House Bill Would Cut Off All U.S. Funding For U.N. If Anti Firearms Treaty is Adopted

JUST SAY "NO" TO THE UNITED NATIONS

  AND, CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH SAID EXACTLY THAT


A major foe of anti gun rights efforts, and Tea Party favorite, Illinois Congressman, Joe Walsh, and 20 other co-sponsors have introduced a bill that would strip the United Nations of all United States funding if the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty is adopted. Obama's State Department reversed its position against anti Second Amendment Treaties in 2009 after Obama put the United States under his heavy hand. Stripping American taxpayer's funding would be a good step toward sending the UN to Europe and on into oblivion, where it belongs.

The Bill blasts any treaty that would pose a threat to national security or infringe or abridge the rights of Americans to keep and bear arms or any other Constitutionally protected rights of our citizens. Citing the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, the Bill specifically forbids American United Nations funding if such a restrictive treaty is adopted.

However, on the unlikely chance that the bill is passed by the House and Harry Reid’s Senate, it’s a sure thing that Obama’s veto pen will be full of ink when the bill hits his desk.

Anti Gun Non Government Organizations such as IANSA, and domestic gun rights control groups are giddy with the prospects of the complete world ban of semiautomatic firearms and high capacity magazines. You know who these domestic groups are. IANSA works closely with the United Nations in gun rights control lawmaking. These groups ignore the undeniable fact that criminals who possess hundreds of thousands of guns will only give them up from their proverbial cold, dead hands or when they are cuffed behind bars. Getting caught with illegal guns and spending time behind bars is just a cost of doing business for the career criminal or the common gang banger street thug.

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Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011

112TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION

H. R. 3594

To express the sense of the Congress that the United States should not

adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges

any rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution, such as the

right to keep and bear arms, and to withhold funding from the United

Nations unless the President certifies that the United Nations has not

taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or otherwise adversely infringe upon the rights of

individuals in the United States to keep and bear arms, or abridge any of the other

constitutionally protected rights of citizens of the United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Mr. WALSH of Illinois (for himself, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. POSEY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BARTON of

Texas, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and Mr.

BROUN of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To express the sense of the Congress that the United States

should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges any rights

guaranteed by the United States Constitution, such as the right to

keep and bear arms, and to withhold funding from the

United Nations unless the President certifies that the

United Nations has not taken action to restrict, attempt

to restrict, or otherwise adversely infringe upon the

rights of individuals in the United States to keep and

bear arms, or abridge any of the other constitutionally

protected rights of citizens of the United States.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Amendment

5 Protection Act of 2011’’.

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

8 (1) it is the constitutional power of Congress to

9 determine United States foreign policy through the

10 ratification of international treaties and adoption of

11 laws;

12 (2) by prematurely signing treaties and execu-

13 tive agreements, Presidents of the United States

14 have opened the door for international organizations

15 to unilaterally regulate the lives of citizens of the

16 United States;

17 (3) these international agreements, laws, and

18 regulations are being applied domestically in the

19 United States through the Supremacy Clause, which

20 states, ‘‘This Constitution, and the Laws of the

21 United States which shall be made in Pursuance

22 thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be

23 made, under the Authority of the United States,

24 shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the

1 Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any

2 Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to

3 the contrary notwithstanding’’;

4 (4) the Supremacy Clause is useful to supersede

5 conflicting Federal and State laws;

6 (5) international and transnational organiza-

7 tions force their rules on people of the United States

8 through conventions, multilateral agreements, and

9 nonratified treaties, such as agreements that affect

10 the private ownership of firearms by law-abiding citi-

11 zens; and

12 (6) United States sovereignty is risked by do-

13 mestic legal applicability of international treaties

14 and executive agreements that have not been voted

15 on and congressionally adopted through formal proc-

16 esses which pose a threat to national sovereignty

17 and the liberty of the people of the United States,

18 including fundamental rights guaranteed under the

19 United States Constitution, such as the right to

20 keep and bear arms.

21 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—That it is the sense

22 of the Congress that the United States should not adopt

23 any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or

24 abridges the rights guaranteed by the United States Con-

25 stitution, such as the right to keep and bear arms, and

1 should cease the provision of financial support to any enti-

2 ty that does so.

3 SEC. 3. CONDITIONAL PROHIBITION ON UNITED NATIONS

4 FUNDING.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-

6 sion of law, the United States may not provide any fund-

7 ing to the United Nations for a fiscal year unless, before

8 the last day of the preceding fiscal year, the President

9 makes the certification described in subsection (b).

10 (b) CERTIFICATION.—The certification described in

11 this subsection is a certification submitted to the Congress

12 by the President, that states that the United Nations has

13 not taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or other-

14 wise adversely infringe on the rights of individuals in the

15 United States to possess a firearm or ammunition, includ-

16 ing by imposing burdens on international commerce, or

17 abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights

18 of citizens of the United States. 

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New York City Police Investigate Internet Gun Sales and Advertisements

The name of the report was "Point, Click, Shoot," An Investigation of Illegal

Online Gun Sales.

This report is misleading and inaccurate for many reasons. It paints with a broad brush that says that the majority of online firearms ads lead to illegal sales.

New York City Cops, under the direction of Mayor Bloomberg, have issued a report on Internet gun sales called "Point, Click, Shoot. They claim that 62 percent of internet web site gun ads lead to illegal sales. 

But, the report is misleading in a number of respects. 

For example, the photograph on the first page of the report shows a Craigslist ad for a firearm placed by an individual. The ad said, “ Draco AK47 $575.00. I have a Draco AK47 in like new condition. Only shot about 300 rounds through it to break it in. Hasn’t jammed or misfired once. Great home defense weapon to keep under your bed or in your vehicle. Packs a lot of punch in a small package. This gun is registered as a pistol so don’t put a stock or fore grip on it without the SBR Stamp. If you do, it makes it illegal.” This gun was not bought by Bloomberg's investigators. But it appeared that something illegal was going on by highlighting the ad. 

Craigslist has a policy of no firearms sale ads who are quick to flag anything out of the ordinary on their site. It is mostly policed by Craigslist users. But, Craigslist also has a policy against sex for sale ads, but there are plenty of them there. Sex for sale is illegal. However, posting a firearms ad on Craigslist is a violation of their terms of use, and not against the law. But, Bloomberg doesn’t like it one bit. Private individual to individual gun sales are not illegal in Louisiana. Further, no background checks are required in this type of sale.

But it is against the law for a person to give, sell, donate, lend, or otherwise deliver or transfer a firearm to a person he or she knows to be a convicted felon. La. Rev. Stat: 14:95.1.1 Incidentally, Louisiana does not prohibit individuals convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from possessing firearms or ammo. The state Concealed Carry law allows n CCP holders to buy firearms without a background check. Buy, Federal law does not recognize that state’s exemption to a check for those purchasers.

Bloomberg’s investigators claim that 62% of internet sellers will sell to those who are barred from ownership due to age, felony convictions, etc. They came up with an integrity test to determine if sellers would sell to a “prohibited” person. They would show an interest in the gun’s specifics. They would establish that the seller did not have a FFL and there would be no background check. They would then say they probably couldn’t pass a background check. Then they would get the advertiser to agree to meet with them for the sale.  If they crossed state lines to buy those guns, its quite possible that they broke the law themselves when they made their buys as out of state buyers.

 HERE'S THEIR PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR- 436-11
December 14, 2011
MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF FIRST EVER NATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL ONLINE GUN SALES 
62 Percent of Private Sellers Agree to Sell Illegally - a Felony under Federal Law

Undercover Videos of Illegal Gun Sales and Full Report Available at www.nyc.gov 

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Chief Policy Advisor John Feinblatt today announced the results of an investigation into internet gun sales, which found a vast and largely unregulated market for illegal guns, with 62 percent of private sellers willing to commit a felony by selling firearms to people who likely could not pass a background check. The investigation probed 10 websites that had 25,000 guns available for purchase and investigators contacted 125 private online gun sellers located in 14 states. The investigation included sellers on Craigslist, which prohibits the sale of firearms in its site according to its posted policies. The investigators clearly noted they probably could not pass a background check during each interaction with a seller. Videos of the illegal sales, including where the investigator meets the seller and the weapon and cash is exchanged, and a report on online gun sales – “Point, Click, Fire” – are available at www.nyc.gov. The Mayor unveiled the videos and the results of the investigation at City Hall, where some of the illegally purchased guns were displayed, including an illegally sold Ruger P95 9mm handgun – the exact make and model of the weapon a career criminal used to murder New York City Police Officer Peter Figoski earlier this week.

“Over the past decade, we’ve launched a wide-ranging attack on illegal guns – and today, we’re opening a new front in that battle by targeting what has become an increasingly prevalent and dangerous problem: illegal gun sales on the internet,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “Our investigators found that online gun sellers were all too willing to make illegal sales – and one of the guns we bought was the same make and model as the one that took the life of Police Officer Figoski this week. When illegal guns can be bought and sold without background checks, tragic and deadly consequences result.”

“We’ve been contending with the Iron Pipeline bringing guns into New York City, the last thing that we need is an electronic pipeline,” said Police Commissioner Kelly. “When the world learned that Lee Harvey Oswald purchased his weapon through the mail, there was a huge outcry and the Gun Control Act of 1968 regulated the sale of guns through the mail. We shouldn’t have to wait for the assassination of a president or the killing of a police officer to dismantle a conduit bringing illicit guns into the city.”

“This investigation – for the first time – takes a snapshot of this new online gun market, and unfortunately it’s not a pretty picture,” said the Mayor’s Chief Policy Advisor John Feinblatt. “Congress has to take action to require background checks of all sales, but the websites who profit off of this dangerous unregulated online market can clean up their acts right now. They can take simple steps to lift the veil of secrecy and reduce illegal gun sales by requiring sellers and buyers to provide identification, training users to follow the law, creating an effective way to flag violations and searching their sites for illegal activity. There’s nothing extraordinary about those recommendations and in fact, many responsible websites already have them in place.”

There are more than 4,000 websites that offer guns for sale, according to the Department of Justice. Similar to gun shows, many websites offer forums for both Federally licensed dealers and unlicensed “private sellers” to advertise side by side, creating a lucrative new market for firearms. Licensed dealers are required to conduct background checks on prospective buyers, but private sellers are not – a gap in Federal law often called the “private sale loophole.” Private sellers may not, however, sell guns to people they have reason to believe could not pass a background check – a law most those contacted in the investigation would have violated. An estimated 40 percent of gun sales in the United States are conducted privately, according to the Department of Justice.

The Investigation

The City hired licensed private investigators supervised by the global investigative firm Kroll to conduct a series of online purchases. Investigators captured audio of telephone calls with private sellers who advertise on websites, and used concealed cameras during in-person interactions. The investigative team placed telephone calls to 125 private sellers who posted online gun advertisements on 10 websites in 14 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

The Results

A clear majority of the sellers – 77 of 125 private sellers – failed the integrity test by agreeing to sell to a purchaser who said he probably couldn’t pass a background check.  

Private sellers on Craigslist failed the integrity test at the highest rate, despite the fact that the site says that it prohibits the listing of weapons on its server. On the five websites where investigators contacted the most sellers, an illegal sale was agreed to:

• Craigslist.com: 82 percent of the time
• Glocktalk.com: 78 percent
• Gunlistings.org: 77 percent
• KSL.com: 67 percent  
• Armslist.com: 54 percent

eBay, which reportedly owns a substantial share of Craigslist, also has a policy prohibiting its users from selling guns, but unlike Craigslist, eBay.com appears to be enforcing its policy. Several reviews of the site by investigators did not identify a single firearm for sale on the site. 

Investigators arranged to meet five of the sellers who failed the integrity test in person and exchange the guns for cash. As a result, investigators purchased four handguns, including one assault-style pistol, and an assault rifle, which ranged in price from $300 - $650.

The 48 private sellers who refused to make illegal sales confirms that some sellers know and obey Federal law governing gun sales to prohibited purchasers. As one seller explained, “because you just told me that, though, I can’t sell it to you…because if you just told me that you can’t pass, it would be a felony for me to sell it to you, so thanks, have a good day.”

Recommendations for Reducing Illegal Online Gun Sales

To ensure the legality of online gun sales, the report says, Congress, Federal law enforcement and websites hosting gun sales should take steps to keep guns out of the wrong hands. Among the recommendations in Point, Click, Fire:

• Federal law should require a background check for every gun sale. Legislation now pending in both chambers of Congress – The Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011 (S.436/H.R.1781 (112th Congress)) – would enact this reform. 

• The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) should improve enforcement of existing laws. ATF should conduct undercover investigations on a variety of websites, track whether guns recovered in crimes were originally sold online and offer online tutorials to train sellers and buyers on federal gun laws governing online sales.

• Websites should adopt tougher protocols for self-policing. Websites that permit gun sales demand transparency from sellers and buyers and facilitate reporting of suspicious behavior by site users.

The Mayor’s Chief Policy Advisory John Feinblatt wrote to websites reviewed in the investigation to request meetings to review the evidence and discuss measures the sites can take to deter criminal sales.

The City has submitted evidence from the investigation, including audio and video, to ATF Director B. Todd Jones and to the ATF field offices in the locations where purchases were made.

2009 and 2011 Undercover Gun Show Investigations

In 2009, the City of New York conducted a similar investigation and documented problems at seven gun shows in three states. Nineteen of 30 private sellers at these gun shows – 63 percent – sold guns to investigators who said they could not pass a background check. Since the 2009 investigation, four of those seven gun shows have improved their safety practices. 

The City conducted new undercover investigations at Arizona gun shows shortly after the January 8, 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Investigators purchased a Glock pistol with a 33-round extended magazine, like the weapon Jared Loughner used to kill six people and would 13 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, with no background check. City investigators bought two other semi-automatic pistols with no background checks even after the sellers were told that the buyers probably could not pass a background check

About the Investigation

A team of investigators supervised by Kroll, a leader in business intelligence and investigations, conducted undercover investigations to capture audio and video recordings of online gun sellers. The investigators were licensed as private investigators in more than 21 states, with more than 80 years in combined law enforcement experience, including retired prosecutors and police officers. Every investigator who participated in the integrity tests was required to complete an intensive training program designed and administered by Kroll.  

Video Transcripts

First Videotape, Legal Activity:

Seller: Hello?

Investigator: Hi, I’m calling about that El Paso Gun Trader ad– for the Kimber Target SS?

Seller: Yes– Yes sir….

Investigator: I know it says here 700 firm, so I mean, I ain’t gonna try to lowball you, but, you’re not a licensed guy, right?

Seller: No, I’m not a licensed dealer. So…

Investigator: Okay, so no background checks?

Seller: No background checks, sir.

Investigator: That’s good, ‘cause I probably couldn’t pass one. Anyway-

Seller: Oh, yeah, I– Because you just told me that, though, I can’t sell it to you.

Investigator: Why’s that?

Seller: ‘Cause if you just told me that you can’t pass, it’s be a felony for me to sell it to you. So, thanks. Have a good day!

Investigator: Hung up on me.

Illegal Ohio Online Sale 1:

Investigator: Hello?

Seller: Hey, this is Eric. I just missed your call about the gun on ArmsList.

Investigator: Oh yeah, yeah. Hey Eric.

Seller: I got like three. I was wondering which one were you interested in?

Investigator: How about the Smith 9 millimeter there… You take $425 for it?

Seller: Yeah, I’ve got a couple other guys that want to trade me, but if you’re talking cash I’d much rather have cash.

Investigator: Oh I got cash.

Seller: Just bring ID with you, I’ll bring my ID so everything will be cool like that, you know? I’ll show you that I’m over 18 years old. [Laughs]

Investigator: You’re not one of those licensed guys though, are you Eric?

Seller: No, this is private party, so it’ll be just between you and me.

Investigator: Okay, but there’s no background check, right?

Seller: No background check, no nothing. No.

Investigator: Good, ‘cause I probably couldn’t pass one.

Seller: Really? Don’t say that, man. [Laughs] I don’t want to hear that.

Investigator: All right, so $425?

Seller: Yeah, $425’s what I’m asking for it, yup.

Investigator: So, you got the Smith and Wesson right, 469?

Seller: Yup, that’s the 469.

Investigator: Okay.

Seller: Or you could put this in your pocket and have 15 rounds extra. You know what I’m saying?

Investigator: Yeah.

Seller: If you run out of rounds with that – God forbid – you have your f***ing reload. You know what I’m saying?

Investigator: Oh yeah, okay. You count it there and make sure everything’s okay.

Seller: All right, sir. One, two, three, four, fifty.

Investigator: Well listen, I appreciate it.

Seller: Yup.

Investigator: All right.

Seller: You enjoy.

Illegal Ohio Online Sale 2:

Seller: Hello?

Investigator: I was calling about that Ruger Mini-14 you got there. Still got it?

Seller: Yeah, yes I do.

Investigator: You’re not one of those licensed guys or anything, right?

Seller: No, no, nope. [Laughs]

Investigator: Okay good, so no paperwork, no taxes, and-

Seller: No, nope, none of that, nope. Just, you know-

Investigator: No background checks.

Seller: No, I just take cash and there you go. [Laughs]

Investigator: All right, no background checks. That’s good, because I probably couldn’t pass one of those things.

Seller: [Laughs]

Investigator: But yeah, $650, man, I’d love to have it.

Seller: Okay, yeah that’s fine. Well if you want-

Investigator: Just give me a call at this number and we’ll just hook up there.

Seller: Nice to meet you.

Investigator: Nice to meet you. So that’s it, huh?

Seller: That’s it.

Investigator: Can I take a look?

Seller: Go right ahead, feel free.

Investigator: Count it for me, make sure it’s there.

Seller: I’m glad it all works out in the end. You got what you want…

Investigator: Yeah, sure did.

Seller: …and I got what I wanted.

Investigator: All right, thanks a lot.

Video of Additional Illegal Online Sales:

Investigator: So, no- no paperwork or anything?

Seller: No, no, no, no, no… Just as long as you’re, like, a Kentucky resident – I don’t care.

Investigator: Okay, Yeah, so no- no background checks. Right?

Seller: Right. Right.

Investigator: That’s good, ‘cuz I probably couldn’t pass one.

LAUGHTER

Investigator: yeah. Four- 400 cash? Yeah-

Seller: Yeah, I’ll take 400 cash.

Investigator: You’re not like a licensed guy, are you?

Seller: No.

Investigator: Okay. So, no background checks or anything like that?

Seller: No, I’m just a private person.

Investigator: Oh, that’s good because I probably couldn’t pass one, so-

Seller: Yeah-

Investigator: Anyway-

Seller: I probably couldn’t either.

LAUGHTER

Investigator: You know- you’re talking my language there, Fred. I like that.

Seller: Yesiree.

Investigator: So, there ain’t going to be no background checks or nothin’ like that, then?

Seller: It’s- It’s your problem if it’s not legal for you to buy it – that’s how that works here, in Tennessee.

Investigator: Okay, ‘cuz I probably couldn’t pass one – a background.

Seller: (?) Well, you shouldn’t tell me that, though.

LAUGHTER

Investigator: Oh, yeah.

Seller: That’s okay, I don’t know all the letters of the law, but I’m pretty sure, if somebody said, ‘I can’t pass a background check,’ you’re not supposed to give it to them. But, it’s okay, I would.

Investigator: You don’t need no background check or anything like that, right?

Seller: No. In Ohio, all- all I need to see is your license to make sure you’re over 21.

LAUGHTER

Investigator: That’s good, ‘cause I probably couldn’t pass one.

Seller: I- I don’t need to know it.

LAUGHTER

Investigator: No background checks?

Unknown: No.

Seller: No background checks.

LAUGHTER

Investigator: That’s good, ‘cause I probably couldn’t pass one.

Seller: So that’s serious. If You- If you’re gonna use it on somebody afterwards, I might have to use my other gun on your ass.

Unknown: Yeah, call me back around 6 and then I’ll just write up the bill of sale to you, or whatever, I don’t know how that works.

Investigator: Like I said, I don’t want no- couldn’t pass a background check anyway, so.

Seller: That right there – a lot of people do have that problem and- I mean, just between you and me, there’s a lot of people who buy guns that way that probably can’t walk into a gun store and do it, but, person-to-person private sales – you just sell the gun.

Illegal Sale to a Minor:

Seller: Hello?

Investigator: Hi I saw your ad on Gunlistings, uh, for the Glock 27. Is that still available?

Seller: Oh yeah, that’s me. I got it.

Investigator: So you got it for $475, would you be willing to do $425?

Seller: I could probably meet you in between at like $450. That’s the lowest I could take right now.

Investigator: Oh I can do $450. Are you- you’re not a license dealer right?

Seller: No I’m not, no.

Investigator: Okay that’s good because I mean I’m only 17 but I’ve been shooting my guns my whole life and I’m going to be 18 in six months.

Seller: Yeah.

Investigator: So how do you want to do this? I mean, I can go closer to you.

Seller: When were you wanting to do it?

Investigator: Well maybe over the weekend would be okay if you’re around.

Seller: Oh yeah, okay I’m fine with that. If you want to do it tonight I could, but yeah, anytime this weekend. Just give me a call, or I’ll give you a call back and we’ll work on arrangements or something

Investigator: Alright great.

Seller: Alright.

Investigator: Thanks very much. Bye.

HERE'S THE FULL REPORT:   http://www.nyc.gov/html/cjc/downloads/pdf/nyc_pointclickfire.pdf

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Conservative MP Jim Hillyer Celebrates Vote Against Canada's Gun Registry, And Has To Apologize

Canadian legislator Jim Hillyer experienced political correctness run amok after he was forced to apologize for making a handgun gesture after his vote to abolish the repressive Canadian Long Gun Registry. 
Liberal members of parliament claim they were deluged with complaints over Hillyer's gesture. They claim his gesture offended victims of violence. 


This video was edited to emphasize the gesture, and was released on the anniversary of the Montreal massacre, when a lunatic gunman roamed the corridors of Montreal's École Polytechnique and killed 14 women. Hillyer questioned the timing of the release of the video on Youtube. 


He had to apologize to Parliament and said, "If I had intended to cause any offence to victims of violence or anyone else, that would not only demand an apology it would demand far worse than just an apology." He also said, "The people who caused the association, the offence, are the people who connected the video at the wrong day. That is terrible." He also told Parliament, "I will not make gestures any more," he said. "I, uh, I have nothing but sympathy for victims of violence and I continue to remain committed to ending violence toward women and all Canadians."

Conservative MP Jim Hillyer celebrates vote against the gun registry wit...

The World's Largest Army... America 's Hunters!

The world's largest army... America 's hunters!

Not to take anything away from the Chinese military, but just add up the domestic deer license sales in just a handful of states and arrive at a striking conclusion:




The State of Wisconsin had over 600,000 hunters in the field during their nine day hunting season last year. 


Allow me to restate that number, 600,000 in the field. Red Dawn has nothing on these guys.



During the last hunting season, Wisconsin 's hunters became the eighth largest army in the world.



More men under arms in one state in the homeland of the United States than in Iran.



More than in France and Germany combined.



These men deployed to the woods of a single American state to hunt with firearms, and no one was killed.



That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of Pennsylvania and Michigan's 700,000 hunters.

Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia and it literally establishes the fact that the hunters in those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world. And let's not forget those in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and hunters in every other State.

And, don't forget the armed women of America who are skilled with handguns, rifles, and shotguns. Granted, many are in the woods during the hunting season, but there are many more of whom that you would  not be on the wrong side of her barrel. Does anyone think that they would not be ferocious armed protectors of their husbands, boyfriends, and children, and our freedom?

Just visit your local rifle rifle range on most days and see what's typical of the the attendance at rifle ranges nationwide.  

Most of America's hunters are adept at extremely long shots with accurate scoped rifles. And there are countless others who are just as accurate at 500 yards plus with iron sights. Just remember the Minutemen's admonition to their riflemen about foreign invaders, "Take out the officers first."  They don't need to have officer's insignia for a person to know who they are.

The point?

America will forever be safe from a foreign invasion or a lasting foreign occupation with that kind of home-grown firepower.

A domestic invasion may be another matter. However, these interlopers would have their hands full too.

As one foreign enemy of the United States may or may not have said,
“You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” Admiral Yamamoto.

It has been declared this attribution is "unsubstantiated and almost certainly bogus, even though it has been repeated thousands of times in various Internet postings. There is no record of the commander in chief of Japan’s wartime fleet ever saying it," according to Brooks Jackson in "Misquoting Yamamoto" at Factcheck.org (11 May 2009) 
But the fact is that the sentiment of this misquote is closer to reality than not.

Hunting -- it's not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of national security.

That's why all enemies, foreign and domestic, want to see us disarmed.

From: http://federalistpaupers.com/index.php/2010/12/02/why-the-terrorists-can-never-win/

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Connecticut Hearing On Bill Requiring Confiscation Of Firearms Magazines Holding More Than 10 Rounds

The Connecticut General Assembly held its first hearing this week in its effort to ban and confiscate all firearms magazines with a capacity of over 10 rounds. If passed, the bill would require forfeiture to the state of all of these magazines no later than 90 days after the law‘s effective date. If the owner does not remove the magazine from the state or turn it in for destruction, that person would be prosecuted for a five year felony and a $5,000.00 fine. After the 90 day effective date only police could have magazines banned for private ownership. this is a flagrant violation of the Second Amendment and Due Process.  

Of course, like with all firearms laws only the law abiding would obey them. However, New Jersey passed a law banning “assault” rifles in the 1990's, and requiring their being turned in to the state. We know how well that “turn in” law worked. Of course, there are the criminals who see violation of laws, including firearms laws, and being sent to jail for breaking those laws are just a cost of doing business. Jail time is just a way to boost their street "Cred" reputation.

About 200 letters from individuals and elected officials were sent to the committee to be entered into the record. We took a close look at about the first 100 letters sent to the hearing committee. With the exception of three letters out of the first 100 they were all opposed to the bill becoming law. Because of citizen's overwhelming opposition to the bill in the first 100 letters, we only took a glance at the other 100. They showed the same result. 

Among those supporting the confiscatory bill in the first 100 letters were the usual suspects. Support was shown in a letter from  Police Chiefs Anthony Salvatore and James Strillacci of the Connecticut Chiefs of Police organization. Also voicing wholehearted support were Mayors Bill Finch, Mayor of Bridgeport, Mayor Pedro Segarra, City of Hartford, and Mayor John Stefano, Mayor of New Haven. These Mayors are all proud members of  Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Although these magazines aren’t illegal yet, in their wisdom they believe they should be.

One group coming out of the proverbial left field supporting the ban and confiscation was the Connecticut League of Women Voters.

On the positive side, hats off to Connecticut Representative Christopher D. Contu. His letter  to the Hearing Committee called this yet another assault on the Second Amendment. He believes that this bill is a knee jerk reaction to the Giffords Arizona shooting. Apparently the letter from the police Chiefs do not speak for all law enforcement in Connecticut. Countering the letter from the Connecticut Chiefs of Police, Contu said that some of the most vocal opponents of the confiscation scheme that he has talked to are members of state and local law enforcement organizations. They have told him that this law would only punish law abiding citizens while failing to protect the citizens from violent criminals determined to do harm or cause havoc. He added that, “While large capacity magazines hold a larger amount of ammunition in one clip (sic), banning them would not make a determined shooter any less deadly.” Contact his office and thank him for his defense of the Second and Fourth Amendments. 


There will be no grandfathering of current ownership of these magazines. As determined as a few powerful people are to ban and confiscate these magazines, Connecticut's gun owners must be more determined to stop this bill from becoming law. No one is "credited" as being an original sponsor of this bill. It appears that the Senate judiciary Committee itself raised the bill for consideration to give political cover to the culprits responsible for initiating it.  

Here’s the onerous Bill.   

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 1094
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 3773
		*03773_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT BANNING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2011) (a) As used in this section, "large capacity magazine" means any detachable ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than ten rounds of ammunition, but does not include: (1) A feeding device that has been permanently altered so that it cannot accommodate more than ten rounds, (2) a .22 caliber tube ammunition feeding device, or (3) a tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action firearm.

(b) Any person who possesses a large capacity magazine shall be guilty of a class D felony.

(c) Any person who (1) prior to the effective date of this section, lawfully possessed a large capacity magazine, and (2) not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, removes such magazine from this state or surrenders such magazine to an organized local police department or the Department of Public Safety for destruction, shall not be subject to prosecution for a violation of subsection (b) of this section.

(d) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to the possession of a large capacity magazine by:

(1) Members or employees of organized local police departments, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Correction or the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States for use in the discharge of their official duties;

(2) A person, corporation or other entity that manufactures large capacity magazines for persons specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection or for export in accordance with federal regulations;

(3) Any person engaged in the business of selling or transferring large capacity magazines in accordance with state and federal regulations who possesses such magazines solely for the purpose of such sale or transfer; or

(4) A gunsmith who possesses such large capacity magazine for the purpose of maintenance, repair or modification. 

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Classic Obama St. Patrick's Day Goof- He Thanks Himself For Giving a Party

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day today, Joe Biden hosted a breakfast for Ireland's Prime Minister Enda Kinney at the Naval Observatory. Obama and Biden later met the Prime Minister at the White House this morning.
Obama and his wife will host a reception for Kinney at the White House this evening.

Being entirely dependent on his teleprompter to think for him, Obama has pulled some bone head comments, with one of his best on St. Patrick's day in 2009 when he had a similar reception for then Prime Minister Brian Cowen. This is a good day to commemorate one of the top ten Obama goofs.

At the St. Patrick's day party at the White House on 03/17/09, Irish Prime Minister Cowen was just a few lines into his speech when he stopped reading from the teleprompter and told Obama that he was reading the same speech that Obama had just read.

Obama took to the stage again to try to save the day, and when he reached the stage, the teleprompter switched to the correct speech for the prime minister. Barack Obama started reading the Irish Prime Minister's speech, and thanked himself for giving the St. Patrick's Day party at the White House, when he realized the mistake.

Perhaps it was the green beer that made the Irishman for the day, Barack O'bama, unconscious to what he was reading.

Obama is not a great speaker like the "Great Communicator," as his flunkies would have those who are gullible in America to believe. He is just a  good reader who is devoid of ideas and true leadership.
If its not preprogrammed onto his teleprompters, he is at a loss for words.

Incredibly, Obama is so smooth at reading from a teleprompter and that he doesn't even know or comprehend what he is reading to the world. Hopefully, some prankster won't let Obama read from the teleprompter that the 101st Airborne landed just south of the Moscow city limits for maneuvers. Obviously, what's next is an embarrassing open mike moment, where Obama spontaneously says what he is really thinking.
The video was not released by the MSM to keep the embarrassment confined to the ballroom.
Perhaps Kinney will make O'Bama and O'Biden honorary Irishmen tonight.

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Here's a good example of Obama going off the teleprompter.
It ranks in the top ten Obama off the teleprompter goofs.