnel and the government employing them are not generally liable to victims of criminal acts for failure to provide adequate police protection. . . a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular citizen.” In Bowers v. DeVito (1982), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, “[T]here is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen.”
Now, ask yourself this question. Is the Army here to protect you or our government? Wanna place bets on what their orders would be to do if we had civil war or an attack on our nation would be? Saving the public would come well after protecting our strategic assets and themselves. If I am wrong, let it be so, but honestly, I do not have a problem with that.
A true and honest look at our countries past shows that our country is based on the people defending themselves. Did police on horse back arrive to defend our settlers? No, they had their own guns. Who really made up our armies in the war for independence? Was it a professional group of men who just suddenly appeared, or was it we the people standing up?
No one wants to have to defend themself. No one wants to go fight a war. No one wants to stand up when everyone else runs away, but there are times when wants fall behind the needs. There are times where we need to defend ourselves and others. There are times when we need to go to war, and there are times when we need to stand up while others run for cover, if it means giving up our own life so they can get away safe.
I love my family, so I will defend them. I love my country, so I will defend it. I do not agree with most people in our country, but I will defend them to be able to disagree with me.
The issue of defending life is not a left or right issue. The idea of defending self is not a Red State or Blue State issue. It is a human issue. I do not care how you vote. I only care that you care enough about human life, freedom, and liberty to defend that which you believe in. If you believe in not owning a gun, fine, just realise that right you enjoy is maintained by those who do.
It comes down to one thing. If you hate gun wrongs, then support gun rights.
Now I am not saying all persons should be armed in the least, nor am I saying certain persons should be required to bear arms. I am saying that some changes in laws should take place, and here I mainly target GUN FREE ZONES.
Perhaps all gun free zone laws should be revisited and add a couple of lines to this effect. All persons not currently holding a valid concealed weapons permit are not allowed to carry firearms in this area. Lets go farther with this. Lets select and train certain school personnel who volunteer to be armed get screened and trained. If this person passes a pychological background check, criminal background check, a lengthy training program by a professional and certified instructor, and pass tests of skill, let them carry to defend our kids. Apply this to all schools. Keep the identity confidental except to police and administation, but notify the public that our GUN FREE ZONES are defended on site by highly trained persons. Think that might scare away the people looking for easy kills if they do not know which person on campus is armed and prepared to kill them to save others? I bet it would.
If you didn't see the news, before Cho went nuts on Virginia Tech's campus, there were students requesting to be allowed to carry under their permits on campus. They were even willing to allow the school to know who they were if allowed. Now, I want to know, what would the outcome have possibly been if they weren't stopped from having a pistol on them that day? What would have happened if we had our selected staff trained and in place? What would a combination of these two, have they been in place? No realist would ever say it would have stopped it, but no one can answer what would have happened if these steps were put in place. Lets get rid of these Murder Freely Zones.
I felt strongly enough about this that I wrote up a letter suggesting that a bill be entered during the next session of the Colorado House and Senate making it law that we select, screen, train, and arm our teachers in our state. I also asked that vaild concealed weapon permit holders be allowed to carry on school grounds. I received emails back from a few supporters, and this even included the Speaker of the House. Now I can only hope they carry through with this.
Certain things are evident and with little doubt. A home with an angry and large dog in the yard will scare away people meaning to do you harm. A dog, just like a firearm requires you make sure that you keep it in a safe manner. Security lights will make a thief pick a different location because they do not want to be seen. Keeping your garage closed and valueables locked up prevents easy crimes. Add an alarm to your dog, security lights, locked up goods, and a trained person with a firearm, only an idiot of a criminal would attempt to rob you. Now all these things only ring true if you turn on the alarm and lights, train the dog to defend your home, lock your doors and windows, and carry your gun. If you do not do these things, a high school freshman can rob you blind.
Now I have heard people say that it is the job of the police to protect and defend us. Hmmm, are you sure of that? Can you show me a law proving that? It isn't what I learned in my Criminal Justice classes. Heck, it isn't even what certain courts have decided. Here is an example of what I am saying.
Police aren’t required to protect you. In Warren v. District of Columbia (1981), the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled, “official police personnel and the government employing them are not generally liable to victims of criminal acts for failure to provide adequate police protection. . . a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular citizen.” In Bowers v. DeVito (1982), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, “[T]here is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen.”
Now, ask yourself this question. Is the Army here to protect you or our government? Wanna place bets on what their orders would be to do if we had civil war or an attack on our nation would be? Saving the public would come well after protecting our strategic assets and themselves. If I am wrong, let it be so, but honestly, I do not have a problem with that.
A true and honest look at our countries past shows that our country is based on the people defending themselves. Did police on horse back arrive to defend our settlers? No, they had their own guns. Who really made up our armies in the war for independence? Was it a professional group of men who just suddenly appeared, or was it we the people standing up?
No one wants to have to defend themself. No one wants to go fight a war. No one wants to stand up when everyone else runs away, but there are times when wants fall behind the needs. There are times where we need to defend ourselves and others. There are times when we need to go to war, and there are times when we need to stand up while others run for cover, if it means giving up our own life so they can get away safe.
I love my family, so I will defend them. I love my country, so I will defend it. I do not agree with most people in our country, but I will defend them to be able to disagree with me.
The issue of defending life is not a left or right issue. The idea of defending self is not a Red State or Blue State issue. It is a human issue. I do not care how you vote. I only care that you care enough about human life, freedom, and liberty to defend that which you believe in. If you believe in not owning a gun, fine, just realise that right you enjoy is maintained by those who do.
It comes down to one thing. If you hate gun wrongs, then support gun rights.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
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