Thursday
May232013

"You People Will Never Be Safe"

Piers Morgan spends practically all his time and effort on both CNN and Twitter demanding that government usurp Second Amendment civil rights in the United States.

Only a third of the law enforcement officers in the UK are armed. These officers are spread among a dozen different units under separate commands.  It took almost 30 minutes for armed police officers to arrive at this brutal murder scene.  

The jihadists waited for the armed police this time. But now the world knows that the Muslim murderers  could have killed countless innocents before the police arrived.  Not only are 100% of the citizens of the UK unarmed, at least 66% of the police in the UK do not carry firearms nor or they trained in their use.

The Obamanation is shredding the Bill of Rights in the United States.  Islamic Jihad is a real and present danger. This will be our future if we don’t stop the liberal fascist growth of progressivism in America.

“And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; …”  Samuel Adams -quoted in the Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, August 20, 1789, “Propositions submitted to the Convention of this State”

Wednesday
May222013

TEXANS CONTACT YOUR STATE SENATORS TODAY

Three pro-gun bills have passed the Texas House, and are now pending in the full Senate. Should they clear the final hurdle, Governor Perry is expected to sign all of them into law.
 
The first bill, House Bill 928, would prohibit Texas state agencies and political subdivisions from assisting the Obama administration in enforcing gun bans, magazine bans, and ammunition bans. Any aggrieved Texan may petition the attorney general to enforce this legislation on his behalf.
 
The second bill, House Bill 1076, would prohibit Texas state agencies and political subdivisions from adopting rules and regulations implementing Obama administration gun bans, magazine bans, and ammunition bans. Again, an aggrieved Texan can petition the attorney general to enforce this petition.
 
Finally, House Bill 972 would replace the statewide prohibition on concealed carry holders, which currently prohibits them from carrying a firearm on campus for defense of themselves or others. In order to secure passage, this bill was watered down to allow individual campuses to go through a procedure to reinstate the ban on that campus. However, after careful consideration, we believe that the compromise version is still better than nothing.
 
ACTION: Contact your state senator. Ask him to vote for House Bills 928, 972, and 1076.
 
HOW TO CONTACT/WRITE YOUR STATE SENATOR:
1. Proceed to www.gunowners.org/url/officials.htm
2. There will be 4 grey tabs, click on “Elected Officials” (2nd from left)
3. Enter your zip code in the box provided under “enter your zip code”
4. Scroll down past the alerts till you find “Governor and State Legislators” (on the right) and there is your state senator.
5. Click on the name of your senator
6. Click on the “contact” tab.
7. Click on the “<name of Senator> via webform”, this will bring up a webmail form. Then, take the pre-written letter below and cut-n-paste this into the editable text box on the page.
8. Fill out the sender information
9. Click “Send Message” (blue button at the bottom)
 
——- Sample letter ——-
 
Dear Senator:
 
Three pro-gun bills have passed the Texas House, and are now pending in the full Senate. Should they clear that final hurdle, Governor Perry is expected to sign all of them into law.
 
The first bill, House Bill 928, would prohibit Texas state agencies and political subdivisions from assisting the Obama administration in enforcing gun bans, magazine bans, and ammunition bans. Any aggrieved Texan may petition the attorney general to enforce this legislation on his behalf.
 
The second bill, House Bill 1076, would prohibit Texas state agencies and political subdivisions from adopting rules and regulations implementing Obama administration gun bans, magazine bans, and ammunition bans. Again, an aggrieved Texan can petition the attorney general to enforce this petition.
 
Finally, House Bill 972 would replace the statewide prohibition on concealed carry holders, which currently prohibits them from carrying a firearm on campus for defense of themselves or others. In order to secure passage, this bill was watered down to allow individual campuses to go through a procedure to reinstate the ban on that campus. However, after careful consideration, I believe that the compromise version is still better than nothing.
 
Your support for House Bills 928, 972, and 1076 is ESSENTIAL. I will be closely watching the vote on all three Bills.
 
Sincerely,

Tuesday
May212013

Help Your Fellow Patriots in the Great State of Oklahoma

The state of Oklahoma has a total population of less than 3.8 million. Compare that to the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex with a population of 7 million.  The Texas-Oklahoma border on the Red River is less than 100 miles from anywhere in the DFW metroplex.

As many of my regular readers and Twitter followers know, I am very fond of the my neighbors and Patriots in the Great State of Oklahoma.  Oklahoma is the ONLY state in the country where both McCain and Romney defeated Obama in every single county in the state.  Oklahoma, home of the Crimson and Cream is the most Red State in our nation. 

Yesterday afternoon around 3pm, an enormous tornado roared through Cleveland County and Oklahoma County, killing at least 24 people.  There may be children trapped in an elementary school that took a direct hit from the EF5 tornado.

Governor Perry immediately deployed three Texas Task Force Rescue Teams, including canines, to assist our neighbors in Oklahoma.

The twister pulverized entire city blocks, left behind miles of mangled cars and splintered wood, and destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary School where seven children were found dead before nightfall.

Crews frantically searched the wreckage and were only beginning to get a sense of the destruction when night fell hours later. Officials warned the death toll could climb. At one hospital, 85 patients, including 65 children, were being treated for minor to critical injuries.

“The whole city looks like a debris field,” said Mayor Glenn Lewis of the city of Moore, which was hardest hit.

Students in fourth, fifth and sixth grade were evacuated to a church, but students in lower grades had sheltered in place, KFOR reported. More than two hours after the tornado struck, several children were pulled out alive.

The twister was a mile wide at its base, according to The Weather Channel, and a reporter for KFOR said the tornado kicked up a cloud of debris perhaps two miles wide. The National Weather Service initially classified the storm as an EF4, the second-strongest type, with winds of 166 to 200 mph. But it was later upgraded to an EF5, with sustained winds in excess of 200 mph.  Less than 1% (.05%) of tornados have been rated EF4 or EF5. Since 1950 less than 60 tornados have been rated EF5, the most detructive level. 

The tornado struck at mid-afternoon and tore a 20-mile path, said Rick Smith, another weather service meteorologist. He said it was on the ground for 40 minutes. Much of the storm’s rampage was captured on live television, perhaps alerting people in its path to seek shelter.

You can help our neighbors and fellow patriots immediately by donating to the following organizations, which are already providing help on the ground:

Mercury One 2013 Midwest Tornado Relief Fund

Yesterday saw devastating severe storms and tornadoes throughout the Midwest, and especially in the Moore, Oklahoma area. While lives and communities have been forever changed by these events, so many of you have responded enthusiastically to our call to help those affected by the most recent storms. Yesterday, through your support, Mercury One was able to respond with tractor-trailer loads of much needed supplies for the Moore, OK area. Thank you for your support of our 2013 Midwest Tornado Relief Fund and for being a blessing in the lives that need it most right now. We are still accepting donations, if you would like to contribute towards helping patriots in need click here

Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief
This organization says donations will “go straight to help those in need providing tree removal services, laundry services and meals to victims of disasters.” 

It is requesting monetary donations (It says clothing is NOT needed). For more information, and to donate, visit Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief’s website.

You can send checks to: BGCO, Attn: Disaster Relief, 3800 N. May Ave., Oklahoma City, OK., 73112.

Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is organizing disaster response units to serve hard-hit areas in central Oklahoma, including Moore, where it is sending mobile kitchens that can serve meals to 2,500 people a day, and to South Oklahoma City.

Supporters can donate online via the organization’s website, SalvationArmyUSA.org. You can also text the word STORM to 80888 to make a $10 donation from a cell phone.

If you want to send a check, the Salvation Army asks that you put the words “Oklahoma Tornado Relief” on the check, and mail it to: The Salvation Army, P.O. Box 12600, Oklahoma City, OK., 73157.

Phone:  1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769).

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Food Bank are already delivering truck loads of food, water and supplies to the communities struck by the yesterday’s tornado and set up additional emergency food and supply distribution sites as they are needed. You can donate online here. Text FOOD to 32333 to donate $10 from your cell phone to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

Monday
May202013

Staff at Union Grove ISD Are Armed to Protect Students

Union Grove Independent School District (ISD) recently put up a large sign outside their schools stating that their staff is armed and will “Use whatever force necessary” to protect their students.

Community support for the school has been overwhelming since they voted to allow licensed and trained teachers and administrators to carry a firearm on campus back in January.

Any employee that decides to carry a firearm in the school must also complete crisis intervention training and a hostage situation management course.

Which sign would you rather see at your child’s school?

In 1982, a suburb of Atlanta passed a law requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The residential burglary rate subsequently dropped 89% in Kennesaw, compared to the modest 10.4% drop in Georgia as a whole.

Ten years later (1991), the residential burglary rate in Kennesaw was still 72% lower than it had been in 1981, before the law was passed.

74% of felons polled agreed that “one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime.

57% of felons polled agreed that “criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police.

Concealed carry laws are dropping crime rates across the country. Gun Free Zones are the most dangerous places in America. 

Sunday
May192013

California Bans the Sale of New Handguns

Effective May 17, 2013  “…to be listed on the Roster of Handguns Certified for Sale in California, a semiautomatic pistol must be equipped with microstamping technology -i.e., a microscopic array of characters that identify the make, model, and serial number of the pistol, etched or otherwise imprinted in two or more places on the interior surface or internal working parts of the pistol, and that are transferred by imprinting on each cartridge case when the firearm is fired.”  Read the California Attorney General’s announcement HERE

Currently, no major firearms manufacturers produce handguns for sale that are equipped with micro-stamp technology.

Guns already on the Roster of Handguns Certified for Sale in California ,will be illegal to sell within three years.  Handgun certification in California expires after three years. Manufacturers must submit a new application every three years. Effective immediately, no handgun will be approved for sale in California unless it contains useless yet expensive micro-stamp technology.

So in three years, it will be illegal to sell a new handgun in California that is not equipped with micro-stamping.  Still think that Democrats are not out to ban firearms? Democrats have a super majority in the California legislature and control every branch of the state government.

The long term goal of all new gun control legislation at both the federal and state level is a ban on civilian ownership/possession of firearms with the exception of some two shot hunting shotguns and single shot rifles.

California has continued to add requirements to in effect eliminate the sale of handguns. Before micro-stamping, the most recent added requirement was the inclusion of magazine disconnect devices to prevent guns from firing with a round in the chamber if the magazine is removed. Few manufacturers have complied already making most new handguns unavailable in California.

Now the few handguns that meet the other requirements must include microstamping to be included on the roster of certified handguns available for sale in California.

This is an obvious back door ban on all handguns in California, which is unconstitutional (Supreme Court decision District of Columbia v. Heller).  Since no handguns are produced with micro-stamping, California is banning the “type (of guns) in common use”, which is clear violation of Second Amendment civil rights. 

If available, micro-stamping would not help to solve crimes. It’s easily defeated, easily wears out and can be used to produce false leads because the serial numbers can be easily altered, firing pins can be easily replaced and barrels can be swapped out in seconds. Micro-Stamping will have zero effect on all but he dumbest of criminals, who the cops already catch.

New gun control laws are never about public safety. They are always about banning guns and subverting the Second Amendment.  We have the gun control laws than we need now. Most gun control laws are not enforced by the same progressives who are constantly tring to pass more. We oppose ALL new gun control legislation. PERIOD

Manufacturers will be unwilling to add this expensive feature to guns sold in a single state, and will instead keep manufacturing weapons for the other states, where demand already far exceeds supply. The effect, according to C.D. Michel, West Coast regional attorney for the NRA, is a ban on the sale of new semiautomatic handguns in California, which the NRA will challenge in court.